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INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE: One of the buildings of the Tiruvarur Government Medical college. 500-bed hospital is also ready, says Health Secretary When Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi unveils the plaque to formally inaugurate the Tiruvarur Medical College at his birthplace on Tuesday, the State will inch a step closer to its aim of having a medical college in every district. With this college and the other new medical college at Villupuram, the State now has a total of 17 medical colleges, with 1,653 MBBS seats under the State quota. In the counselling process, all government college seats were filled, including 85 each at Villupuram and Tiruvarur. The students who have been allotted State quota seats in Tiruvarur are expected to be present at the inaugural function. The Tiruvarur Medical College was conceived in the State budget in 2008. Efforts were taken from then to set up a medical college in the district, adjoining Thanjavur, Health officials say. A new 500-bed medical hospital has a...

Kapil Sibal to inaugurate Tiruvarur Central University on Sep ௩0 September 29, 2009 07:15 PM The Government has proposed 12 New Central Universities across the country. In its part, the centre has planned to commence a University at Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will be inaugurating the university at Tiruvarur on September 30. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stali...