University College of Medical Sciences

The University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) was established in 1971 as a Constituent College of University of Delhi. It imparts various medical and paramedical courses. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital is the associated teaching hospital with 1000 beds.

UCMS is known for its quality research and has a National ranking of 7th based on the number of publications in PubMed indexed journals.

• Established in 1971 as a Constituent College of University of Delhi.
• Runs various medical and paramedical courses
• Annual admission MBBS: 150, MD/MS: 71; besides PhD courses in Medical Faculty
• Paramedical courses: BSc(Medical Technology), Radiography. Diploma course in Nursing (GTB Hospital), and Medical Laboratory In-service Training
• Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital is the associated teaching hospital with more than 1000 beds.
• Known for its quality research; National ranking 7th based on the number of publications in PubMed indexed journals
• Meritorious/Eminent Faculty on expert groups of UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS, World Bank, ICMR, ICMR, NACO, DST and CSIR
• Cater to the health care needs for the East Delhi community and surrounding border areas.
• College with excellent results: Students excel in curricular/extracurricular activities.

ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
The University of Delhi is the premier university of the country and is known for its high standards in teaching and research and attracts eminent scholars to its faculty. It was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly. The President of India is the Visitor, the Vice President is the Chancellor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India is the Pro-Chancellor of the University.

Ever since its inception, a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research has made the University of Delhi a role-model and path-setter for other universities in the country. Its rich academic tradition has always attracted the most talented students who later on went on to make important contributions to their society.

When the University took birth, only three colleges existed in Delhi then: St. Stephens College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899 and Ramjas College founded in 1917, which were subsequently affiliated to it. The University thus had a modest beginning with just three colleges, two faculties (Arts and Science) and about 750 students. In October 1933, the University offices and the Library shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate, and till today this site houses the offices of the main functionaries of the University.

The University has grown into one of the largest universities in India. At present, there are 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, 77 colleges and 5 other recognised institutes spread all over the city, with 132435 regular students (UG: 114494,PG:17941) and 261169 students (UG:258831,PG:2338) in non-formal education programme.

Sir Maurice Gwyer, the then Vice-Chancellor, realizing the importance of a distinguished faculty to act as role models, relentlessly searched for talent all over the country and roped in men of eminence to this University, such as Prof. D.S. Kothari in Physics, Prof. T.R. Sheshadri in Chemistry, Prof. P Maheshwari in Botany and Prof. M L Bhatia in Zoology.

Five Departments namely Chemistry, Geology, Zoology, Sociology and History have been awarded the status of the Centres of Advanced Studies. These Centres of Advanced Studies have carved a niche for themselves as centres of excellence in teaching and research in their respective areas.

In addition, a good number of University departments are also receiving grants under the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC in recognition of their outstanding academic work. 10 Departments (Germanic & Romance Studies, Hindi, Persian, Geography, Music, East Asian Studies, Anthropology, Mathematics, B.R.Ambedkar, M. I.L.) are getting grants under DRS, 2 Departments (Buddhist Studies, English) are getting grants under DSA, 3 Departments (English, Buddhist Studies, Social Work) are getting grants under AISHSS and 3 Departments (African Studies, East Asian Studies, Developing Countries Research Centre) are getting grants under Area Studies Programmes.

Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension and Womens Studies & Development Centre of the University are also getting special funding from UGC. The University today boasts of as many as 15 big libraries apart from libraries in colleges. The University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) which is now situated close to the Physics and Chemistry Departments houses a number of sophisticated and high-end research instruments. These instruments are used quite frequently by Teachers and Research Scholars of postgraduate departments of the University as well as by many other institutions in Delhi and its neighbourhood. The University has recently laid fibre-optic network in the North and the South Campuses connecting all colleges and departments.

When the University of Delhi expanded in many directions to keep pace with a rapidly growing city, South Campus was established in 1973 to facilitate access for the residents of South Delhi. It moved to its present location on Benito Juarez Road, near Dhaula Kuan, in 1984. The Campus is now spread across 69 acres of green, hilly terrain and its buildings blend attractively with the natural surroundings.

The various departments are located in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Inter-disciplinary and Applied Sciences. S.P. Jain Centre for Management Studies is also located at the South Delhi Campus. Besides these, the Campus has a good library, a Health Centre, a Bank, a Post Office, DTC Pass Section and administrative and examination blocks. South Campus also provides some residential quarters for faculty members and the non-teaching staff. Outstation students are offered accommodation in three hostels.

