Deccan College of Medical Sciences (DCMS) is a medical school situated in Hyderabad, India offering the courses MBBS, postgraduate degree / diploma and superspeciality courses.[1] It has an approved intake of 150 MBBS seats annually.
Deccan College of Medical Sciences is established and administered by Muslim Minority Trust, i.e., Dar-us-salam Educational Trust under the provision of Article 30(1) of the constitution of India. Dar-us-Salam Educational Trust is an autonomous body with Asaduddin Owaisi as its chairman and Akbaruddin Owaisi as managing director.
The college is administered by the chief administrator Dr. (Colonel) G. K. N. Prasad.
Dr. Ashfaq Hasan is the principal and also the Professor of the department of Respiratory Medicine.
The college is situated at Nawab Lutf ud Daula Palace, Zafargarh, Kanchanbagh near Santoshnagar, close to the Nizamia Observatory (a famed space observatory with a beautiful palace and a 7-storey tall structure was erected for the installation of telescopes which was started in the year 1907 ) by Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur, the minister of defence during the 6th Nizam, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan's reign.Later it was moved to Begumpet and came under the purview of CESS - Center for Economic & Social Studies.The
Nizamia Observatory was shifted from Ameerpet to Rangapur in RR district(currently not in use).
Some of its counted achievements include:
•The counting of 7,63,542 stars during the 1920s
•Participated in the international astronomical project(Carte-du-Ciel) in 1909
•Studied Potsdam zone from 36 degrees to 39 degrees N in the sky
• Studied Pixs from 1910 to 1920
Attached to the college there is a seven-storey hospital:[3]
The college occupies an area of 66,070 sq ft (6,138 m2) built-in area with adjacent open space of approximate 16 acres (65,000 m2) for further expansion. It has an Indoor sports complex, cricket ground, basketball court.[citation needed]
The hospital building houses the Nursing and the Physiotherapy colleges. In the cellar of the hospital building, Department of Hospital Management, Deccan School of Management is located. Department of Hospital management offers Masters in Hospital management (M.H.M ), which is affiliated to Osmania University and approved by AICTE.
Library
The college has a central library in addition to departmental libraries. As of 2018, it contains over 30,000 textbooks and reference books; and 130 print journals subscribed in 2018.[citation needed]