Tejasvini Physiotherapy College

Tejasvini Physiotherapy College in Mangalore, Karnataka runs under the chairmanship of Dr. Prof. M. Shantharam Shetty, an internationally known orthopaedic surgeon and Pro-Chancellor of NITTE Deemed to be University. The college offers a BPT programme with approximately 40 approved seats, affiliated to RGUHS. Located opposite Anantha Padmanabha Temple in Kudupu, on Mangalore's outskirts, the college is attached to Tejasvini Hospital, a multi-specialty facility of roughly 200 to 350 beds depending on the reporting period, and to the Shantharam Shetty Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SSIOT) on the same premises.

Tejasvini Physiotherapy College — College Profile 2026

Courses and Admission at Tejasvini Physiotherapy College

Tejasvini offers the standard four-and-a-half-year BPT with a mandatory six-month internship. Admission for government-quota seats runs through KCET and KEA counselling under Karnataka's 20:80 government-to-management quota split for private physiotherapy colleges; management-quota seats are filled directly by the college. Basic eligibility is 12th pass with PCB at a minimum 45% aggregate. As with other physiotherapy colleges in Karnataka, confirm the current year's exact NEET-versus-KCET admission requirement directly with the college, since this specific regulation has changed in recent admission cycles.

The SSIOT Connection — What It Actually Means for Training

Tejasvini's most distinguishing feature is its direct affiliation with the Shantharam Shetty Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, a specialty orthopaedic and trauma institute recognised by the National Board of Examinations for postgraduate DNB training since 2004. SSIOT covers orthopaedics, neurosurgery, vascular and plastic surgery, general medicine and paediatrics, and has hosted postgraduate trainees from other parts of India as well as international fellowship registrars. For a BPT student, training clinical hours inside a hospital that runs an active, NBE-recognised specialist surgical training programme is a genuinely different exposure than a general hospital tie-up — students see a concentrated caseload of orthopaedic and trauma rehabilitation cases specifically, which is directly relevant to a large share of real-world physiotherapy practice.

Career Prospects

Graduates enter Mangalore's broader healthcare job market, with a specific strength in orthopaedic and trauma rehabilitation given the SSIOT clinical training connection. Students planning to specialise in sports physiotherapy, orthopaedic rehabilitation, or musculoskeletal practice specifically may find this training environment more directly relevant than a college with a more general hospital tie-up, since the depth of exposure to orthopaedic caseloads during internship is genuinely higher here than at a college without a comparable specialist-hospital connection.

Tejasvini's Specific Position Within the Mangaluru Cluster

Tejasvini's distinguishing feature within the city's physiotherapy college cluster is neither the oldest nor newest founding date, but its specific clinical specialisation: a direct connection to an NBE-recognised orthopaedic and trauma training institute is not something most of the city's other physiotherapy colleges offer, even ones with their own attached general hospitals. Compared to Laxmi Memorial's research-focused PhD pathway or Kanachur's large-scale general teaching hospital, Tejasvini's specific strength is depth in one clinical direction — orthopaedics and trauma — rather than breadth across specialities. Students who already know their clinical interest lies specifically in orthopaedic or sports rehabilitation should weigh this specific institutional strength directly against the more general training environments at other colleges in the same cluster.

What to Confirm Before Applying

Before finalising an application, confirm the current BPT seat count and fee structure directly with the college, and specifically ask how internship rotations are split between Tejasvini Hospital's general caseload and SSIOT's specialist orthopaedic caseload, since this rotation split is the single most relevant practical detail for a student choosing this college specifically for its orthopaedic training strength. Confirm current hostel availability if relocating from outside Mangaluru.

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