Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital And Research Centre
Campus
The institute's campus is located in Ariyur, Puducherry and covers 80 acres (0.32 km). The campus contains the medical college, a hospital, student and resident hostels, staff quarters, ground and sporting fields.
Organisation
The institute is under the direct administrative control of Sri Ramachandra Educational Trust (S.R.E.T). There are 22 academic departments and ancillary hospital service units are supervised by respective technical heads.
Academics
The institute is affiliated to Pondicherry University. It offers medical and paramedical courses at the undergraduate level. Admission to the courses is made either on the basis of CENTAC, or on the recommendation of the college management (i.e. Management quota). The institute conducts research in modern medicine, public health and medical education. A research council at the institute level looks after the research activities and a scientific society provides a forum for presenting research work.
Preclinical and para-clinical departments
Clinical departments
- Community medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
- General medicine
- General surgery
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Orthopaedics
- Psychiatry
- Dermatology, venereology and leprosy
- Tuberculosis and chest diseases
- Anaesthesiology
- Radiology
- Diabetology