Media Release
Bengaluru, Jul 24: The annual convocation and college day of the Institute of Allied Health Sciences, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru was held at 3.00 pm on July 24th 2026.
Dr P Ranganath Nayak, senior consultant interventional cardiologist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore and an alumnus of St John’s Medical College MBBS batch of 1974 was the chief guest.
The final-year students achieved 88% pass rate in B.Sc. Medical Imaging Technology, an 86% pass rate in B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology, 100% in Perfusion technology, 100% in Radiation Technology, and 100% in AOTT. In BPT the pass rate was 92 %. The pass rate for the master’s program was 90% in MPT, 93 % in MSc MLT and 100% in MHA
A total of 217 allied health professionals, both graduates and postgraduates, were awarded their degrees.
A total of 14 graduates and post graduates were awarded state ranks from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences - 2 in BSc, 3 in Masters in Hospital Administration, 1 in Masters in Physiotherapy and 8 in MSc MLT. In Masters in Hospital Administration, Maria Renita Swathy secured 1st rank , Ashwini R Mohan got 7th rank and Riya Ann Thomas got 8th rank. In BSc PT, Sandra Elza Antony secured 8th rank. In BSc RTT, Arun P Thomas secured 6th rank. In M.Sc MLT (Haematology & Blood Transfusion), Payel Chakraborty secured 1st rank, Sandeep secured 3rd rank, Sayanti Paul secured 6th rank and Tamanna Mandal secured 8th rank. In M.Sc MLT (Microbiology and Immunology), Dhanasree Varrier secured 2nd rank, Bhat Divyashree Mahabala secured 3rd rank, Muhammed Shiyas secured 4th rank and Rohit secured 8th rank. In MPT Paediatrics, Soumya Santosh Vernekar secured 7th rank.
Established in 1963, St. John’s Medical College was set up with a mission to train health care personnel to serve in rural and underserved areas of our country. The allied health science courses were started as one year Diploma course in Medical Laboratory Technology (DMLT) in 1974 with 10 seats a year. The two-year Diploma course in Radiology started in 1985 with 4 seats a year. Degree courses affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) were started in 1999 (B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Imaging Technology, Renal Dialysis Technology and Cardiac Perfusion Technology). Today, with nine undergraduate programs, advanced post-graduate specialties, and doctoral research, the Institute of Allied Health Sciences has officially become the largest program at St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences. Occupational health has been added as a course this year. Permission from RGUHS has been obtained to start audiology and speech language pathology (ASLP) and Clinical Psycho
logy and work is underway to apply for nuclear medicine technology and cardiac care technology this year. An unique program that has begun this year is in clinical nutrition - an inhouse certification course which is a precursor to MSc in clinical nutrition in future. The college is supported by a state-of-the-art 1400 bedded hospital and over 100 critical care beds, which is NABL & NABH accredited, with an average of 2500 daily outpatients and 150 daily inpatient admissions, and over 600 doctors serving in the institution. It is rated as one of the best in the city and in the state, with patients seeking medical help from as far as West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and international patients from neighboring countries Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh among others.
Fr Jesudoss Rajamanickam, director of St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences welcomed the dignitaries and the gathering. He congratulated the graduates and postgraduates on this significant achievement. He stressed that AHS professionals are the silent success in every health system. He reiterated that through the services of these professionals, patients walk again, breathe again and live again. He attributed success in every process in the hospital being due to effective team work, the AHS professionals forming an integral part of this effort. He reminded the graduates and postgraduates that they should strive to do the right thing at the right time to the right patients, and to use their knowledge not only to treat disease but to restore health.
The dean of St John’s Medical College, Dr George D’Souza highlighted the various accomplishments of the AHS students, faculty, and staff of the institution and the various advanced teaching and research initiatives that have been implemented at the institution. In his message to the graduates, he said “…these ranks, these grants, and these milestones are the legacy of the walls you are leaving behind. But tomorrow, you become our living legacy. Your ‘harvest’ as healthcare professionals will not always be immediate, nor will it always be measured in accolades. It will be found in the lives you save, the comfort you bring to a suffering patient, the trust you build with families, and the colleagues you inspire along the way”.
The chief guest Dr P Ranganath Nayak, in his message to the graduates, postgraduates and awardees, lauded their efforts to achieve excellence, whilst reminding them to uphold integrity and values in their professional life, and constantly bear in mind that success of health care is a result of teamwork. Integrity, he said meant doing the right things when no one else is watching. He advised them to carry their motivation as a torch and when fatigue sets in, to be reminded of the oath they had taken today and enlighten the lives of those they care for.
The graduates and postgraduates were presented their certificates and various awards won for various curricular and extracurricular activities. The graduates were administered the pledge of the health care professional.
The program ended with a vote of thanks.