B.J. Medical College, (BJMC) Pune is one of the premier medical institutions in Maharashtra and India. The college, administered by the Government of Maharashtra, comprises various clinical and para/pre-clinical departments working alongside the Sassoon General Hospitals. B. J. Medical College was founded to replace erstwhile B. J. Medical School, with Shri B. G. Kher the head of the Bombay Government, laying the foundation stone, the school churning out licentiates, made way for the college training and training out full fledged medical graduate doctors.