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Top 10 Medical Colleges in India - 2022

The healthcare industry, also called the medical industry or health economy has witnessed significant demands in the past couple of years. As per the Statista reports, India's healthcare sector was worth about $280 billion in 2020 and it was estimated to reach up to $372 billion by 2022. The Indian healthcare industrty comprises of hospitals, medical devices, clinical trials, outsourcing, telemedicine, medical tourism, health insurance, and medical equipment. Additionally, as per Investindia reports, while the Indian healthtech industry was valued at $1.9 billion in 2020, it is expected to reach $5 billion by 2023, growing at a CGAR of 39 percent. Growing incidence of lifestyle diseases, rising demand for affordable healthcare delivery systems due to the increasing healthcare costs, technological advancements, the emergence of telemedicine, rapid health insurance penetration and government initiatives like e-health together with tax benefits and incentives are driving the healthcare market in India. However, to help realize this prolific growth across the industry there's needed an efficient workforce of professionals who can help deliver patient-friendly, reliable and proficient medical and pharma services to deliver the medical needs of the patients. Well, there are many Medical colleges striving to comprehend this growth creating the medical and medicine technology leaders for tomorrow, leveraging innovatively and essentially designed curriculum that best prepares the individuals to face the challenges of tomorrow arising amidst the medical industry. Taught by the great faculty influencers present in the medical industry, students are consecutively getting equipped with advanced level of skills, knowledge, practical training and management skills to succeed in today's vibrant global medicine atmosphere. However, with so many Medical colleges to choose from students may need to scuffle deciding on the best one.Higher Education Review, in this issue presents a list of `Top 10 Medical Colleges in India - 2022' who have been offering best-in-class education in the country. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board.

Top 10 Medical Colleges in India - 2022

College

Location

Description

AIIMS- All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research & patient-care and their objective is to attain self sufficiency in postgraduate in medical education
BHU- Banaras Hindu University Varanasi They offers over 350 courses in total at various undergraduate postgraduate and doctoral levels
CMC- Christian Medical College Vellore An autonomous private college established in 1990, which offers admission to diploma, UG, PG and doctoral courses
DKMM Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital Aurangabad They have well-equipped two pathology laboratories working for the hospital which include the D.K.M.M
Maheshwara Medical College & Hospital Sangareddy They provide free healthcare for the underprivileged in approximately 36 villages surrounding the Maheshwara Campus
NIMHANS- National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences Bangalore They have 16 centres of excellence some of which are Advanced Centre for Ayurveda, Centre for Public Health, Library and Information Centre, Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS Digital Academy and many more
Noida International Institute of Medical Sciences Noida They provide every individual students with their own space to learn, experiment and gain insights
PGIMER- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh The university is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences Sikkim Offers quality education to the students from North & North Eastern parts of India and latest health care facilities at affordable costs to the people of Sikkim
Sri Siddhartha Medical College Tumkur Established with a vision of making students technologically capable, ethically strong and empowered to improve the quality of life of the human race by imparting futuristic technical/medical Knowledge