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During a recent official visit to UK, the Director, Dr William Bhatti made time to visit Whitehaven, the birthplace of Dr Dame Edith Brown, founder of CMC Ludhiana. He visited Dixons Department Store where he met Mr. Donald Dixon who had a very interesting story to tell. Donald Dixon’s grandmother knew Edith Brown before she…

The Funeral and Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Dr Reg Britt was held recently. During the service Tim Jenns read this tribute from Dr Naveen Kakkar, CMC Ludhiana. “What can you say about a man who helped so many, with such generosity, from Gerrards Cross to Ludhiana? The Christian Medical College and Hospital…

“It is a great pleasure and honor to send greetings from the alumni office on behalf of all the alumni spread out all around the world during this year as we are continuing to celebrate the 125 year long celebrations for Christian medical college at Ludhiana” – Read more on the newsletter. Download the Alumni…

Congratulations to Dr. Dhruv Ghosh who has secured a prestigious award for CMC Ludhiana. The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery was established in July 2017 following substantial investment (£7M) from the National Institute of Health Research Overseas Development Aid funds.  The Unit is led by the University of Birmingham in partnership with the Universities…

The Brown Heritage Centre inaugurated on March 1st 2019 is a museum celebrating the community at CMC. The Evangelical Literature Service (ELS) store has been refurbished to become the Doctor Brown Heritage Centre. Dr. Naveen Kakkar and his team collected items from various departments and bought them together, including many photographs and documents. The grand…

“As the CMC diaspora celebrate the legacy of 125 years, we salute the pioneers who fought against the prejudices and social injustice to establish this thriving macrocosm called CMC” – Read more on the newsletter. Download the Alumni Xpress newsletter March 2019 (PDF – 14.4 MB) Visit the Alumni page

This year, our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Monday 13 May at 15:00 in London, UK. All are welcome to meet the Council. For more information, download the Friends of Ludhiana AGM 2019 flyer (PDF)