The Following appointments were made at the CMC Council meeting held in January for various adminstrative positions. Dr. Sunil Thomas Chandy, Professor of Cardiology is appointed Director- Designate and will take over as Director on September 23, 2012. Sunil and his wife Gigi are well known to the friends of [...]
Recent Updates
First Day Cover
A Special Cover on CMC was released on January 06, 2012 by the Postmaster General, Chennai City Region, Mr. M.S. Ramanujan, IPS and received by the Director, Dr. Suranjan Bhattacharji. The Cover was released at the Philately exhibition to commemorate 112 years of service by CMC to the nation. Copies [...]
New Year’s Message
The Director of CMC, Suranjan Battacharji sends his New Year wishes to the Australian friends of Vellore. My dear friends, As we look ahead to the unfolding of a new year, I would like to convey to each one of you my deepest gratitude for all that has been and [...]
Retirements
Few senior staff retired during the past few months after many years of meritorious services to CMC. Dr. George Mathew After thirty years of dedicated service to the institution, Dr. George Mathew, Principal, Christian Medical College, retired on September 20, 2011 . Dr. George Mathew joined CMC in 1969 for [...]
Australian Vellore Board – AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Board was held on 27th August 2011 at The Gap Uniting Church, in Brisbane, Queensland. The meeting was chaired by the President, Prof. Ian Olver. The special guest of the Board was Professor Lionel Gnanaraj, who was representing the Director of CMC Vellore. Lionel [...]
President’s Annual Report – 2011
It has been another productive year for the Australian Friends of Vellore. We have been pleased to have Western Australia represented through Renu John as a contributor to this meeting and our interim national teleconferences. Despite an attempt to identify a group who may represent the Northern Territory the population [...]
Report by Dr. Lionel Gnanaraj at the AGM
CMCH Vellore is still in the top 3 Medial Colleges in India. CMCH has the largest output within the various medical societies and forums in research and education and maintains freedom for academic innovation and growth. Recently the State Government has unconditionally granted permission for the enrolment of 100 MBBS [...]
Dedication of Out Patient Department at Chittor Campus
The Outpatient Department of the CMC Vellore Chittoor Campus was dedicated on September 16, 2011. The service of dedication was conducted by Rev. Dr. Malhia Joshua, Head of Chaplaincy, in the presence of the honourable members of the Executive Committee, staff, faculty and students of CMC. Speaking on the occasion, [...]
Alumni Gathering – Sydney October 7th to 9th
We had a very enjoyable week end in Sydney at our annual alumni gathering. This is the 7th reunion since we started meeting regularly 12 years ago. Vineet and Roshini Nayyar (batch of 77) were the organisers and we had alumni attending from all over Australia plus from New Zealand [...]