The college is named after Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, a freedom fighter and journalist from Kanpur.

The institute has a lush green eco-friendly campus with big trees and well-spread gardens all over.

GSVMMC has a sprawling campus with hospital and college sections accommodated in huge buildings.

The students here identify themselves as Ganeshians and the alumni are called GEMs(GSVM Ex Medicos).

LLR Along with its Sister Hospitals forms one of the biggest patient care units of Asia.

D Block and Type 3- Teachers, Medical Officers, Demonstrators and Senior Residents 6.

of Electricity, water supply and sewage On 28 February 2014, Samajwadi Party MLA from Sisamau, Irfan Solanki, his driver and official gunner were involved in a minor accident with two doctors of GSVMMC.

Later, a large group of Samajwadi Party hoodlums arrived and beat up many students.

Following the incident, heavy police force was deployed but was unable to control the growing tension from both sides.

The principal of college Navneet Kumar, who was trying to calm the situation down, was misbehaved and insulted.

[3][4] As a reaction to the raid, GSVM and Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital went on an indefinite strike in protest against police atrocities.

Meanwhile, the IMA announced that its members would remain on strike across the state on 2 March 2014 to protest police action.

[5] The upgrading plan started with 12 other Government Medical College/Institutions on 03.08.2016 at the cost of 200 crore (Central Share: Rs.