Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Sciences (RIPANS) is located at Zemabawk, Aizawl on the slope of a hill donated by the government of

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...

Location

RIPANS is surrounded by

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on the southeast and a hospital and health departmental store on the northwest. The nearest airport is

Lengpui Airport Lengpui Airport is a domestic airport in Lengpui, serving Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, India. The airport is connected by flights to Kolkata, Guwahati and Imphal, and is located at a distance of 32 km from Aizawl. Lengpui Airport is t ...

. The city bus of Aizawl regularly services Zemabawk where RIPANS is located.

History

To overcome the need to provide basic paramedical health care facilities in the health institution of the North Eastern Regions, Regional Institute of Paramedical & Nursing Sciences was finalized by the North Eastern Council in 1992-93 with the approval of the government of India. All the allotted seats in disciplines of the institute is distributed as per quota fixed for to the beneficiary states. RIPANS was established in 1996 at project cost of Rs.2315.39 lakhs during the 9th Five Year Plan. Since the inception, a Medical Laboratory Technology certificate course of years' duration was started in the institute Formerly the name was Regional Paramedical and Nursing Training Institute (RP&NTI), which was rechristened as Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing (RIPAN). Later the word 'sciences' was added. The institute is named Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Sciences (RIPANS). RIPANS is affiliated to

Mizoram University Mizoram University is a central university under the University Grants Commission, Government of India, and was established on 2 July 2001, by the Mizoram University Act (2000) of the Parliament of India. The President of India is the official ...

. RIPANS is planning to start a 100-seat MBBS and BDS seat learning center for which project estimate has been submitted.

Departments

RIPANS offers the following courses:

#B.Sc. Nursing #B.Pharmacy #B.Sc Medical Lab Technology(BSc.MLT/BMLS) #Bachelor's in Optometry & Ophthalmic Techniques #Bachelor's in Radiography & Imaging Technology #M.Pharmacy #MSc MLT/MMLS #PhD in pharmacy

M.Pharm courses were started in 2016.

#M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry MSc MLT specializations were also started in the year 2021

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