Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital

Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar Thavathiru Sundara Swamigal Medical Educational and Charitable Trust was started by our Founder Chancellor Dr. A. Shanmugasundaram in the year 1981 to serve the needy in the society.The Trust established the very first medical college in Pondicherry, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital in the year 2000. Initially the institution was affiliated to Pondicherry University subsequently it came under the ambit of Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation Deemed to be University, in the year 2004. The first batch of 100 students was admitted for the 2000-2001 session, recently the nineteenth batch of students has joined. At present 549 undergraduates, 99 postgraduate students are pursuing their studies. We have PG courses in 13 disciplines - 9 Clinical, 2 preclinical 1 paraclinical, and 1 in Faculty of Allied health sciences. We started the Bachelors program in Physiotherapy in November 2017 & the second batch of students have joined this year. Centre for Yogic Sciences was also established this year.The bed strength of Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital is 574. The ICCU and ICU are fully equipped. We have fully functional Super-specialty departments like Medical Gastroenterology, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, and Nephrology with state of art Dialysis Unit, Urology with ESWL lithotripsy and Cardiology. The Institute has PUVA chamber and latest laser instruments in the Dermatology department & Component separator in Blood BankServices offered: Patient care, Diagnostic, Rehabilitative, Preventive, Pharmacy, Government Insurance schemes, etc.