Assam Medical College: Dibrugarh (AMC)

Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh

Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam (AMC)

It is one of the oldest and premier medical institutes in the North Eastern region of India. British

Philanthropist Sir John Berry White, a retired brigadier from the British Troops who later became the

civil surgeon of the then Lakhimpur district in 1870, contributed his lifetime earning of Rupees Fifty

Thousand (present day valuation: more than 50 million rupees) to establish his dream project“Berry

White Medical School” in 1900 AD. This school heralded the beginning of Allopathic Medical Education

in Assam and North East Indian States by conferring LMP Diploma in old undivided Assam. In 1938, the

Assam Branch of Licentiate Medical Practitioner in its annual meeting under the chairmanship of

Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi, the then premier of the Congress Govt. of Assam decided to upgrade

the Berry White Medical School to a full fledged Medical College, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh

was established in 3rd November 1947, in the erstwhile US Military hospital of the second world war

at Borbari, Dibrugarh through a process of up-gradation of Berry White Medical School immediately

after independence, inaugurated formally by First chief Minister of Assam, Late Lokopriya Gopinath

Bordoloi. The admission of the first batch of students was completed in September 1947 with 6 seats.

Address: 

Barbari  AMC Rd, Dibrugarh, 

Assam 786002
Phone: 0373 230 0080

How to Reach Assam Medical College:

One may travel to Dibrugarh Town by Bus, personal vehicle hired cabs. Assam Medical College is

situated very close to the center of Dibrugarh Town.

The Nearest Airport is Mohanbari Airport which is 17 Km far from the main town of Dibrugarh and takes around 20-25 mins of drive.