293 students graduate from St John’s Medical College in Bengaluru
The Hindu
Since its inception in 1963, St. John’s Medical College has produced nearly 3,200 under-graduates and 1,300 post-graduates till date.
A total of 293 students — 147 MBBS students, 112 post-graduates, 31 super specialty post-graduates and three PhD scholars — were were awarded degrees at the 57th annual convocation and college day of St. John’s Medical College in Bengaluru on April 30.
Since its inception in 1963, St. John’s Medical College has produced nearly 3,200 under-graduates and 1,300 post-graduates till date.
From the graduating batch of MBBS students, Rosina Benny got the 6th rank in Physiology, Ann Rose Ephrem got the 10th rank in Biochemistry, Neeraja Jayakumar got the 6th rank in Microbiology and 8th rank in Pediatrics, Christina Gomes got the 10th rank in Forensic Medicine and Siddarth Senthil got the 9th rank in Ophthalmology and overall 8th rank in Phase 3 Part 1 MBBS.
The post-graduate pass percentage was 96%, with 13 students among the top 10 university ranks in Karnataka. Ten of them are in the top 5 ranks, and three of them secured the university gold medal for obtaining the first rank. They are Dr. Savinitha P. in Community Medicine, Dr. Namiya Jose in Family Medicine, and Dr. Jewel Johns in Psychiatry.
The super speciality pass percentage was 100%, with 15 of the 30 students among the top 5 university ranks in Karnataka. Six of them got the university 1st rank in Karnataka. They are Dr. Prem Prakeerth P. in Critical Care, Dr. Parikh Pankti Satyamkumar in Endocrinology, Dr. Ekta Pareek in Gastroenterology, Dr. Bandlamudi Lakshmi Parvathi in Neonatology, Dr. Elizabeth Donna Thomas C. in Pulmonary Medicine, and Dr. Lavanya A. B. in Gynaecologic Oncology.
This makes a total of 35 university ranks bagged by the graduates, and speciality and super speciality post-graduates.
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