The SJM Vidyapeetha started Basaveshwara Medical College in the backward district Chitradurga, to reach the medical education to the un reached in particular and the development of this backward region in general, in the year 2001-02.
Today it is a full-fledged college with required physical and human infrastructure as required by the Medical Council of India and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. The Hospital, including the urban and rural health centres, is developed not merely with an intension to provide teaching material to students but also with the social commitment of providing health care to the common folk of the district. It is the only medical college functioning in the entire district. Students from all parts of the country are undergoing medical education imparted on spiritual and moral base.

The Objective of the Department of Community Medicine is to provide a high quality training in Community Medicine to the Under Graduate and Post Graduate students as community and primary care physician and to manage the health problems of the community.

1} Running the rural health centre (RHTC) at Yelagodu
2} Running urban health training centre (UHTC) at Ayyanapet
3} Conducting camps regularly
4} Conducting immunization weekly
5} Providing health care knowledge to public

https://www.bmchchitradurga.org/index.php?/deptdetails/
https://www.bmchchitradurga.org/inspection2015/bb/teachingstaffcollege.php

https://www.bmchchitradurga.org/ÁwardsAchievements

https://www.bmchchitradurga.org/paper_pub/Community_Medicine.php