Institute of Post Graduate Education

Institute of Post Graduate Education

Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education Research, Kolkata was established in the year 1957, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education Research, Kolkata is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata.

Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER), which is located in Kolkata (West Bengal), was started as a hospital in 1957. In 2004, it was converted into a medical training institute as well. It is managed and run jointly by the Government of India and State Government of West Bengal. The educational institution is approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), Government of India. Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research was affiliated to University of Calcutta from 1957-2003.

It was then a practice that the Indian medical graduates used to go abroad for studying post graduation and higher medical research. Government felt necessary of opening Post Graduate Medical Learning Centres. PG Hospital was honoured to be the first Post Graduate Medical Institute in Eastern India in 1957.

From 16th January 1957, the hospital came to be known as The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER). The institute was inaugurated by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, on 16th January, 1957. Since then the institute is best known as a Medical Learning Centre of Excellence and a Specialty Hospital.

Vision & Mission : To train medical under graduates, graduates and post graduates to become the future public health care providers, teachers and research workers.

To encourage the development of different medical specialties in coordinated way and to offer facilities for practical and advanced training as specialized branches.

To establish a forum for the continued progress in all branches of medical sciences by coordinating the resources available in various hospitals and institutions in the state of West Bengal and also for providing additional facilities for research in various institutions.

To conduct courses for nursing in under graduate and school level. To conduct courses on para medical specialities.