St. Johns National Academy of Health Science (SJNAHS)

Overview

St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS) is a self-financing private Institution. St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru established in 1963 by the CBCI with the aim of training healthcare personnel committed to serving the poor in the margins, was dedicated as a memorial of the XXXVIII International Eucharistic Congress held in Bombay in 1964 and named after St. John the Baptist, the Patron of Pope John XXIII, who was an ardent supporter of this initiative of the Catholic Church in India. The CBCI represents the Catholic Church in India and is a permanent association of all its Bishops. It was constituted in September 1944 to look in to all matters concerning the interests of the Catholic Church in India. The General Body of the CBCI Society for Medical Education consists of the CBCI Standing Committee and the Governing Board. General Body is presided over by the President CBCI. The Governing Board consists of elected members of the General Body and the Executives of the Academy, it formulates policies and oversees the functioning of SJNAHS.