 Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Dev, Mr Abdus Subhan Khan (Minister of Health and Education) and Pandit Godabrish Misra gave due attention to this issue and finally the Orissa Medical College was born on 1 June 1944 with a capacity of 22 students into MBBS Degree Course.The College was affiliated to Utkal University and the first batch appeared in the Final MBBS Examination in 1948.The College received recognition for MBBS degree from Medical Council of Indian in the year 1952 with retrospective effect.