Medical College, Baroda is the medical educational institution for under-graduate and post-graduate medical studies under the Faculty of Medicine of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. It is located in the Raopura area at Vadodara, India. It is primariliy affiliated with Sir Sayajirao General Hospital. The College was established in 1949 and is considered among the first series of medical schools established after India became independent nation. Envisaged by the late His Highness Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III as a seat of learning, Medical College Baroda and Shri Sayajirao General (SSG) Hospital was founded in the city of Vadodara by the late Maharaja of Baroda, Major General Sir Pratapsingh Gaekwad Jan 1946. Due to the efforts of Dr. Jivraj Mehta, the then Advisor to Government of India and Bombay State on Baroda matters, the ground floor was completed in the year 1949. Dr. M. D. D. Guilder, the Health Minister of Bombay State, inaugurated it on 16 June 1949. The first class was 40 students. For initial development, the institute was entrusted to Late D. A. N. Deodars - the first Dean and Medical Superintendent of S. S. G. Hospital.