Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

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JIPMER


Motto	Veritas Curat (Truth Cures)
Established	July 13, 1964
Type	Government of India
Staff	160
Undergraduates	75
Postgraduates	50
Location	Puducherry, India
Campus	Urban, 195 acres
Website	www.jipmer.edu

JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research) is a medical institute in Puducherry, India.

[edit] Institution

JIPMER is a premier medical institute of India located in Puducherry, a Union Territory in Southern India that is located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal.

In 1823 a medical school called "Ecole de Medicine de Pondicherry" was established by the French government in Pondicherry. In November 1956, the Government of India took over the college in the wake of the ‘de facto’ transfer of Pondicherry to India. The college was upgraded to a Regional Centre and rechristened as Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) on July 13, 1964.

JIPMER is under the direct administrative control of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The three main functions of this institute are to impart quality education in undergraduate and postgraduate medical and paramedical courses, to be a trend-setter in medical research and to offer patient care of high order.

The JIPMER campus is located in the western entrance of Pondicherry and spreads over 195 acres of sloping land. The hillock on which the campus is situated is known as ‘Gorimedu’. The picturesque campus is self sufficient in several ways having well laid roads, lush green trees and plants.

Academically, the institute is affiliated to the Pondicherry University and offers a number of medical and paramedical courses. Admission to the courses are made strictly on the basis of merit through entrance examinations conducted on an all India basis. The institute offers both under-graduate and post-graduate courses in the field of medicine. In addition, there are several ancillary courses affiliated with the university of Pondicherry.

The institute is also active in research in various fields of modern medicine and health and medical education. A research council at the institute looks after the research activities and a scientific society provides a forum for presentations of the research work. A number of conferences, workshops, seminars and training courses are conducted by the institute every year. Funds for research come from mural and extramural sources like ICMR, UGC, DBT, WHO, etc. The faculty and residents publish reserch papers regularly every year in journals of national and international repute.

In addition, frequently a number of awards and fellowships are won by the faculty. Important national journals like the Indian Journal of Pharmacology are published from JIPMER. Many textbooks have been authored by the faculty.

The institute is headed by the Director as the Chief Executive charged with overall responsibility of running the institute and the hospital. The Dean helps the Director in co-ordinating all academic activities of the institute including teaching and research. There are 28 academic departments headed by Professors. Ancillary hospital service units are supervised by respective technical heads.

Campus: JIPMER has an idyllic campus life,with broad,tree-lined roads leading to the spacious hostels, there's Lister House , Osler house , Aschoff house & Curie house for the Undergraduates and Harvey House & Blackwell house for the postgraduate students.

A new Reading room has been built which is open 24 hours and has been of great help to the students.Recently funds have been allotted for the construction of Super-Speciality block, Trauma care centre, Cancer Care centre and a Nursing college. The construction work is going on in full swing.

[edit] Rankings

JIPMER was rated as the 2nd best medical college for undergraduate education, and the 4th best medical college for postgraduate education by The Week in its February 5, 2006 issue. In India Today's college rankings, JIPMER was ranked as the 3rd best medical college in 1998, 3rd in 1999, 6th in 2000, and 4th in 2006.