Friends of CMC Vellore (FOV) is an international network of people who want to support and promote the work of the Christian Medical College Vellore.
On This Page
Around the World
There are registered charities in the following countries. The links will take you to the charities own web pages
These charities/foundations organise various events. They also have newsletters to keep you informed about CMC Vellore’s activities.
They are able to receive donations that qualify for income tax relief in that country. They then send the money on to CMC Vellore. This money is then used according to the donor’s wishes.

Friends of CMC Vellore – India
Friends of Vellore India is organised through the Development Office (part of the Directorate) in the main CMC Hospital in Vellore.
Join for Free
Membership is free, and you will receive the newsletter and other information about what is going on at CMC. Membership does not entitle you to any concessions or special benefits regarding medical treatment, educational or other services at CMC.
How you can Support CMC Vellore
We hope that members of Friends of CMC Vellore will take an active interest in the work of CMC, and do what they can to support the vision. You can support us in many ways
- Through prayer,
- By helping raise funds
- for our work amongst poor patients,
- to buy specialist equipment,
- to develop our buildings and services eg Kannigapuram new campus,
- By sharing this vision with others.
Some people can give money, others can give time to help spread the word about CMC or organise fundraising events in their own neighbourhood.
Supporters have helped with …
Chittoor campus in Andhra Pradesh and Kannigapuram new hospital are two of our larger projects that supporters within India and around the world have helped with. You can see a few pictures showing the changes with time here:
Staff visit the ground of the new hospital at Kannigapuram in 2014. The hospital building going up in January 2018 Drones view of the hospital entrance in September 2020 One of the new wards made ready as Kannigapuram opened for CoVid patients. Taken May 2020 The Main entrance into the CMC Chittoor campus in Andhra Pradesh View down onto the Chittor hospital from a drone, taken 2019. Chittoor campus when building had just started in 2010 The radiology suite in Chittoor opened in October 2020 The Chapel at the Chittoor hospital with a beautiful double rainbow overhead The Chittoor chapel was built in 2012
You can read more about the campuses here:
- Chittoor campus development
- Kannigapuram, COVID centre and future Trauma centre
- Plus an overview of all CMC Vellore’s main campuses
Join Us
If you would like to join Friends of Vellore India, please send us your full name and postal address and we will enroll you straight away. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us by email or other means.
To join, or for further details, please write to the
Development Office,
CMC Hospital Vellore,
632 004 India
Or write an email or ring us directly:
![]() | dev.office@cmcvellore.ac.in |
![]() | +91 41622 83509 |