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| Motto | Inspired by Life |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 30 June 1953; 72 years ago (1953-06-30) (KMC Manipal) 1955; 71 years ago (1955) (KMC Mangaluru) |
| Affiliation | Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
| Dean | Dr. Anil K. Bhat (Manipal) Dr. B. Unnikrishnan (Mangaluru) |
Academic staff | 800+ |
| Students | 1000+ |
| Location | , India |
| Colours | Orange Black |
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Kasturba Medical College, Manipal andKasturba Medical College, Mangaluru, together known asKMC, are twoprivatemedical colleges in the state ofKarnataka, India, established in 1953 and 1955. The colleges are constituent units ofManipal Academy of Higher Education, anInstitution of Eminence anddeemed university.
The colleges were established as a single institution in 1953 byT M A Pai with thepre-clinical section atManipal and the clinical section inMangalore atWenlock District Hospital. Manipal and Mangalore were then a part of the erstwhileMadras state. The government of Madras granted land to establish a college and permitted the use of government hospitals for training medical students. The first batch of students arrived in Mangalore in 1955 for their clinical training. In 1956, the colleges became part of the expandedMysore state which was then renamed as Karnataka.[1]
The clinical program commenced at Manipal in 1969 with the setting up of Kasturba Hospital. The colleges were later separated with the establishment of a pre-clinical section in Mangalore. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore is attached to three government hospitals and was the first medical institution in India to be established as apublic-private partnership.[2]
From their establishment in 1953, until 1993, the colleges were affiliated with public universities in Karnataka. The colleges were affiliated toKarnatak University from their establishment until 1964. They were affiliated toMysore University from 1965 to 1980 and toMangalore University from 1981 to 1992.[3]
In 1993, KMC Manipal and KMC Mangalore, along with colleges of dental surgery in Manipal and Mangalore were givendeemed university status to form the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. In 2017, KMC Mangalore agreed to build a super specialty hospital at District Wenlock Hospital and extended its public private partnership with the government of Karnataka for another 33 years, i.e., until 2050.[4]
KMC Manipal is located in the university town ofManipal, a suburb inUdupi, Karnataka. It is situated within the campus of Manipal Academy of Higher Education. The campus at Manipal has a large Health Sciences Library and a Museum of Anatomy and Pathology.
KMC Mangaluru is located inMangaluru. The campus at Mangaluru is split into the Centre for Basic Sciences atBejai and the main campus atLight House Hill Road. The campus includes six teaching hospitals, theT M A Pai Convention Centre and a large indoor sports complex.[5]
The colleges are 60 km (37 mi) apart.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) is the basic undergraduate medical degree awarded by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education at both the colleges after nine semesters of coursework and one year of internship. PostgraduateDoctor of Medicine (MD) andMaster of Surgery (MS) are awarded after three years of residential training. IntegratedMD–PhD andPhD Programs to train physician-scientists to take up a research career. Postdoctoral Doctorate of Medicine (DM) and Master of Chirurgiae (MCh) degrees are awarded after three years of postdoctoral super specialty training as a senior resident.
KMC Manipal and KMC Mangalore admit 250 students each for the undergraduate MBBS course. Admission is based on the 'All India Rank' obtained inNEET (UG) conducted byNTA. 20% of the MBBS seats in KMC Mangalore are retained for candidates from Karnataka as part of the public private partnership. Admissions to postgraduate and super specialty courses are based on the rank obtained inNEET (PG) and NEET (SS) respectively. Admissions to nursing, physiotherapy, psychology and other allied health courses are based on the score obtained in the Manipal Entrance Test.
The examinations at KMC Manipal and KMC Mangalore are conducted by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education according to guidelines laid down by theNational Medical Commission. All exams are paperless and are written on a biometric secured tablet using a stylus.[9]
Unlike most medical colleges in India, KMC Mangalore is attached to both government and private hospitals.
Manipal Hospitals is a chain of multi-specialty hospitals in India. The hospitals trace their origins to the Kasturba Medical College.[12] It is the second largest healthcare provider in India. Its network spread across 28 locations in India.[13] The first hospital of the chain was established in 1991 inBengaluru. In 1997, the second hospital of the chain was established as KMC Hospital (Ambedkar Circle), a 251-bed tertiary care hospital and also a teaching hospital of the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.[14]
Manipal Hospitals usesIBM Watson for Oncology since 2016. Watson is the first commercially available cognitive computing cloud platform that analyzes high volumes of data understands complex queries and proposes evidence based answers for them.[15] Manipal Hospitals have become the first in the country and the second in the world to implement IBM Watson for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.[16]
In April 2019 Manipal Hospitals was looking forward to acquireMedanta Hospitals.[17] The deal however fell through since the two parties could not agree on the share price.[18]
In 2021, Manipal Hospitals acquiredColumbia Asia's India hospital chain for Rs 2,100 crore.[19]
| Name | Notability |
|---|---|
| Raghu Ram Pillarisetti | Breast Cancer Surgeon. Recipient ofDr. B. C. Roy Award,Padma Shri,Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire[20] |
| Devi Shetty | Cardiac Surgeon and founder ofNarayana Health.[21] |
| Ramdas Pai | Doctor and Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.[22] |
| Kamala Selvaraj | Obstetrician and Gynecologist who pioneered the first IVF in South India.[23] |
| C N Ashwatnarayan | Deputy chief minister of Karnataka.[24] |
| B M Hegde | Cardiologist and recipient ofPadma Vibhushan andPadma Bhushan.[25] |
| Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor | Astronaut and orthopedic surgeon.[26] |
| Annapoorna Kini | Cardiologist and assistant director atMount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.[27] |
| H S Ballal | Radiologist and Pro Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.[28] |
| H Sudarshan Ballal | Nephrologist and chairman ofManipal Hospitals.[29][better source needed] |
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