The Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH), colloquially known as Chittaranjan Hospital, is a leading public medical education and research institution in Kolkata. It was established by the amalgamation of the National Medical Institute (estd. 1921) and Calcutta Medical Institute. Establishment The "Calcutta National Medical College" has its origin in the "National Medical Institute" or "Jatiya Ayurbigyan Vidyalaya" on 14 April 1921, founded as a product of the Non-cooperation movement. It was inaugurated by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The College is locally known as Chittaranjan Hospital. Established in 1948, the institute was nationalized and taken under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal) in 1967. The college is accredited by the National Medical Commission (NMC). It was affiliated with the University of Calcutta till 2003. It is currently affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences(WBUHS). The founder principal of the college was Dr Sundari Mohan Das. Annual intake Paramedical – 73 Undergraduate MBBS : 250 Nursing : 50 Post Graduate Degree : 122 Diploma : 4 Post Doctoral (Super-specialization) : 7 Departments Non-clinical departments Department of Anatomy Department of Physiology Department of Biochemistry Para-clinical departments Department of Pathology Department of Microbiology Department of Pharmacology Department of Forensic and State Medicine Department of Community Medicine/PSM Clinical departments Department of Ophthalmology Department of ENT/Otorhinolaryngology Department of General Surgery Department of Orthopaedics Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department of General Medicine Department of Paediatrics Department of Dermatology Department of Pulmonary/Chest Medicine Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department of Dentistry Department of Radiology Department of Radiotherapy Department of Psychiatry Department of Anaesthesiology Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department of Paediatric Surgery Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Department of Urology Department of Neuro Medicine Department of Cardiology Hospital Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) is popularly known as Chittaranjan Hospital. The second campus of CNMC previously Calcutta Pavlov Hospital houses the psychiatry department. CNMC&H is one of the biggest government hospitals in West Bengal having extensive OPD, day care and indoor patient care services with more than 8,000 patients attending OPD every day. Total available bed strength is 1600. Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital ranked country’s best in maternity care and received the LaQshya Certificate from the Union health ministry, becoming the first medical institute in West Bengal to get it. AGON – The annual cultural festival AGON is the annual cultural festival of