Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi was founded in 1959, 22 years after the commissioning of Irwin (Lok Nayak) Hospital, a well established general hospital drawing patients mainly from Delhi and from the neighboring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. MAMC is a government medical college affiliated with the University of Delhi and is named after Indian freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The institute’s associated hospital complex comprises four integral units - Maulana Azad Medical College, Irwin (Lok Nayak) Hospital, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Centre. Although the college does not offer direct placement facilities, MAMC graduates get their deserved placement. The college has been consistently ranked among the top ten medical colleges in India by leading education surveys conducted every year.