Medical College Kolkata
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Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
as the first college of European medicine in Asia
Asia
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. The purpose of establishing this college was to train native youths irrespective of caste
Caste
Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...
and creed in the principles and practices of medical science in accordance with the mode adopted in Europe. Medical College Bengal was established on 28 January 1835, soon followed by Madras Medical College
Madras Medical College
The Madras Medical College is an educational institution located in Chennai, India. It was established on February 2, 1835. It is the oldest medical college in India, along with the Medical College Kolkata.-History:...
on 2 February 1835.
The college now imparts the degrees Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) after completion of 5 and half years of medical training. Also specialization degrees like MS / MD as well as post doctoral MCh / DM degreesare offered. Besides there are nursing and several para-medical courses. The hospital associated with the college is one of the largest hospitals in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
and houses several specialty and super-specialty departments.
History
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The planning
Medical College, Bengal was the first institution in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
imparting a systematic education in western medicine. The British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
established the Indian Medical Service (IMS) as early as 1764 to look after Europeans in British India. IMS officers headed military and civilian hospitals in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, and also accompanied the Company's ships and army. A utilitarian approach and the need to provide expert apothecaries, compounders, and dressers in different hospitals prompted the earliest official involvement with medical education in India. These subordinate assistants would help European doctors and surgeons who looked after the health of European civilians and military employees and also reduce the company's financial burdens by limiting the appointment of European doctors.
On 9 May 1822 the government laid down a plan for the instruction of up to twenty young Indians to fill the position of native doctors in the civil and military establishments of the Presidency of Bengal. The outcome was the establishment of "The Native Medical Institution"(NMI) in Calcutta (21 June 1822), where medical teaching was imparted in the vernacular. Treatises on anatomy, medicine, and surgery were translated from European languages for the benefit of the students. From 1826 onwards, classes on Unani and Ayurvedic medicine were held respectively at the Calcutta madrasa and the Sanskrit college. In 1827 John Tyler, an Orientalist and the first superintendent of the NMI started lectures on Mathematics and Anatomy at the Sanskrit College
Sanskrit College
Sanskrit College is a specialized state-government administered liberal arts college offering an undergraduate degree in Sanskrit language, Pali language, linguistics, and ancient Indian and world history. It is one of the affiliated colleges of the University of Calcutta. Founded on 1 January...
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0080.htm. In general, the medical education provided by the colonial state at this stage involved parallel instructions in western and indigenous medical systems. Translation of western medical texts was encouraged and though dissection was not performed, clinical experience was a must. Trainee medical students had to attend different hospitals and dispensaries. Successful native doctors were absorbed into government jobs.
Towards the end of 1833 a Committee was appointed by the government of William Bentinck in Bengal to report on the state of medical education and also to suggest whether teaching of indigenous system should be discontinued. The Committee consisted of Dr John Grant as President and J C C Sutherland, C E Trevelyan, Thomas Spens, Ram Comul Sen and M J Bramley as members. The Committee criticised the medical education imparted at the NMI for the inappropriate nature of its training and the examination system as well as for the absence of courses on practical anatomy. The Committee submitted a report on October 20, 1834, where the Anglicists' point of view finally prevailed over the Orientalists. The Committee recommended that the state found a medical college 'for the education of the natives'. The various branches of medical science cultivated in Europe should be taught in this college. The intending candidates should possess a reading and writing knowledge of the English language, similar knowledge of Bengali and Hindustani and a proficiency in Arithmetic. This recommendation, soon followed by Macaulay's minute and Bentinck's resolution, sealed the fate of the school for native doctors and medical classes at the two leading oriental institutions of Calcutta. The NMI was abolished and the medical classes at the Sanskrit College
Sanskrit College
Sanskrit College is a specialized state-government administered liberal arts college offering an undergraduate degree in Sanskrit language, Pali language, linguistics, and ancient Indian and world history. It is one of the affiliated colleges of the University of Calcutta. Founded on 1 January...
and at the Madrasa were discontinued by the government order of 28 January 1835.
