Rajiv Gandhi Medical College

Rajiv Gandhi Medical College is a school of medicine, established in 1992 and based in Thane, in kalwa, just north of Mumbai, India.

Ranking

For its age, it has gained a lot of repute, currently ranking fifth in the state, i.e. Maharashtra. It shares the status of the most recent medical college in India with GMC, Kota; only second to Talegaon medical college. It is attached to the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, both of which are run by the Thane Municipal Corporation.

Courses and departments

It offers the MBBS course, which has a 4½ + 1 year duration. The institute has 60 seats for MBBS which is the lowest in the state and offers more personal attention to each aspiring doctor. The CSMH hospital is equipped with over 500 beds, and a host of speciality departments which include Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Chest medicine & TB, Physiotherapy, Dermatology & Veneroleprology, HIV. The others being Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Dental Surgery & Preventive and Social Medicine.the college does offer pg courses but only cps diploma courses as of now.the current dean is dr kulkarni who is also the head of forensic department .the ex dean is the hod of medicine department dr ghanekar.the hospital has a huge patient population mainly from the poor areas of kalwa diva and mumbra.

Extra Curricular

Its main fest is known as Abhiyaan which is slowly but surely improving its standard since it was started some twelve years ago. Even though it is a rather small and relatively unheard of college especially compared to colleges like KEM, JJ or LTMMMC, the students' enthusiasm is bringing it at par with other popular college fests. For example, RGMC conducts Medi-Exhibit which is the medical symposium and has been a frontrunner in this trend at least as far as medical colleges of Mumbai are concerned.