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MGIMS Sevagram

A Voice that built MGIMS

August 8, 1968. A date like many others in the national calendarโ€”almost forgotten. But in a modest meeting room in Delhi, something quietly historic stirred. Three minds met. The agenda: to build a medical college in Sevagram Morarji Desai, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, was from Delhiโ€”famoulsy frugal. Beside him sat Vasantrao Naik, Chief …

GMC Nagpur

Happy Birthday, Pendsey!

๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, Pendsey. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ? ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ Happy Birthday! Itโ€™s the 18th of May. Like always, I wake up thinking of you, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜†. For years, Iโ€™d call and surprise you with my rusty German. Youโ€™d laugh, loudly. โ€œ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ,โ€ youโ€™d say. Your accent was better. Your joy, louder. That laugh still echoes. …

Evidence-based Medicine Medical Education

Doing away with MD thesis

I must admit that I, too, wasโ€”and still amโ€”a medical teacher who guidedโ€”or is misguided the more appropriate word?โ€”over three dozen postgraduates in writing their MD theses. I do not wish to stand on a pedestal or adopt a โ€œholier than thouโ€ posture. I have erred, misjudged, behaved badly, mishandled situations, and at times, been …

Medical Education Research

The Double-Blind MD Thesis

โ€œSo, whatโ€™s up?โ€ I asked the young postgraduate from a neighbouring medical college. He had just run into me on the road. โ€œIโ€™ve finished my thesis, sir,โ€ he said, sounding both relieved and battle-weary. โ€œNow preparing for the MD examsโ€”just two months to go.โ€ โ€œThatโ€™s done?โ€ I raised my eyebrows. โ€œAlready?โ€ โ€œYes, sir,โ€ he nodded. …

MGIMS Sevagram

April 22. One Year.

22nd April. One Year. Exactly a year ago, in the quiet hours of the morning, Dhirubhai left us. He was 86. It still feels unreal. Time slows when I think of him. When Dr. Sushila Nayar invited him in 1982 to take charge of MGIMS, he hesitated. โ€œI couldnโ€™t even pronounce the names of half …

MGIMS Sevagram Uncategorized

MGIMS: 1969

In August 1969, the first batch of medical students arrived in Sevagram. Sixty of them, to be preciseโ€”forty-six boys and fourteen girlsโ€”armed with dreams, duffel bags, and probably very few clues. But there was one small problem: Where exactly was the college? And more urgently: Where were they going to live? The answer lay just …

MGIMS Sevagram

The Road that Built Sevagram

Yesterday morning, during my rounds at Sevagram Hospital, I observed a flurry of activity along the road connecting the main gate to the Medicine department. Workers were laying hot tar on gravel, the air thick with the sharp scent of asphalt as rollers smoothed the surface. By evening, a transformation was complete: a gleaming black …

MGIMS Sevagram

The Dean and the Lambretta

In the good old days, life in Sevagram was simple. The roads were dusty, the air always hot, and the village felt far removed from bustling cities. Yet amidst this simplicity, something rare filled the airโ€”humility. Once upon a time, the heads of departments and deans were more than just figures of authority. They were …

MGIMS

MGIMS: Father and Child

Beginning 1969โ€”and through 2015โ€” fifteen MGIMS students have an alluring ancestry: their parents also graduated from MGIMS. Will having parents who spent their formative years in Sevagram inspire their children? Or will it completely freak them out?  It can cut both ways.  Being cut from the same Khadi could make life easy. And at times …