The beginning
The proposed new college, known as the Calcutta Medical College (CMC), which was established by an order of 20 February 1835 ushered in a new era in the history of medical education in India. Its stated purpose was to train native youths aged between 14 and 20 irrespective of caste and creed in the principles and practices of medical science in accordance with the mode adopted in Europe. This marked the end of official patronage of indigenous medical learning which in its turn evoked long-term reaction among the Indian practitioners of indigenous medicine and later the nationalists who strongly criticised the government for the withdrawal of patronage to the Indian system. Different sections of the Indian population responded differently to this newly founded system of education. Among the Hindus the Brahmins, Kayasthas, Vaidyas, were particularly enthusiastic about medical education.The activities of the college started on 20 February 1835 with the process of admission of students. Twenty students were selected through a preliminary examination of about one hundred students. These boys had received their education either at the Hindu College
Presidency College, Kolkata
Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. and one of the premier institutes of learning of liberal arts and sciences in India. In 2002 it was ranked number one by the weekly news magazine...
, Hare School
Hare School
Hare School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India, teaching grades 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The boys-only school was established by the Scottish watch-maker David Hare with the help of social...
or the General Assembly's Institution. Twenty-nine more students had already been selected. All of these 49 students were to receive a monthly stipend of Rs 7 from the government, but it was to be raised gradually. The students were to remain in the College for a period of not less than 4 years and not more than 6 years. On completion of their studies the students had to sit for a final examination. Successful candidates were to receive from the President of the Committee of education certificates of qualifications to practise surgery and medicine. They could also enter public service where they would be called 'Native Doctors' receiving an initial pay of Rs 30 per month which would be raised to Rs 40 after 7 years and to 50 after 14 years of service.
Madhusudan Gupta
Madhusudan Gupta had significant contribution to the history of Calcutta Medical College and hospital. During the prima stage of medical college, Indian students were not coming to join the course partly because they were from aristocratic Indian families who had disdain for surgery and partly...
(an Ayurvedic practitioner trained in western medicine), was transferred to the new college.
The first batches
The classes were started in an old house at the rear of the Hindu College. In May 1835, new premises were built on land donated by Mutty Lal Seal. These are the premises that the College has since occupied. During the first year of study, a series of lectures on anatomy and physiology was given. O'Shaughnessy delivered an elementary course of lectures on Chemistry from January to March 1836 and a second course from April to September. During 1837 and 1838, the staff of the College was extended and enriched by the appointment of CC Eggerton as Professor of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, Nathaniel WallichNathaniel Wallich
Nathaniel Wallich was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later joined the East India Company...
as Professor of Botany and R O'Shaughnessy as demonstrator of Anatomy.
The year 1836 was a landmark in the history of the growth of western medicine in British India since it witnessed the first dissection of a human corpse by Indian students. Madhusudan Gupta
Madhusudan Gupta
Madhusudan Gupta had significant contribution to the history of Calcutta Medical College and hospital. During the prima stage of medical college, Indian students were not coming to join the course partly because they were from aristocratic Indian families who had disdain for surgery and partly...
is often given the credit of being the first person in modern India to have dissected a human body. But many accounts state that Umacharan Set, Rajkrishna De, Dwarakanath Gupta and Nabin Chandra Mitra comprised the first batch of students to take part in dissection. They passed the first examination held on 30 October 1838 and were declared fit to practise medicine and surgery. They consequently represented the first group of Indians qualified in western medicine and given government appointments as Sub-Assistant Surgeons to the hospitals at Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
, Murshidabad
Murshidabad
Murshidabad is a city in Murshidabad district of West Bengal state in India. The city of Murshidabad is located on the southern bank of the Bhagirathi, a distributary of the Ganges River. It was the capital of undivided Bengal during the Mughal rule. Nawabs of Bengal used to rule Bengal from this...
, Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
and Chittagong
Chittagong
Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...
.
Many luminaries of Calcutta including Dwarkanath Tagore and Ram Comul Sen enthusiastically supported medical education at the CMC by instituting scholarships and prizes for brilliant students. Four students of the College were sent to England through the financial help of Dwarakanath Tagore, Professor Goodeve and partly of the government. Three of them, including Dwaraka Nath Bose, Bhola Nath Bose, and Gopal Chunder Seal passed the examination for MRCS (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons) in 1846 and returned to India to join the uncovenanted Medical Service. Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty
Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty
Surjo Kumar Chakraborty was one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine.He studied in Medical College,Bengal and went to England for further studies.He was an M.R.C.S. and M.D.He was the first Indian to join the Indian Medical Service....
remained there, obtained the MD degree of the University College of London and became the first Indian to pass the examination for the Indian Medical Service and join the covenanted Medical Service. He also became a distinguished professor of the Medical College holding the Chair of Materia Medica from 1864 till his death in 1874.
Changes
In 1842, a Council of Education, which introduced many changes in the curriculum and system of examinations, replaced the Committee of Public Instruction. The new courses of study, based on the advice of the Royal College of SurgeonsRoyal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, were introduced in 1844, and were ultimately recognised by them, by the London University and the Society of Apothecaries in 1846. After the foundation of the university of Calcutta in 1857 and its faculty of medicine for the award of medical degrees, the courses of study were revised to a certain extent. The University conferred three medical degrees, Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (LMS), Bachelor in Medicine (MB), and Doctor of Medicine (MD).The first muslim medical graduate of this college was Raheem Khan in 1856.
Other changes brought about in the College aimed at fulfilling the needs of the state to supply an increased number of medical personnel for employment in the army and for combating epidemic diseases among the civilians. The government order of August 1839 instituted medical classes through the medium of Urdu and Hindustani. Lessons were imparted in Anatomy, Materia Medica
Materia medica
Materia medica is a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing . The term 'materia medica' derived from the title of a work by the Ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides in the 1st century AD, De materia medica libre...
, Medicine and Surgery. Dissections and teaching methods followed western principles. Fifty students were selected initially. They received a monthly allowance of Rs 5 each and had to undergo clinical training by discharging hospital duties at the Medical College Hospital, founded in 1838. In 1838, a large female (lying in) hospital started functioning under the benevolence of Mutty Lal Seal. This was followed by the opening of a large hospital in 1853, designed to accommodate 350 patients. Other hospitals were: the Eden Hospital
Eden Hospital
Eden Hospital, established in 1881, houses the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Medical College Kolkata, India.-History:The gynecological & midwifery care at Medical College received a great boost with the establishment of the Eden Hospital in 1881. The admission of patients started from...
(1881-82), the Ezra Hospital
Ezra Hospital
-History:The Ezra Hospital was built through the munificence of Mrs. Mozelle E. D. J. Ezra. It was inaugurated in 1887 but patients were admitted from 9 April 1888...
(1887), the Shama Charan Laha Eye Hospital (1891) and the Prince of Wales Surgical Block
David Hare Block
The David Hare Block is a part of Medical College Kolkata.Most of the General Surgical wards are situated in this building. It is named after David Hare, founder of Hare School.-Departments:Department of General Surgery...
, opened in March 1911.
Before 1857 the number of students taking admission in the Maternity class fluctuated between 28 and 69. After 1857 the number increased slowly. At the end of their period of study the students were examined in anatomy, materia medica, surgery and medicine for the diploma of Native Doctor.
To meet the rising demand for native doctors, the Government introduced a Bengali class at the Calcutta Medical College in 1851. Proficiency in Bengali was an essential prerequisite for admission to this class. The theoretical and practical courses were almost the same as in the Hindustani class. 21 students admitted in this class were examined in 1853. Qualified students filled the ranks of the subordinate medical services as Hospital Apprentices or Vernacular Licentiates in Medicine and Surgery (VLMS) or found employment under Deputy Magistrates attached to Charitable Dispensaries and Jail Hospitals. In 1856-57, the class had 88 students and the number went on increasing until it touched the figure of 635 in 1872. The students mostly belonged to the Brahmin, Kayastha and Vaidya castes.
