  Topiwala National Medical College (TNMC)
based in the wonderful, bustling city of Mumbai, India is one of the leading medical
colleges not just in India alone, but globally as well. The college holds a special
place in the history of Mumbai as the first hospital made and run by Indians under
the British Empire. The other two big hospitals in the city at the time, K.E.M.
Hospital and Sir J.J. hospital, were managed by the British. TNMC was opened during
the heady days of the Independence movement in 1921 and was appropriately named
‘National Medical College’. It was then taken over by the Municipal Corporation
of Greater Mumbai and since then the progress of the college has been outstanding.
Through a donation by M.N. Desai Topiwala (hence the name), the college was upgraded
in 1946 and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu. With the infrastructure
of the 1800-bedded tertiary care center, Bai Yamunabai Laxman (BYL) Nair Charitable
Hospital behind it, TNMC makes an ideal breeding ground for budding medicos of the
21st century. It provides training courses in more than 25 different medical and
allied branches, including 9 super specialty courses.
The college, with an annual budget of INR 7 crores, has more than 250 senior teaching
staff members who are assisted by 400 resident doctors. Currently TNMC accepts 120
medical students each year through Maharashtra state common entrance test (MH-CET)
and All India pre-medical test (PMT).
The college is headed by a Dean and employs a number of medical, paramedical, nursing
and support staff. Getting an admission to any of the premier medical institutes
is highly competitive with thousands of students trying their luck every year. According
to current student preference and rankings, TNMC ranks second in all of Maharashtra
state.
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