Armed Force Medical College (AFMC), Pune

Armed Forces Medical College is a premier medical institute of the country acknowledged as a centre of excellence for education and research. The college provides training to under-graduate and post-graduate medical and nursing students with assured career prospects in the defence services.

The AFMC Crest:

“Within a lotus wreath, surmounted by the Ashokan lions, the rod of Aesculapaeus the serpent intertwined”

The snake has been symbolically associated with the medical profession, since the dawn of civilization. Its origin can be traced in the mythology of the Greek who regarded it as a symbol of wisdom, virility and eternity. The snake was carried by Apollo and Mercury around a rod. In the form depicted in the crest, intertwined around a staff, it was carried by Aesculapaeus, the greek god of health and healing.

The same symbol is also found in Indian mythology. The staff is here called the “Brahmadanda”, the stick of Lord Brahma. The two snakes symbolize “Kundalini”, the fire of eternity. It was natural for the eternal symbol of the science of healing to occupy its place in the crest of Armed Forces Medical College

Mission of AFMC

The Armed Forces Medical College will provide comprehensive medical and para medical education to the students to ensure a holistic development of theoretical and practical skills with the aim to prepare compassionate human beings, caring and courteous medical professionals, responsible and socially conscious citizens and exemplary leaders for the Armed Forces.


Departments:

a) Department of Anaesthesiology
b) Department of Anatomy
c) Department of Biochemistry
d) College of Nursing
e) Department of Dental Surgery
f) Department of Dermatology & Venereology
g) Department of Forensic Medicine
h) Department of Geriatrics
i) Hospital Administration
j) Department of Internal Medicine
k) Department of Microbiology
l) Department of Opthalmology
m) Department of Otorhinolaryngology
n) Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
o) Department of Orthopaedics
p) Department of Pathology
q) Department of Paediatrics
r) Department of Pharmacology
s) Department of Physiology
t) Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilition
u) Department of Community Medicine
v) Department of Psychiatry
w) Department of Radiodiagnosis
x) Department of Surgery
y) Department of Transfusion Medicine