Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute¸ Puducherry

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The Union Territory of Puducherry¸ with a population of nearly 1¸250¸ 000¸ was at one time dependent for medical education and tertiary level medical care solely on JIPMER¸ which being a central institute offers limited seats for local candidates. Though there are several private medical colleges in and around Puducherry¸ their fees are beyond the reach of the common man. Hence the territorial government decided to start a medical college of its own to provide better opportunity for students from Puducherry¸ Karaikal¸ Mahe and Yanam. Therefore in the Annual Plan of 1997-98¸ the Government of Puducherry proposed to establish a Medical College at Puducherry. Approval of the Planning Commission of India was then obtained to establish the College in the Union Territory of Puducherry by registering a society called the Pondicherry Medical College Society¸ later renamed as Perunthalaivar Kamaraj Medical College Society.