Logos of India

GOVERNMENT THOOTHUKUDI MEDICAL COLLEGE (TMCTKD) The emblem of Government Thoothukudi Medical College (TMCTKD) features the Staff of Hermes or Staff of Caduceus with a pair of wings and entwined by a pair of serpents crested with a pearl oyster with pears and supported by a banner inscribed with the motto of the college ‘Born to Serve’. The staff with the snake has long been a symbol of medicine and the medical profession; and the pearl refers to the Pearl City of Thoothukudi which is well known for its pearl farming history.