Enshrined
within the rich cultural heritage
and reflective of the beliefs,
values and customs followed
by the majority of the twenty
three million people living
over the plains, the hills
and the mountains of the Himalayan
Kingdom of Nepal, the Logo
of Nepal Medical College depicts
the original Nepali Pagoda
style temple with yellow roof
of the most sacred national
deity - Pashupatinath, the
incarnation of Lord Shiva
who, symbolises benevolence,
compassion and mercy and is
Omnipresent and Omnipotent
in the form of “Brahma”
- the Creator of the universe;
“Bishnu” - the
Purveyor and Preserver of
life; and “Maheshwora”
- the Assessor of one’s
deeds on this earthly abode
of mankind WHO recycles human
life with rebirth.
Lying on the forefront of
the sacred temple, is the
“Satkond” in red
which represents the Goddess
of learning “Saraswoti”,
and inscribed crescentically
over which is “Education
Research Service” the
motto of Nepal Medical College.
On the sides of “Satkond”
are written 1996 and 2052
which denote the Gregorian
Calendar followed internationally,
and Bikramaditya Era followed
officially in Nepal, specifying
the year when the concept
for the founding of Nepal
Medical College took place
for the first time. Entwined
around the white rod standing
from the centre of “Satkond”
are two serpents in green
which symbolize the medical
profession internationally
and believed in Nepal to be
the ornaments that adore the
neck of Lord Shiva. Likewise,
the two serpents represent
female and male students of
Nepal Medical College and
the Rod that provides the
support to the serpents to
stand off the ground symbolises
the Medical Faculty who helps
her / his students to acquire
knowledge, develop psychomotor
skill and inculcate good behavior
at Nepal Medical College.
The blue circle drawn around
the Temple and “Satkond”,
embossed over with Nepal Medical
College, conceptualizes the
“Global Village”,
the reminder of the Hindu
Philosophy “Basudhaiba
Kutumbakam”, signifying,
that all human beings belong
to the same universal Homo
Sapiens family, and that anyone
from anywhere in the world,
irrespective of human made
nationality, is welcome to
Nepal Medical College for
“Education Research
Service”.
(The NMC LOGO has been designed
by Mr. Uttam Kharel, Asst.
Lecturer (Graphic Designing
and Illustration), Maharajgunj
Campus, Institute of Medicine,
on the conceptual framework
discussed by Dr. Shekhar Babu
Rizyal, Founder Principal
of Nepal Medical College who
has attempted to depict to
some extent the concept of
NMC Logo based on the Nepalese
perspective, Hindu philosophy
and Medical Education.)
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