Newprospectus 2022-23. cdr

1.11 A COMMITMENT TO SERVE 
THE NATION
CMC upholds the value that all its alumni will 
commit themselves to the service of the poor and 
marginalized. Towards this end, the cost of education 
is kept at a very modest level to prevent graduates 
being burdened with financial preoccupations. 
Furthermore, all candidates admi ed to Group A 
courses and Diploma in Nursing will have to 
undertake a service obligation to work in an area of 
need for a period of two years after completion of 
training. This process, we hope, will nurture our 
graduates into a life of service and allow them to work 
in a learning environment where they can take 
informed decisions about their future careers. All 
candidates selected for the various degree and 
diploma courses are required to give an undertaking 
to serve in India or in their country of origin for a 
minimum period of four years.
1.12 LOCATION
Vellore is 150 km. west of Chennai on the highway to 
Bangalore and is well connected by road and rail. For 
those travelling by train, the station to alight at is 
Katpadi, which is on the Chennai to Bangalore or 
Coimbatore line. Frequent bus services connect the 
major towns in the region (Chennai, Chi oor, 
Bangalore, Salem, and Trichy) to Vellore. The town 
campus of the College is located at the centre of 
Vellore town and is six kilometres south from the 
Katpadi Railway Station. This campus houses the 
main hospital, hostels for nurses and some 
accommodation for faculty. There are numerous 
commercial boarding and lodging facilities around 
the town campus. Situated 7 km. south of the main 
hospital is the College campus set in a green, quiet 
and calm 200-acre site. Classrooms and laboratories 
for pre- clinical students are on this campus. A 
majority of the faculty stay on this campus. This 
campus can be reached by taking the town buses 
route number 1 or 2, going towards Bagayam. Auto- 
rickshaws are also available from Katpadi Railway 
junction and Vellore town. The Schell campus is 
situated in Vellore town and is about 2 km from the 
town campus. The Kagithapa arai campus is less 
than a km, from the town campus and houses the 
College of Nursing, student nurses hostel and some 
accommodation. The CMC Chi oor campus is 
located around 40 km away from CMC Vellore 
hospital.

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