In 1864, the Bengali class was divided into two sections: The Native Apothecary
Apothecary
Apothecary is a historical name for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons and patients — a role now served by a pharmacist and some caregivers....
section, which trained students for government employment, and the Vernacular Licentiate section which gave instructions in medicine and surgery in order to enable the students to practise among the less affluent sections of Indians. In 1873, both these classes were transferred to a new school called the Sealdah Medical School or the Campbell Medical School. The Hindu bhadralok class, Europeans and Eurasians dominated the student population. Although during 1880-1890 there was a small increase in the number of Muslim students, their proportion was very small.
A resolution of 29 June 1883 allowed the admission of women into the CMC after doing FA. Kadambini Ganguly, a Bengali Brahmo
Brahmo
A Brahmo is either an adherent of Brahmoism to the exclusion of all other religions, or a person with at least one Brahmo parent or guardian and who has never denied his faith...
became the first woman admitted to the CMC. In 1884 the government offered scholarships of Rs 20 per month to all female students. Bidhu Mukhi Bose and Virginia Mary Mitter received these scholarships and became the first Indian women to graduate during 1888-89.
Growth
The growth of the CMC as reflected in the number of students presents an interesting pattern. A period of modest rise in the number of students was followed by rapid increase from 1891-92 till 1901-02, and then a fall in 1906-07, exactly during the period of the turmoil of the swadeshi movement in Bengal. Thereafter the increase continued unabated. The number rose from 612 in 1911-12 to 1030 in 1921-22. From the mid-1920s there was a downward trend which was reversed in the thirties.An important change occurred in 1906 when the Calcutta University decided to discontinue the LMS examination held since 1861 and henceforth confer only the degrees of MB and MD. The last batch of LMS students was examined in 1911.
During the 1930s, the system of reservation of seats was introduced, based on the relative population of different classes of people. Further it was decided that of the 100 students taken, 5 were to be female candidates. Most of the female students belonged to the Anglo-Indian, Christian, Brahmo or Parsi communities. In 1940 the duration of study was reduced from 6 to 5 years, to be followed by a six-month period of Pre-Registration Clinical Assistantship. The year 1940 also saw the conversion of the Students' Club of the CMC into the Students' Union.
Affiliation
Till 2002 admission batch, this college was under the affiliation of the University of CalcuttaUniversity of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
. Now it is formally affiliated to the newly established West Bengal University of Health Sciences
West Bengal University of Health Sciences
The West Bengal University of Health Sciences has been set up by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the year 2003 for better management of the health and medical education related courses which were so far taught separately by the University of Calcutta, and the Universities of...
http://www.thewbuhs.org/.
Post Graduate Medical course
- Degree courses (3 years in duration)
- MD (in Medicine and Medicine-related disciplines like Dermatology)
- MS (in Surgery and Surgery-related disciplines like E.N.T.)
- MS (in Obstetrics and Gynecology)
- MCh (in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Plastic Surgery)
- DM ( Cardiology, Hematology )
- Diploma courses (2 years in duration)
- DGO (Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Paramedical and Technician
- DMLT ... Diploma in Medical Lab Technology
- DRD ... Diploma in Radio Diagnosis
- DRT ... Diploma in Radio Therapy
- DALS ... Diploma in ENT
- DCCT ... Diploma in Cardio Thoracic
- DPFT ... Diploma in Cardio Thoracic
- DPT ... Diploma in Physical Medicine
- ECG ... Diploma in Eco Cardiogram
- ECG ... Bridge Course for Eco Cardiogram
Hospital and Administrative sections
Some of the blocks are:- Medical College and Hospital Building
- Ezra HospitalEzra Hospital-History:The Ezra Hospital was built through the munificence of Mrs. Mozelle E. D. J. Ezra. It was inaugurated in 1887 but patients were admitted from 9 April 1888...