RESEARCH INITIATIVES
Faculty Research Grants

• Two new schemes for facilitating the research and field work of the faculty of the University have been introduced.
• To support the research of newly recruited faculty members, a seed grant of Rs 4 lacs for Science departments and Rs. 1.5 lacs for other departments has been instituted. In addition, all University faculty members are entitled to apply for an annual research grant of Rs. 2.5 lacs in Sciences and Rs. 1 lac in other disciplines.

Purse Grants
Department of Science and Technology Purse grant has been sanctioned to the University in 2008-2009 for excellence in science. This is based on the position of the University as No. 1 University in the country in terms of research publications during the last ten years. Proposals were invited from all the faculty members of Science departments. Nearly 50 proposals were submitted by the members under three heads.

As first priority, the University considered funding multi investigator projects to strengthen interdisciplinary research. This will encourage sharing of expertise between various faculty members. Second priority was given to projects under public private interactions. Private companies have agreed to provide equal contribution for the projects. Individual faculty members are also going to be supported. In all these projects the major aim will be to improve training of the doctoral students.

The bulk of the funding under these projects is expected to be spent on consumables and supplies. The total amount of the grant is Rs. 30 crores to be given in three equal annual installments.

Department of Anaesthesiology
The department is very well known in Delhi and India for its quality of patient care, teaching and research. Besides providing anaesthesia services for surgical cases, the department also has an 8-beded Main ICU and 6-beded Trauma ICU. The department also provides pain management services and resuscitation facilities in all the areas of the hospital as and when required, and manages Central Sterilization Supply Department and Medical Gas Store of the hospital.

The major research work and thrust areas include difficult airway management, critical care, paediatric anaesthesia, obstetric anaesthesia, pain management and trauma. In the previous year, many chapters have been written for various books and there are several publications international and national journals. The faculty has achieved several laurels at national and international levels for research and related activities.

The department is organizing national level teaching programme EORCAPS (Examination Oriented Refresher Course for Anaesthesia Postgraduate Students) every year with tremendous success and wide participation.

The department is equipped with an air conditioned dissection hall, a histology lab and enough facilities for self-study besides a highly qualified faculty to guide the students. An air-conditioned computer room with four computers containing all the anatomy lectures in PowerPoint presentation form, many text books and labeled photographs of all museum specimens and models have been added to the Department. An ultramodern histology laboratory with projection facilities is also a recent acquisition. The Department is in the process of starting a cytogenetic laboratory for providing to clinical departments facility of detection of chromosonal abnormalities.

Laboratories equipped for research in neuroanatomy, osteology, histology, gross anatomy and anthropometry and cytogenetics are available for staff and postgraduate students.

The Department participates in teaching of MBBS, MD Anatomy, B.Sc. (Medical Technology) Radiography, B.Sc. Physiotherapy, Medical Lab. Technology (one-year in-service) course, and Laboratory Attendants training (six-week in-service) course. The Department offers assistance to other departments in conducting CME courses from time to time like neurosurgery and ENT. Major thrust areas of research are a) effect of drugs on morphology, b) neuroanatomy including tract-tracing histomorphomology, and c) anthropometry.

Facilities Available:
Three air-conditioned lecture halls with audio-visual facilities.

• Three lecture halls with a seating capacity of 180 each and provided with a side room and a projection room.
• One lecture hall with a seating capacity of 90 only.

An air-conditioned examination hall with a seating capacity of 170 and with a side room. This also has audio-visual facilities and can be used like a lecture hall.

• Lecture theatres are also used for guest lectures, clinical meetings, debates and quiz contests, conferences/seminars/workshops, and cultural activities including film shows.

The Audio-visual Facilities Available:

• Audio amplifying system including audio mixers and speakers with cord and cordless mikes (collar & hand mikes).
• Audio recording and playing facilities.
• Projection facilities including motorized screens, overhead projectors, LCD projectors, DVD player and laptops for PowerPoint presentations.
• Active panels, interactive boards and electronic assessment (voting) devices - very useful for interactive sessions and quiz programmes.
• Electronic cable connection with cameras between the surgical operation theatre of the hospital and the lecture theatre for direct interactive audio-visual transmission of surgeries to the audience in the lecture theatre.
• 16 mm movie projection facilities for film shows.
• Epidiascopes for projections from books.
• V.C.R. facilities.
• Audio-visual facilities are also available for the pandal purposes.
• Telemedicine facility for video-conferencing. It can be linked to several institutions as well as to our primary health centres and is useful for academic, research and health services.

University College of Medical Sciences Degree Programs :

Medicine

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