K.V.G Medical College, Sullia

The College is housed in a five-storied building and has a plinth area of 40 lakhs sq. feet. There are four gallery type lecture theatres, which have a seating capacity of 300 students, with good acoustics and provision for audio-visual teaching. Besides, there is an Auditorium, with a seating capacity for 600 students and an Examination hall to accommodate 300 students.

All students Laboratories are well equipped with sophisticated equipments. The Library is very spacious and has a number of volumes of books and Journals. Internet and C.D. ROM's have also been installed to facilitate better learning. Museums for the various departments have been arranged on a floor adjacent to the Central Library where students are permitted to study from 9 AM to 8 PM. Seminar rooms, research laboratories and libraries are also provided separately for each department.

The present hospital has 350 beds, with a scope for expansion to 1000 beds. There are 9 operation theatres fully equipped and furnished to undertake any surgery. The Casualty (Accidents and Emergency Wing ) is open round the clock and could tackle any type of emergency. The Critical Care section is also fully equipped one. Facilities for all types of investigations have been provided in the hospital.

KVG Medical College is situated at Kurunjibag, Sullia, a backward, Malanad and rural area in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka State, which is on the State Highway between Mysore and Mangalore.

• 50 km from Madikeri (Kodagu)
• 80 km from Mangalore.
• Nearest railway station is at Kasaragod (60 km)
• Nearest airport is at Mangalore (90 km).

K V G Medical College, Sullia was established in 1999. KVG Medical College & Hospital is a reputed medical college in the state of Karnataka. The medical college is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. The medical college is approved by Medical Council of India (MCI). KVG Medical College is owned and managed by a Trust named Academy of Liberal Education. Currently, KVG Medical College & Hospital offers MBBS. With a view to ensure that the students acquire quality education, the college provides all the basic amenities within its campus.

Facilities :-

• Library
• Laboratories
• Canteen
• Mess
• Hostels

Dr. Kurunji Venkatramana Gowda popularly known as 'KVG' is a true Gandhian in spirit & action and has devoted his entire life in changing the destinies of the large rural mass of Sullia taluk.The emblem incorporates the modern medical symbol with a central spear, two serpents and two wings. The entwined serpents of the Ausculpian spear represent Greek goddesses of health, Hygia and Panacea.

The ophidian form shows cosmic intellegence and is represented by the Caduceus of Mercury who in his psychopompic character conducts the souls. The two entwined serpents around the form the Ogdoad or figure of "8" which symbolizes the eternal and spiral motions in nature and also the sine wave (Cf.DNA)/ The spear and the wings of Caduceus are symbols of life. On the spearhead is a circle which expresses the female or negative principle and the central dot the male or positive principle.

The motto Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavanthu, means, Let everybody enjoy perfect health, is taken from the Srutis. The title K.V.G. Medical College in white on black background incidates enlightenment from ignorance. Black indicates ignorance and white indicates enlightenment. The fluttering scroll engraved with the name Academy of Liberal Education stands for the dynamism of the Academy. The shield indicates the protection offered by Medical Science to mankind.

K.V.G Medical College, Sullia Degree Programs :

Medicine

Video Presentation

Dr. Harisha Delanthabettu M.D, Head, Department of Psychiatry, KVG Medical College, Sullia