For initial development, the institute was entrusted to the late D. A. N. Deodars – the first Dean and Medical Superintendent of S. S. G. Hospital. The first final MBBS examination was held in April 1954. The Medical Council of India and General Medical Council of Britain recognized the degree awarded. The ruler of Baroda late Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III initiated medical aid to the public of Baroda by starting a few bedded hospital – Dufferin hospital at Varasia in 1865. That hospital was later expanded to the present S. S. G. Hospital with a capacity of 1500 admissions.