College of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai,or CPS Mumbai or CPS Bombay established in 1913,is an Autonomous body imparting Postgraduate Medical Education and offers 10 Fellowships,39 Diplomas and 2 Certificate Courses. Located in the heart of Mumbai near KEM Hospital, it caters to doctors from all over India.
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History
The origins of the College go back to the year 1913. In 1913 the British Government through its Governor gave an assent to start such an institution in consonance with the "Royal College of Surgeons of England". Dr. Rajab Ali Patel agreed to establish such a college by dropping the prefix 'ROYAL' and hence the birth of the institution "College of Physicians and Surgeons" now popularly known as CPS. Initially it was registered under the Bombay Society Act of 1860 in March 1913. vide Annex--(1). Established as a sister institute similar to the Royal College of Surgeons in London which dates back to the 14th century,CPS functions as an examining body and provides affiliations to different District & Private Hospitals and Medical Colleges. CPS Mumbai has been offering various Fellowship and Diploma courses at the Postgraduate level to meet the shortage of Specialist Doctors in India. It is the only examining body besides the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to have been Recognised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to impart Postgraduate Medical Education and currently has around 1600 Doctors pursuing specialisation under its ambit.
Establishement
On 21 April 1912 a meeting of the committee was called to discuss the proposal for forming a college. The proposal was put to vote and passed unanimously. It was also decided that college should function as Registered Society. Steps were, therefore, taken to register it under SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT XXI OF 1860 and documents were signed to that effect on 4 March 1913.
Surgeon General H W. Stevenson was unanimously elected as Founder President.
Dr. Temulji B. Nariman and Col. C. H. L. Meyer were elected as Vice-Presents. The college committee converted itself into the first Council of the college. Then the constitution was drafted and passed unanimously.
Administration Office
CPS is situated in the prime locality of Mumbai near KEM Hospital, Parel and its office comprises an area of approximately 80,000 sq. feet in a five storied building having different departments and the department heads run the day-to-day activities of CPS.
The CPS has 4 lecture halls, and 4 examination halls which accommodate approximately 500 students. Even the DNB examinations are held in the CPS twice in a year.
Fellowship
Various Fellowship courses offered by CPS (equivalent to MD/MS/DNB)
F.C.P.S.:(Three year courses)
Diploma
Various Diploma courses offered by CPS (equivalent to MCI recognised Diploma)
Diploma Courses:(Two year course)
Certificate
Certificate Courses:(One Year)
State Medical Council Recognition
All FCPS courses are recognised by
1. Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) vide GR Extraordinary 4-B dated 15 March 2010 through notification no. PGM.1010/CR-18 (Part 2)/ 10/EDU-2 read with the MMC Act 1965.
2. Gujarat Medical Council (GMC) vide GR no. MCG/10/2011/460646/J dated 26 August 2011.
3. Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC) since 2016.
National Recognition
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,New Delhi (MOHFW) in the Notification dated 17 October 2017 , Recognised all the Diploma courses being offered by the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai. The Notification - S.O. 3402(E).--In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 11 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), the Central Government after consulting the Medical Council of India, hereby makes the further amendments in the First Schedule of the Act, namely and inserted all Broad Specialty Diploma Courses (two years courses at the Post MBBS level) offered by the College Of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai , with the following note.
Note : (i) All the admissions should be through NEET PG and centralized counselling and as per Government policy from time to time. (ii) The CPS qualifications shall not be treated as a recognized medical qualification for the purpose of teaching. (iii) Further, any postgraduate degree course to be run by the CPS shall be with the prior approval of this Ministry subject to fulfilment of stipulations prescribed on the lines of Minimum Standard Requirement Regulations of MCI.
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