- Sir John Anderson Casualty BlockSir John Anderson Casualty BlockSir John Anderson casualty block is the emergency department of Medical College Kolkata.This block houses ,besides the ER,The Emergency Surgery and Emergency Orthopaedics wards and Operation Theatres....
- David Hare BlockDavid Hare BlockThe David Hare Block is a part of Medical College Kolkata.Most of the General Surgical wards are situated in this building. It is named after David Hare, founder of Hare School.-Departments:Department of General Surgery...
(erstwhile Prince of Wales building)
- Eden HospitalEden HospitalEden Hospital, established in 1881, houses the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Medical College Kolkata, India.-History:The gynecological & midwifery care at Medical College received a great boost with the establishment of the Eden Hospital in 1881. The admission of patients started from...
- Green Building
- Regional Institute of OphthalmologyRegional Institute of OphthalmologyThe Regional Institute of Ophthalmology houses the Department of Ophthalmology in Medical College Kolkata.-History:Major Maynard became the Prof of Ophthalmology in Medical College Calcutta in 1905 and immediately found that a modern eye hospital was needed to cope with the large number of blind...
- Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine
General services
- Outdoor Outdoor services
- Indoor services
- Counseling
- Diagnostic & Investigation
The Medical College
The Administrative block with its clock-tower. It houses the Principal's offices, the General Lecture theatre, the largest of the three, and constructed in form of a gallery. The college library is situated on the first floor. On the second floor is an examinations hall, which also doubles up as an auditorium.
The students common room and the ex-students office makes up the rest of the complex. Adjoing the building students' canteen.
In front of the Administrative block is a small patch of lawn, sometimes referred to as "The Oval" which is also utilised as a small play ground for the students.
The adjoining building is the Anatomy department. It has the Anatomy Lecture Theatre and a dissection hall. It also houses the hospital morgue.
The next building is the Chemistry department which houses the Chemistry Lecture Theatre and the laboratories. It also has the department of Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology.
The last building is the Pathology department. It also houses the Physiology department and the Haematology labs, the department of Preventative and Social Medicine, the Pathology department with it labs and a huge pathology museum.
Students
Each year 155 students graduate from the institution as MBBS. Besides there are MD, MS, MCH, DM students. Calcutta Medical College boasts of a glittering alumni spread across the world.Students' Union
Medical College Students' Union (MCSU) is the only representative body of the students.(contact MCSU)Some of the several functions/festivities organized by MCSU are:
- Annual sports
- SaraswatiSaraswatiIn Hinduism Saraswati , is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology. She is the consort of Brahma, also revered as His Shakti....
puja - Rhapsody - the annual inter-college fest
- Rabindra Jayanti - commemorating the birth anniversary of Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
- Freshers' welcome - every year, to welcome the newly admitted MBBS batch
- Election - election of MCSU executive members
- regular academic seminars and some workshops
Associations and clubs
- Medical College Ex-students' Association (MCESA)
- Medical College Scientific Association
Politics
Politics among the students of the institution has rich traditions, with scores of students participating in the Indian freedom struggle and Bidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...
, an alumnus of the institution later becoming the first Chief Minister of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
.
At present, the internal politics is dominated by 3 main parties : MCCP(I), MCDSA
MCDSA
Medical College Democratic Students' Association , is a democratic and progressive students' association standing on the fundamental principles of Democracy, Unity and Progress. It is an organisation based in Medical College, Kolkata , University of Calcutta, presently West Bengal University of...
and SFI.
Cultural Programmes
January 28 is celebrated as the college Foundation Day. Marked in the evening with a Variety Performance presented by the students.The foundation day is followed by three days of the college Annual Re-union which has academic and cultural programmes through the day till evening, an exhibition of painting and photographs in the common room, a tea-party in the lawn and ends with a day's annual picnic.
