Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, also known as NSCB Medical College, is the third oldest medical college in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the city of Jabalpur, in the Garha region, surrounded by hills. It was founded in 1955 as Government Medical College, Jabalpur. Admission is through a pre-medical entrance exam, and the current class size is 250 students per year. The college has a full-service medical hospital on campus that serves as its main teaching hospital, and it is also accredited for postgraduate and subspecialty medical education. The college is named after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a prominent leader of the Indian independence movement. The Dean of NSCB Medical College is Dr. Navneet Saxena. Notable alumni include Yogesh Kumar Chawla, a Padma Shri awardee and former Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research; Pradeep Chowbey, a Padma Shri awardee and Chairman of Max Healthcare; Narmada Prasad Gupta, a Padma Shri awardee and Chairman of Academics and Research Division Urology at Medanta; Pukhraj Bafna, a Padma Shri awardee; and Shashi Wadhwa, former Dean of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.