| North Bengal Medical College | |
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| Established | 1968 |
| Type | Medical College and Hospital |
| Principal | Prof. (Dr.) Anup Roy |
| Dean | Dr. Sabyasachi Das |
| Students | 133 per year 100 MBBS 27 MD 6 MS |
| Location | Siliguri, West Bengal, India |
| Affiliations | West Bengal University of Health Sciences |
| Website | www.nbmch.org |
North Bengal Medical College (Bengali: উত্তরবঙ্গ মেডিকেল কলেজ) is located in Siliguri, India. It is the largest healthcare facility in the North Bengal region of West Bengal serving as a tertiary referral institute and has teaching programs for graduation and postgraduation. It is one of the nine government medical colleges in West Bengal. The hospital has a bed strength of 599 [1][2] and caters to a large population of 15 million[3] in North Bengal and many more from the surrounding states of north east India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
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North Bengal Medical College is located in Sushrutanagar, to the west of Siliguri, connected to the town by the 3rd Mahananda bridge. Sushrutanagar, otherwise referred to as ‘medical’ by the local people, is more or less 5 km from the Siliguri town proper. [4]
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It was established in 1968 as the first medical college of North Bengal. Originally envisioned by Dr. B. C. Roy, the planning was executed by Ajit Kumar Panja, the then state health minister. Prof. Ajit Kr. Duttagupta joined as the first official principal of the college which was then known as North Bengal University Medical College. NBUMC was rechristened in August 1978 to North Bengal Medical College & Hospital and the administrative control went from North Bengal University to Govt. of West Bengal.[5]
[6] The premedical classes started on 6.11.67 in a makeshift arrangement at Jackson medical school, Jalpaiguri. 2nd to 6th batch of students undertook their premedical course at Raigunj University College. 7th batch onwards, the students started their premedical course at NBMC campus, Sushrutanagar, their own place.
Classes for 1st year MBBS course for 1st batch started on 18.11.68 in NBU campus. MBBS classes started in Sushrutanagar, the present site of NBMC in 1972. The first 5 batches had to migrate to SSKM hospital for their clinical lessons after passing 2nd prof. First 2 batches completed internship and housemanship there. The college got its recognition from the Medical Council of India in 1978.
The college and hospital buildings, spread over a sprawling campus of 161 acres (0.65 km2), are connected by very long corridors which total a length of 2.6 km. The North Bengal Dental College and the Nursing Training College are also located in the same campus. [7]
The college was affiliated to the North Bengal University since its inception. Starting from the 2003 admission batch, it is formally affiliated to the newly formed West Bengal University of Health Sciences.
The college and hospital are funded and managed by Government of West Bengal.
Admission to this government medical college is through competitive entrance exams.
Out of the 100 MBBS seats, 15% of the seats are filled through the All India Pre-Medical Test. The rest are admitted through the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (Medical) which sees more than 60,000 students from the state compete every year. The WBJEE closing rank for admission to this college stays around 750.[8] Reservation for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes exist, as it is a government institution, to the extent of almost 28%.
For postgraduate courses one has to clear the West Bengal Postgraduate Medical Entrance or All India Postgraduate Medical Entrance Examination.
The courses offered are:
Every year 100 students graduate from the college. Besides, there are postgraduate students in various streams. Most students are from outside Siliguri and stay in the campus hostels.
The North Bengal Medical College Students Union aka NBMCSU is the student's representative body. The union is responsible for conducting major student activities like cultural programmes and sports tournaments, allocating hostel rooms through lottery, conducting welfare programmes like blood donation camps and preparing and printing study notes.
TMCP is the major party and holds the union while DSO and SFI are too minor a force to reckon with.
The college students have formed their own bands. Umami and Whistling Woods and {ntoxication are the most famous in the campus. Intoxication(2011) is the most famous band right now