All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (AIIMS Bhopal) is a
medical research
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public university
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and Institute of National Importance, located in the
Saket Nagar suburb of
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...
,
Madhya Pradesh
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,
India
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. It is one of the
All India Institutes of Medical Sciences
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. These institutes ha ...
(AIIMS) established by the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).
History
In 2003, Central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur Though the announcement was made in 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure, 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, formed its Institute Body (IB), in July 2013 and started post graduation courses in January 2017.
Achievements
A
BSL3 lab was set up in 2019.
AIIMS Bhopal is the 12th institute in India to be designated as Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Rare Diseases.
Research Activities
A 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
Rankings
AIIMS Bhopal was ranked 31st among medical colleges in India by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) in 2024 and 16th by India Today.
See also
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Education in India
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List of medical colleges in India
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AIIMS Bhopal OPD Apppointment
References
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Bhopal
Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...
Medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh
Universities in Bhopal
Educational institutions established in 2012
2012 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
BSL3 laboratories in India