B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad

This article is about the medical college in Ahmedabad. For the medical college in Pune, see B. J. Medical College.

B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a public medical college situated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is attached with the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, within whose complex it is located.

B. J. Medical College

Type	Public medical college
Established	1871; 154 years ago (1871)
Founder	Byramjee Jeejeebhoy
Affiliation	Gujarat University, NMC
Dean	Minakshi Parikh
Undergraduates	250 per year
Location	Asarwa, Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India 23°3′9″N 72°36′11″E
Website	www.bjmcabd.edu.in

History

The Ahmedabad Medical School was established in 1871. It had 14 students that were educated in hospital assistant training. Businessman Byramjee Jeejeebhoy donated ₹20,000 in 1879 to expand its facilities, and the school was renamed as B. J. Medical School. In 1917, the school became affiliated to the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Bombay. By 1946, the school had obtained an affiliation with the University of Bombay and achieved higher status, allowing it to become a certified medical college that could offer a Licentiate Certified Physician and Surgeon (LCPS) degree. In 1951, it became affiliated to the Gujarat University and began offering undergraduate courses, and its postgraduate courses received a Gujarat University affiliation in 1956.^[1]

Crash of Air India Flight 171

On 12 June, 2025, Air India Flight 171 crashed into the college, killing 241 out of the 242 people on board, and 19 on the ground, most ground fatalities being within the college. The crash caused severe damage to the dining hall and dormitories.^[2][3] Tata Group, the parent company of Air India, committed to repairing the damaged buildings.^[4]

Institutions

• Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad
• Women & Children Superspeciality Hospital.
• M & J Institute of Ophthalmology
• The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute
• TB Demonstration and Training Centre
• U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology
• Institute of Kidney Disease Research Institute
• Government Spine Institute
• Institute of Organ Transplantation
• Manjushree Kidney Hospital

Notable alumni

• Tejas Patel, cardiologist^[5]
• Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, nephrologist, immunologist and transplant surgeon^[6][7]
• A. K. Patel, politician and physician
• Ketan Desai, urologist
• Janak Desai, urologist
• Rajni Kanabar, Tanzanian doctor and philanthropist
• Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, surgeon and politician