Sree
Siddhartha Medical College (SSMC) Tumkur
Sree Siddhartha Medical College (SSMC) was founded in the
year 1988 by Sree Siddhartha Educational Society (SSES).
The Medical College is located in the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 220 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavar national highway and it is just 76 Km from Bangalore city connected by road and railway.
The college was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of
India, Rajiv Gandhi. After the Medical Council of India (MCI) and then
Karnataka state government run under the Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde had
rejected the permission to set up the college, the Supreme Court of India had
given the signal to go ahead in mid-1989.
The climate is similar to Bangalore. There are 21 buildings
with built-in area of about 73,875 sq. mt at the cost of about Rs. 20 crores,
which include furnished quarters for staffs. There are separate buildings for
pre and para-clinical departments, library and information center and SSMC
Hospital.
Vision
“To provide the sense of creativity, talent and knowledge to
young mimosas in the blooming garden in the field of medicine”. We are here to
provide an environment of high academic ambience to mould young minds and make
them capable of welcoming future with vigor and stability.
Mission
To work with motto of “Friendship, Philanthropic guide to
the inherent talents of each student, to develop their skill and guide them to
build all round personality with a aim of making them better citizens of the
Nation”.
College Motto
Sabbe Loko Hitatthaya (Let all be Happy and Prosperous)
College Campus
- The Medical College and hospital is located in the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 220 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavar National highway and it is just 76 Km from Bangalore city well connected by road and railway. The climate is similar to Bangalore.
- There are 21 buildings with built-in area of about 73,875 sq. mt at the cost of about Rs. 20 crores, which include furnished quarters for staffs.
- Separate buildings for Pre and Para-clinical departments, spacious library and information center and SSMC Hospital.
Library
- The central library has a separate building with a built in area of 12600 Sq.Ft.
- It has grown along with the institution. It has a ground floor and 1st floor and can accommodate 200 students at a time.
- Students friendly chief librarian Mr. Gopinath and his team are always there to help the students. In Library both Indian and foreign journals and thousands of reference books are available.
- A new digital library is incorporated which is connected to Rajiv Gandhi university of Health Science library. Through this staff and students of SSMC can access all the facilities of digital library of Health University.
- Internet Connection has been provided and through which the students and staffs can access the websites of all the premier institutions, journals and this has changed the method of teaching and learning.
Departments:
- Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics
- Orthodontics
- Oral Medicine & Radiology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Pathology & Microbiology
- Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
- Periodontics
- Preventive & Community Dentistry
- Prosthodontics & Crown Bridge
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