There are 543 medical colleges and 64 standalone PG Institutes in India, making medical education one of India's most popular higher education streams. That said, there is a clear gap between the total available undergraduate medical seats, which stands at 90,285 and the total number of students who clear the medical entrance exams. The other perennial issue that has plagued medical education in India is the lack of preparedness new medical graduates have for actual patient treatment.
Acknowledging this scenario, Sri Siddhartha Medical College (SSMC) was established with a vision of making students technologically capable, ethically strong and empowered to improve the quality of life of the human race by imparting futuristic technical/medical knowledge. Over the years, the medical college has consistently offered best-in-class medical education and developed into one of the most preferred medical colleges in the country.
Medical Education of the Highest Quality
Touching Life's Forever, is the operational motto of SSMC and located in Tumkur, Karnataka, they are one of the best rural medical colleges in the country. The institute has been operating for more than three decades now, and their main attraction is the quality of teaching. The SSMC campus is spread across 250 acres where they offer world class medical education backed by state-of-the-art infrastructure including a fully functional Skill lab, an impressive library that has 16000 national and international journals, fully furnished hostels which can house 1600 students, 200 quarters for faculty members, a super market,