The students every year celebrate the traditional Saraswati
Saraswati
In Hinduism Saraswati , is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology. She is the consort of Brahma, also revered as His Shakti....
Pujo.
Aesculapia, a college cultural festival was launched in 1976. Taking its name from Asclepius
Asclepius
Asclepius is the God of Medicine and Healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia , Iaso , Aceso , Aglæa/Ægle , and Panacea...
the God of medicine in Greek mythology, it consisted of three days of inter-college competitive events of music, quizzes, debates, arts and drama. This festival has been replaced by another three-day festival, Rhapsody since the year 2002.
Alumni association
Medical College Ex-Students' Association (MCESA)http://www.mcesa.org/ is the sole body representing the alumni of Calcutta Medical College.Besides there are alumni associations of Calcutta Medical College in some countries like UK.http://www.mcesa.org.uk/
Notable alumni
- Lalit M. Banerjee
- Pasupati BosePasupati BosePasupati Bose was an Indian physician and professor of anatomy.Bose passed his Matriculation Exam in 1923 from Murshidabad Zilla School and ranked first. He never stood second in his school or college. He went to Kolkata to study medicine. He received his MBBS and DM from the University of...
- Col. Boyd
- UN BrahmachariUpendranath BrahmachariSir Upendranath Brahmachari, KIH was a noted Indian scientist and a leading medical practitioner of his time...
- J.O' Brien
- Sir Richard Havelock Charles
- Panchanan Chatterjee
- Soorjo Coomar Goodeve ChuckerbuttySoorjo Coomar Goodeve ChuckerbuttySurjo Kumar Chakraborty was one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine.He studied in Medical College,Bengal and went to England for further studies.He was an M.R.C.S. and M.D.He was the first Indian to join the Indian Medical Service....
- Kedar Nath Das
- Paresh Chandra Datta, Additional Director, Public Health, Government of Bengal
- Raj Bhanu Singh, Jt Director, Medical & Health Services,U.P Government
- Jyotish Chandra DeJyotish Chandra DeColonel Jyotish Chandra De IMS was a doctor in the Indian army, a civil servant and an eminent practitioner of modern medicine.-Education:After completing his FRCS examinations in London, he joined the Indian Medical Service.-Career:...
, IMS - Kadambini GangulyKadambini GangulyKadambini Ganguly was one of the first female graduates of the British Empire along with Chandramukhi Basu. She was one of the first female physicians of South Asia to be trained in European medicine.-Early life:...
, the first certified South Asian female physician qualified for Western medical practice - H. Goodeve
- David HareDavid Hare (philanthropist)David Hare was a Scottish watchmaker and philanthropist in Bengal. He founded many important and prestigious educational institutions in Kolkata, such as the Hindu School, and Hare School and helped in founding Presidency College.-Early life:...
(founder of Hare SchoolHare SchoolHare School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India, teaching grades 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The boys-only school was established by the Scottish watch-maker David Hare with the help of social...
) - C.P. Lukis
- Kenneth Macleod
- C.L. Mukherjee
- Sir Leonard Rogers
- Bidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...
- K.C. Sarbadhikaryhttp://www.sarbadhikari.com/sarbabio.htm#Dr%20Kanak
- Nil Ratan Sarkar
- Sailen Sen
- B.P. Tribedi
- J.C. Banerjee
- Ram Baran YadavRam Baran YadavDr Ram Baran Yadav is the current President of Nepal. He was elected in July 2008 and is the country's first President. He previously served as Minister of Health and as General Secretary of the Nepali Congress party....
, first president of NepalPresident of NepalThe position of President of Nepal constitutes the head of state of Nepal and was created after the country was declared a republic in May 2008. Girija Prasad Koirala was the first head of state of Nepal elected by the major parties on 19 May 2006. The current head of state of Nepal is President...