Pune AFMC celebrating platinum jubilee from Sunday

Lt Gen Daljit Singh, Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS), and senior Colonel Commandant, Army Medical Corps, will inaugurate the Platinum Jubilee Medical Update on April 30, it said.

The proceedings, being conducted in hybrid mode, will offer an opportunity to the serving officers, alumni and veterans from the country and abroad to participate in the medical colloquium. Platinum jubilee orations, debates and panel discussions will be the key highlights of the event.

The institution was set up on May 1, 1948, under the stewardship of Col P P Chowdry, the first Commandant of AFMC. On August 4, 1962, the undergraduate wing of the AFMC was dedicated to the nation by the then defence minister V K Krishna Menon. AFMC offers training to medical officers, dental officers, nursing officers, and paramedics of the Indian Armed Forces, and in addition, the medical officers and paramedics of foreign countries.

“The indomitable spirit of those who passed through the portals of this noble institution is evident by their supreme sacrifices in the line of duty. Captain Devashish Sharma, an alumnus of the ‘Z’ batch of AFMC, was awarded Kirti Chakra (posthumous), the second highest peacetime gallantry award, in recognition of his exceptional bravery in the face of enemy. Many such alumni have been conferred with gallantry and distinguished service awards,” the statement said.