=Bhubaneswar: In a significant achievement, three premier state-run medical colleges and hospitals of Odisha have featured among the top 100 such institutions in the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) 2026, official sources said Sunday.
While Kataka’s SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCB MCH) secured the 15th position, VIMSAR in Burla and MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Brahmapur ranked 64th and 74th, respectively.
In another notable achievement, SCBMCH ranked ahead of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, which secured the 16th position in the IIRF 2026.
This is the first time that a government medical college in Odisha has been ranked ahead of the premier AIIMS institution in the state, highlighting the growing standards of medical education and healthcare in Odisha’s public health system.
The rankings have been welcomed as recognition of the efforts being made to strengthen medical education, research, infrastructure and quality healthcare services across the state.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling congratulated doctors, faculty members, students, nursing officers, healthcare workers, administrative officials and other employees of the ranked medical colleges on the achievement.
“This ranking is not merely an achievement for us.
It is an inspiration to take Odisha’s government medical colleges to even greater heights at the national level,” Mahaling said.