Special Cover on Diamond Jubilee of the Graduate Wing  AFMC  Pune

Special Cover on Diamond Jubilee of the Graduate Wing  AFMC  Pune

Pune, 4th August 2022: On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Undergraduate wing of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Shri Ramchandra Jaybhaye, Postmaster General, Pune Region, Department of Posts, released a special cover. The Postmaster General handed over the first album, containing the cover, to Surgeon Vice Admiral Rajat Datta, AVSM, SM, VSM, PHS, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services.

Lt Gen Rajshree Ramasethu, Director and Commandant AFMC, Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Vaidya, VSM, Dean and Deputy Commandant, AFMC, Pune (Proponent), and Ms. Simran Kaur, Director of Postal services, graced the occasion. Other officers, Alumni of AFMC, and students were also present.

The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of its Graduate Wing. The AFMC graduate wing was established on 04 Aug 1962 by the then Defence Minister, Mr KV Krishna Menon. Over these 60 years, AFMC has firmly established itself as one of the best medical colleges in the country. Several of its alumni have distinguished themselves as top medical luminaries in India and abroad.

The event commenced with a solemn wreath laying ceremony, as Surg Vice Admiral Rajat Datta, AVSM, SM, VSM, PHS, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, an alumnus of the college led the alumni and cadets in paying homage at the Prerna Sthal at AFMC.

More than 650 AFMC alumni have come together from all across the globe for the celebration along with their families and children. Two Diamond Jubilee orations are the highlights of the celebrations. The first of these was delivered by the Noble Laureate, Sh Kailash Satyarthi on 04th Aug. Dr Uday Kulkarni, an eminent historian, and an AFMC Alumnus himself will deliver the second oration on 6th Aug 22.