Topiwala National Medical College,Mumbai

About Topiwala National Medical College,Mumbai

Topiwala National Medical College is one of the foremost medical colleges in India. It is attached to the B.Y.L. Nair Charitable hospital, a 1,800-bed tertiary care center established in 1921.

The college is currently headed by Dean Dr. Ravi. V. Rananavare, a prominent radiologist, and employs a number of medical, paramedical, nursing and support staff. It is run by the local civic body (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) also referred to as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The corporation runs 3 medical colleges in Mumbai namely Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College & Sion Hospital and also Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital. The Maharashtra state government runs the Grant Medical College & Sir JJ group of Hospitals in Mumbai. Getting an admission to these 4 premier institutes is pretty difficult with thousands of students trying their luck every year. According to current student preference and rankings, Seth GS ranks 1st in Maharashtra with LTMC and TNMC tied on 2nd spot and GMC coming in 4th.

TNMC has graduate courses in medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and audiology, and postgraduate courses in various disciplines.

TNMC has a sister college for dental studies named Nair Hospital Dental College(NHDC), Mumbai which is a premier institute for budding dental surgeons in Maharashtra state. For all administrative and clinical purposes NHDC is considered a separate institute altogether from TNMC. The campuses of the 2 institutes are a stone's throw away from each other.

The college holds a special place in the history of Mumbai as the first hospital made and run by Indians under the British empire. The other two big hospitals in the city at the time, KEM and Sir J.J. hospital, were both managed by the British. TNMC was opened during the heady days of the independence movement in 1921 and was appropriately named as National Medical College. It was then taken over by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and since then the progress graph of the college has been going up and steady.

Through a donation by Mr. M.N. Desai Topiwala the college was upgraded in 1946 and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu. Alexander Fleming also visited the college.

Today, with the infrastructure of the 1800 bedded BYL Nair Charitable Hospital behind it, TNMC makes an ideal breeding ground for budding medicos of the 21st century. It provides training courses in more than 25 different medical and allied branches, including 9 superspeciality courses.

The college, with an annual budget of 7 crores, has more than 250 senior teaching staff members who are assisted by 400 resident doctors.

Topiwala National Medical College provides training courses in more than 25 different medical and allied branches, including 9 superspeciality courses. The college, with an annual budget of 7 crores, has more than 250 senior teaching staff members who are assisted by 400 resident doctors.