All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (AIIMS Bhopal) is a medical research public university and Institute of National Importance, located in the Saket Nagar suburb of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.[6] It is one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).
| Motto | Shareera Madhyam Khalu Dharma Sadhanam (Sanskrit) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | A healthy body is the means of fulfillment of dharma that is duty |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2012 |
| President | Sunil Malik[1] |
| Director | Ajai Singh[2] |
Academic staff | 225 Medical College, 11 Nursing College[3][4] |
| Students | 687[5] |
| Undergraduates | 498[5] |
| Postgraduates | 174[5] |
| 15[5] | |
| Location | , , 462020 , 23°12′38″N 77°27′27″E / 23.210628°N 77.457449°E |
| Campus | Urban, 170 acres |
| Website | www |
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History
editIn 2003, Central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur[citation needed] Though the announcement was made in 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure,[citation needed] the project was delayed owing to the power shift at the centre. AIIMS Bhopal launched its first academic department, community and family medicine (CFM) in September 2012,[7] formed its Institute Body (IB), in July 2013[8] and started post graduation courses in January 2017.[9]
Achievements
editA BSL3 lab was set up in 2019.[10]
AIIMS Bhopal is the 12th institute in India to be designated as Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Rare Diseases.[11]
Research Activities
editA Research Based Translational Medicine Department was established in 2019 focussing on areas like Bioinformatics, Tissue Engineering, Molecular Diagnostics, Infectious Diseases, Precision Medicine.
Metagenomics Lab, Cancer Biology Lab, Ethnomedicine Lab, BSL3 Lab, Virology lab etc. have been also established
Memorandum of Understanding have been signed with various institutes like IISc Bangalore,IIT Kanpur, IIT Indore, IISER Bhopal, CSIR-AMPRI, NIT Bhopal to facilitate research activities
7 Patents were filed by Faculties of AIIMS Bhopal in year 2023 and about 300 Pubmed Indexed Papers were published by faculties of AIIMS Bhopal in year 2023 alone
Undergraduate Research Forum and Journal Club was established in 2023 to promote research among MBBS Students in Basic Sciences and Clinical Subjects
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gazette Notification" (PDF). PMSSY. 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Dr Ajai Singh appointed new AIIMS-Bhopal executive director". The Times of India 09:57 IST. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "medical College Faculty List". AIIMS Bhopal.
- ^ "Nursing College Faculty List". AIIMS Bhopal.
- ^ a b c d "NIRF 2021" (PDF). AIIMS Bhopal.
- ^ "Contact Us". aiimsbhopal.edu.in. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Vishakha Sharma (20 August 2012). "AIIMS-Bhopal to launch department of community and family medicine from September". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ AIIMS Bhopal forms crucial institute body. The Times of India (23 July 2013). Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ "एम्स में पीजी पाठ्यक्रम शुरू, मेडिकल छात्रों ने दी दस्तक". patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Biosafety Level 3 TB laboratory inaugurated". The Pioneer. 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "AIIMS Bhopal : Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Rare Diseases". The Times of India. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.