The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) is India’s first rural medical college, nestled in the karmabhoomi of Mahatma Gandhi, in Sevagram. It is managed by the Kasturba Health Society. The college was earlier affiliated to the Nagpur University (1969–1997) and from year 1998 it is now affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik. In the spirit of its Founder, the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram today is committed to the pursuit of professional excellence by evolving an integrated pattern of medical education and it seeks to provide accessible and affordable health care primarily to underprivileged rural communities.

It was 1936, when Mahatma Gandhi left Sabarmati ashram and set up his ashram in Sevagram, a small village in Wardha town in Maharashtra. Gandhi directed the independence movement of the country from here. This has immortalized Sevagram in the history of the Nation. In 1938, Dr Sushila Nayar, then a young medical graduate, came to Sevagram to meet her brother Pyarelal. Pyarelal was Gandhi's secretary and a link to Dr. Nayar's association with the Mahatma. Born on 26th December 1914, in Kunjah (Gujarat), now in Pakistan, Sushila was just another girl from a middle class family. It was by her sheer grit and dedication that she later on carved a national position and contributed immensely to the society.

In line with Lal Bahadur Shastri's foresight, in 1969, and as a part of Gandhi Centenary Program, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences was proposed to be set up on the soil of Sevagram. After the approval of the Planning Commission and with the blessings of the President and the Prime Minister of the country the institute was formed. It was decided that the Government of India, Maharashtra Government and the Kasturba Health society would share the expenditure on it in the proportion of 50:25:25.

Governing Council

Shri Dhirubhai Mehta

Chairman

Dr BS Garg

Secretary

Dr N Gangane

Dean

Mrs AN Gangane

Chief Administrative Officer

Academic Section

Mrs Sangeeta Narang
Administrative Officer
Dean Office
Phone : 07152-284341-55 (16 lines) : Ext. 207
Email : adminofficer@mgims.ac.in

Dean Office
MGIMS, Sevagram, 442102
Phone : 07152-284341-55 (16 lines) : Ext. 207
Email : deanoffice@mgims.ac.in

MGIMS in Numbers

Departments

• Anaesthesiology
• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Chest Medicine
• Community Medicine
• Dental Surgery
• Dermatology
• Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
• JBTDRC and Bioinformatics Centre
• Medicine
• Microbiology
• Naturopathy and Yoga
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedics
• Otolaryngology
• Paediatrics
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physiology
• Psychiatry
• Radiodiagnosis
• Radiotherapy
• Surgery
• Games and Sports