A General Overview of A government Medical college in West Bengal, India

NRS Medical College is the second oldest medical college in Kolkata, with us being the 144th batch of the college. The rich library, caring guiding teacher, world class infrastructure makes it one of the leading alma mater for producing doctor in the country.

The course is an extensive one of 4.5 years with total 19 subjects followed by 1 year of compulsory Internship. The exams include 4 Profeesional university exams at the end of each academic session (the second session is of 1.5 years) and total 9 internal assessment exams known as semesters. Each of these exams include theory and practical - viva examinations. The practical exams are energy - draining, which starts early in the morning and sometimes continue till the evening of the day, leaving the examinees drained out.

The course is a profeesional one and at the end the students are provided with a license to practice as a doctor throughout India. The doctor therefore can seat for NEET-PG for post-graduation studies, can opt for housestaffship for maximum upto 2 years or can opt for government or private service as per own choice. The course includes a compulsory Internship of 1 year during which the students receive a stipend of ?30, 000/- per month.

The annual cultural festival - ECSTASY which includes the various cultural, academic and sports events, held in the month of September every year. The Foundation Day of the college along with prize distribution ceremony is held on 1st December every year. The convocation day for the graduates are held in the month of February. Various seminars, workshops, debates and quizzes on different clinical topics are held by various departments throughout the year.

Feasible fees structure with ?4500/- per semester, a total of 40, 500 in 4.5 years. The exam fees for the University exams are separate. The initial registration fees fer the University is ?2000/- and then ?2000/- for every profeesional exam, a total 8000/- in 4.5 years.

No scholarship available as per my knowledge. The fees structure is minimal, so no scholarship or loan facilities are available. Any student of BPL or other backwards category can however apply for additional concession to the principal.

The gender ratio of the college is nearly one, sometimes the no. Of female students being more than the male students in some batches. The hostel has each year a separate floor fest on each floor of the hostel. The students of different religion and socio-economic background study together in proper harmony in the college and even though the political and religious beliefs differ among the students, it never hampers the healthy relation among them.

The boys' hostel is square shaped with 4 wings, really large with two canteens, 2 bathrooms on each floor of each wing. The rooms are large spacious with adequate lighting and ventilation. Each room accommodates 4 students. The hostel is adequately clean and the food quality in the canteen though not excellent, but okay.

The seniors of the college are extremely helpful. They guide the juniors with utmost care with their knowledge and really steers the juniors to the right path. The college has an Alumni association which is very active in the development and well-being of the institute. The association organises a re-union every year and ex-students who are spread throughout the world and even in their '80s participate actively to reminisce their college days and catch up with their old pals.

I appeared for the State Medical Entrance Exam - WBJEE-Medical in 2016( now replaced by the All India Medical Entrance Exam NEET-UG) and secured a rank 290. Yhe admission process was conducted through an online counseling procedure.

The Faculty of the college are excellent, highly qualified and helpful. Even with the additional job of taking care of the patients in the hospital, they teach us with utmost care. The hands on clinical experience the provide ys forms the basic of the art and skill a doctor invariably should possess.