Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha

Maharaja Agrasen Medical College at Agroha is named after the legendary Indian king of ancient Agroha, Maharaj Agrasen.^[2]

The college was founded by Shree Om Prakash Jindal while his wife Savitri Jindal is the current president of the society that governs the institute. This non-profit medical college and hospital are run by a non-profit society, Maharaja Agrasen Medical Education & Scientific Research Society.^[3] The Society was established at Agroha on 18 April 1988 to provide health care services, medical education and research facilities to more than 2 crore population living in Haryana and adjoining states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and to fulfil the socialist ideals of Maharaja Agrasen Ji.^[4] Om Prakash Jindal was the founding president of the society, proceeded by Naveen Jindal and current president Savitri Jindal.^[5]

In the governing body elections held on 19 February 2021, the following were elected.^[6]

• President: Savitri Jindal
• Sr vice president: Pawan Garg
• Vice president: Jagdish Jindal
• General secretary: Jagdish Mittal
• Joint secretary: RC Gupta
• Treasurer: Manmohal Goel

In the governing body elections held on 19 February 2021, the following were elected.^[6]

• Madan Lal Bansal
• Navneet Goyal
• Preetam Parkash Aggarwal
• R.P Jindal
• Ramesh Aggarwal
• Romi Garg
• Satyanand Arya
• Saurabh Ajay Gupta
• Sital Kumar Agarwal
• Vivek Mittal

The college with a 270-acre campus has the infrastructure required for the postgraduate and tertiary care, staff and student accommodation.

The college has a 550-bed teaching hospital, including a trauma centre, and a 30-bed intensive care unit (ICU) accredited for 14 different specialized PG streams.

• Staff accommodation
  • Teachers' quarters (type-II houses) – 24 units for faculty members
  • Interns and residents' hostel – 100 rooms for doctors pursuing MS/MD/DNB and those completing the mandatory one-year internship
  • Nursing staff hostel – 120 rooms for the nursing personnel who are part of the hospital staff
• Students' hostel – accommodation for total 590 UG, PG, Interns students across various hostel blocks. Hostel facilities generally include the basic furnishings such as the bed, table, chair, almirah with common or attached washrooms, and mess facilities, 24-hour security and medical support.
  • MBBS girls' hostel – double-sharing (sometimes triple for GNM), 42 rooms in a separate block
  • MBBS boys' hostel – double/triple-sharing with single rooms for seniors and PG, four blocks
  • Interns & residents' hostel – double-sharing, often with attached bath, 100 rooms

• Maharaja Agrasen Medical College (MAMC): for MBBS, MD, and MS degrees.
• Vidya Devi Jindal Paramedical College (VDJPC): for courses like B.Sc. Nursing, GNM Diploma, Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT), and various B.Sc. Paramedical Technology courses (MLT, OTT, etc).

• Dental college: The Maharaja Agrasen Medical College Agroha does not have a separate dental college that offers the BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) or MDS (Master of Dental Surgery) degrees, but it has a department of dentistry. However, there are demands for such a college.
• Pharmacy college: The Maharaja Agrasen Medical College Agroha does not have a pharmacy college, nor does it offer courses in Pharmacy, such as B.Pharm or D.Pharm. However, there are demands for such a college.

There are 20 departments classified into three categories – clinical, paraclinical, and pre-clinical.

Clinical departments (hospital-based) are:

• Anaesthesiology
• General Medicine
• Dentistry
• General Surgery
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology (OBG)
• Ophthalmology (Eye)
• Orthopaedics
• Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
• Paediatrics
• PsychiatryDermatology
• Radiology/Radio-Diagnosis
• TB & Chest Diseases (Pulmonary Medicine)
• Venereology & Leprosy (Skin & VD)

• Community Medicine/PSM (Preventive & Social Medicine)
• Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
• Microbiology
• Pathology
• Pharmacology

• Anatomy
• Bio-Chemistry
• Physiology

As of 2013, the college had more than 90 teaching staff covering 20 different departments, namely Dentistry, Radiology, Obst. & Gynae, Anaesthesia, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, General Surgery, General Medicine, Frensic Medicine, Psychiatry, Skin & VD, TB & Chest, Paediatrics, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Anatomy and Physiology,^[7] 82 Nursing & 168 non-teaching staff, and additional contractor and outsourced staff.^[8]

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The college offers MBBS, GNM (General Nursing & Midwifery), B.Sc (Nursing), BPT (Bachelor of Physiotherapy)^[9] and PG (post Graduate) courses.

