About Manipal Tata Medical college Jamshedpur
Manipal Tata Medical College (MTMC) at Baridih, Jamshedpur, in the East
Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, is a premium institution for medical education and training
under a consortium initiative between Tata Steel and MAHE Manipal. MAHE Manipal has been
formally recognised as an Institution of Eminence (IOE) by the Ministry of Education (MOE),
Govt of india via signing of an memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during Oct 2020.
With only three medical colleges in Jharkhand, the establishment of MTMC
will help augment availability of trained doctors, improve healthcare facilities, and
thereby contribute to the well-being of the local populace. This initiative will also
contribute to the increase in medical seats for aspirants of medical education in the State.
Under this consortium initiative, MAHE Manipal has created necessary
infrastructure for a medical college at Ardeshir Dalal Memorial Hospital (ADMH) Campus in
Baridih, spread over 20 acres. A total of 150 seats will be made available for MBBS students
annually and the Tata Main Hospital (TMH), Jamshedpur, is the attached teaching hospital of
MTMC Jamshedpur.
This consortium is the first private-private partnership in the country
that has been created in accordance with the Amendment Gazette Notification No.
MCI-34(41)/2019-Med./112859, dated May 14, 2019 by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), GOI and the Medical Council of India (MCI)
have taken this initiative with the objective to enhance greater participation of the
private sector to increase the number of medical colleges in the country to meet the
shortfall of doctors and thereby augment the health-care sector without compromising the
standards of medical education.