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The Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences is located 80km from Nagpur, Maharashtra in India, on a campus of 125 acres. It is situated in a quiet setting away from the bustling city, but is well-connected to surrounding cities.

The institute was granted Deemed to be University status in 2005 by the University Grants Commission. The institute aims to create a skilled workforce and augment the healthcare delivery system in India.

The Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences has five faculties: allied health sciences, ayurveda, dentistry, medicine, and nursing. Across these faculties, students can study at an undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma level. Dentistry, nursing and physiotherapy students are taught at the Acharya VinobaBhave Rural Hospital, a state of the art hospital that provides life-saving treatments.

Students have the opportunity to discover and develop their creative and literacy talents through the university magazine, which focuses on a specific topic for each issue. Issues have included focuses on medicine, dentistry, nursing and physiotherapy.

Moving away from the academic side, students can also participate in several sporting activities. These include yoga, basketball, carrom, table-tennis and chess. Students can also attend and compete in competitions, such as the Indira Gandhi Medical College Sports Competition in Nagpur.

Datta Meghe is located in Wardha, Maharashtra, which gets its name from the Wardha River in the district. The town plays a prominent role in the cotton trade and soybean farming. Notable cultural sights in the area include the Gitai Mandir temple, famous for its lack of roof. Mahatma Ghandi settled in Warda in 1934, in a village called Shegaon, which became an institution known as the Sevagram Ashram.