Armed Forces Medical College
Years of Establishment:  1948

Description

The history of an institution portends the future & directs its destiny. The Armed Forces Medical College was formed at Pune on 01 May 1948 by the amalgamation of Army Medical Training Centre, the Army School of Hygiene, the Central Military Pathology Laboratory, the School of Blood Transfusion and Army School of Radiology. The college was initially housed in Eve’s Estate and later shifted to Connaught Barracks, the present location.

*This information is compiled from http://afmc.nic.in

Selection Criteria

A candidate seeking admission to the MBBS course is eligible to take the entrance examination if he/she fulfills the following criteria:

  * A candidate should be a citizen of India or be a subject of Nepal or Bhutan or a person of Indian origin migrated from       Pakistan or any other foreign country with the intention of permanently settling in India.

  * Must be unmarried. Marrying during the course is not permitted.
 
  * Should be medically fit as per prescribed standards by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence
   
  * Must have attained the age of 17yrs on 31st Dec of the year of application, but must not have attained the age of 22     years on that date(Not more than 24 years in case of candidates who have passed or are appearing in final B Sc     examinations).

Academic Qualifications:

Candidate must have passed all the subjects opted for in the first attempt of the qualifying examinations as a regular candidate with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken simultaneously and securing not less than 60% of the aggregate marks in these 3 science subjects taken together and not less than 50% marks in English and 50% marks in each of the science subjects. They must have also passed an examination in Mathematics of the 10th standard.

Infrastructure & Facilities

Main Library: Armed Forces Medical College Library serves  more than 1500 students and faculty members of AFMC and other medical establishment in the Pune complex. The Library has over 15,000 books and 20,000 bound journals (Lancet 1865 onwards and BMJ 1893 onwards). 275 journals have been subscribed during the current year. Medline, an indexing and abstracting service covering over 3000 international journals, is also available on CD-ROM .The books and journals in the library have been indexed on the slim software and libra software for easy retrieval. BSNL, Pune leased line for Internet connectivity has been installed for Internet connectivity. Library is also providing Library reprints to all over the country through Indian National Scientific Documentation Center (INSDOC).

HOSTEL FACILITY: The college is fully residential and residence in the hostel is compulsory for all students with service liability. Separate boys and girls hostels are located in the college campus. The hostel accommodation is free of charge for service liability candidates. If a student is removed from service liability on account of being found medically unfit for commission or on disciplinary/academic grounds he/she will have to make his/her own arrangements for stay.

MESSING FACILITY: All students residing in the hostel are required to join the mess attached to the hostel. Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian food is served in a common combined mess for both boys and girls cadets.

HEALTH & RECREATIONAL FACILITY: Students are required to participate in games, sports and gymnastics. Facilities for sports such as cricket, squash, tennis, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, handball, table tennis and gymnastics are provided free of cost. Facilities for aquatics also exist on nominal payment.

There is an open air cinema, membership for which is compulsory. Hindi and English films are screened.

Students with service liability are entitled to free outpatient/ inpatient/ dental treatment at all times in any service hospital/dental centre to the extent of medical facilities available locally. Periodical medical examination/ medical board considered necessary will also be carried out free of cost.

Featured Faculty

Professor - KK Upadhyay

Assoc Prof - FB Bhot

Assoc Prof - Rashmi Datta

Reader/Instr - Navdeep Sethi

Reader/Instr - Shivinder Singh

Reader/Instr - Jaideep CN
    
Clinical Tutor - Sameer Taneja