As of 2025, the college does not offer DM (Doctor of Medicine) or M.Ch. (Magister Chirurgiae) superspeciality courses.

The medical college entrance examination for MAMC is through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) on basis of merit list prepared by Pt. B. D. Sharma U. H. S. Rohtak. College also has 22 seats for the PG (Post Graduate) courses, admission for which are through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate).

The college has academic facilities (lecture room, demo rooms, common rooms, labs, library, skill lab, computer lab), hospital, residential facilities (staff quarters, hostel, cafeteria, hostel mess), indoor & outdoor recreation facilities and medical facilities for students and staff.^[10]

• MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), 100 seats based on NEET UG score in 5.5 years course including 4.5. academic coursework (theory & clinicals) and 1 year mandatory rotating residential internship

• B.Sc. Nursing, 50 seats in 4 years course based on university common Entrance Exam conducted by Pt. B.D. Sharma University
• Nursing GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery) Diploma, 50 seats in 3.5 years course including mandatory 6 months internship

• BPT (Bachelor of Physiotherapy), 40 seats in 4.5 years degree including 6 months of mandatory internship.
• B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT), 20 seats in 3 years course.
• B.Sc. Operation Theatre Technology (OTT), 10 seats in 3 years course.
• B.Sc. Radiography, 10 seats in 3 years course.
• B.Sc. Optometry & Ophthalmic Techniques, 10 seats in 3 years course.

Total 52 MD/MS 3-year degree seats with admission based on NEET PG score and 14 to 28 seats per year in Diplomate of National Board (DNB) based on NBEMS score.

• MS
  • MS General Medicine, 10 seats
  • MS Anaesthesiology, 9 seats

• MD
  • MD Orthopaedics, 7 seats
  • MS Ophthalmology, 37 seats

• MD Pathology, 3 seats
• MD Bio-Chemistry, 3 seats
• MD Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 3 seats
• MD Microbiology, 2 seats
• MD Community Medicine (SPM), 2 seats
• MD Pharmacology, 2 seats

• MD/MS
  • MD Anatomy, 2 seats
  • MD/MS Physiology, 2 seats
• Diplomate of National Board (DNB) 3 year program (an equivalent postgraduate qualification) in several specialties with intaking varying from year to year with seats released by the NBEMS (National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences) prior to each counseling session (January/July admission cycles).
  • DNB General Medicine, 2 to 4 seats
  • DNB Radio-Diagnosis, 2 to 4 seats
  • DNB Paediatrics, 2 to 4 seats
  • DNB Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2 to 4 seats
  • DNB Psychiatry, 2 to 4 seats
  • DNB Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, 2 to 4 seats
  • DNB Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), 2 to 4 seats

Due to high case load in the region there is big demand for the following.

• DM in Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Nephrology, and Gastroenterology
• MS/M.Ch. in Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Surgical Gastroenterology, and Urology
• MD courses in currently unrepresented clinical specialties with high volume, such as General Medicine, Radiology/Radio-Diagnosis, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• DNB Expansion: Adding DNB seats in more specialties, particularly those that are popular, like DNB General Medicine or DNB Radio-Diagnosis, to utilize existing hospital infrastructure fully

There are demands to include these courses under the existing VDJPC paramedical college.

• B.Sc. and M.Sc Audiometry and B.Sc. BASLP (Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology)
• B.Sc. and M.Sc in Dietetics & Nutrition: Required for specialized patient care e.g., in cardiology, nephrology, diabetes clinics
• B.Sc. ETT (Emergency & Trauma Technology): Dedicated course to support the expansion of trauma care facilities
• B.Sc. RT(Respiratory Therapy): Increasing need for specialists in pulmonary and critical care medicine