All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Official seal of AIIMS Delhi
Motto Sharīramādyam khalu dharmasādhanam
(from the Kumārasambhava of Kālidāsa, [5.33])
Motto in English
 "The body is indeed the primary instrument of dharma."
Type Public
Established 1956
President Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Dean Y K Gupta
Director Randeep Gulerian
Location New Delhi, Delhi, India
28°33′54″N 77°12′36″E / 28.565°N 77.21°E / 28.565; 77.21
Campus Urban
Language English
Website www.aiims.edu

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi (AIIMS Delhi; IAST: Akhil Bhāratiya Āyurvignan Samsthān Dillī) is a medical college and medical research public university based in New Delhi, India. AIIMS was established in 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

History

AIIMS Delhi is governed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956.[1] AIIMS was established in 1956 in New Delhi after then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru's initial proposal to set up the institute in Calcutta was turned down by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Bidhan Chandra Roy.[2] It was the vision of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first Health Minister of India, to establish an institute of such nature in India.

Rankings

University and college rankings
Medical - India
India Today (2017)[3] 1
Outlook India (2017)[4] 1
The Week (2017)[5] 1

AIIMS Delhi was ranked first among medical colleges in India in 2017 by India Today,[3] Outlook India[4] and The Week.[5]

Achievements

  • AIIMS is the first Indian center to perform a successful cardiac transplant. The surgery was performed by P Venugopal, the ex director of AIIMS in 1994.[6]
  • AIIMS is a leader in stem cell therapy, especially cardiac and neurological.[7][8][9]
  • AIIMS has India's first and only minimally invasive surgery training centre, under collaboration with Germany.[10]
  • It is a pioneer of robotic surgeries in India, particularly the Da Vinci system for urology, and robotic CTVS.[11][12]
  • The first in-vitro fertilisation facility in the public sector set up at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in February 2008.[13]
  • The Centre for Dental Education and Research at AIIMS has been designated as the only WHO CC in South East Asia region. There are a total 15 such centres in the world. It is also designated as National Centre of Excellence for Implementation of National Oral Health Programme in the country
  • First to develop DNA profiling lab (1990) and a medical toxicology lab in a Medical college (1986).

Campuses

AIIMS Delhi main campus

Central lawn, with teaching block in the background

AIIMS is located in Ansari Nagar in Delhi. It is adjacent to the South Extension-II market, and lies on the south-eastern quadrant of Aurbindo Marg and Inner Ring Road crossing. Across AIIMS is Safdarjung Hospital and associated Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University). Also, adjacently lies the headquarters of Indian Council of Medical Research, the body that coordinates and funds medical research in India. In vicinity, also lies National Medical Library, run by the Directorate-General of Health Services of the Government of India. It has a vast collection of scientific and medical journals that can be accessed by researchers.

AIIMS Badsa campus

AIIMS, Badsa

AIIMS Badsa or AIIMS Jhajjar, established on 24 November 2012, is the second campus of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS-II) spreads over 330 acres (1.335 square kilometres) of land and adjacent to SMCHRI ( shree guru gobind Singh tric. medical college hospital and research institute) ,[14] built with an initial cost of ₹10 billion (US$140 million),[15][16][17][18] also includes "National Cancer Institute" as newest addition.[19]

AIIMS Ballabhgarh campus

AIIMS Ballabhgarh, established in 1965, is an extension campus of AIIMS in Ballabhgarh city of Faridabad district in Haryana.[20] This rural field practice OPD campus was set up in collaboration with Government of Haryana as "Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project" - "Ballabgarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System".[21][22] In 1961 Rural Field Practice was established at AIIMS Delhi with the help of Rockefeller Foundation. In 1965, the Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project was set up at Ballabgarh with a 50-bed hospital, 24 hr emergency and obstetric facilities, outpatient services in medicine, surgery, paediatrics, gynaecology & obstetrics, eye, otorhinolaryngology, psychiatry, physical medicine & rehabilitation, paediatric surgery, dental care, homeopathy, NCD clinic, ANC clinic, immunization clinic, laboratory, radiological and ultra-sonograph services.[20][23][24][25]

AIIMS Ghaziabad campus

AIIMS Ghaziabad, an "Intensive Field Practice Area" is a "National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre" of AIIMS in Ghaziabad city of Uttar Pradesh.[25]

Healthcare

Medical facilities

AIIMS provided specialty and super-specialty tertiary care services in more than 50 areas:[26] anesthesiology, anatomy, anti-retroviral treatment for HIV & AIDS, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, biophysics, biostatistics, biotechnology, cardiology for cardiac and heart-related treatments, community medicine, conservative dentistry and endodontics, dermatology and venereology, dietetics, endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes, forensic medicine and toxicology, geriatric medicine, gastroenterology and nutrition, gastrointestinal surgery, haematology, hospital administration, laboratory medicine, general medicine, microbiology, nephrology, nuclear medicine, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, nursing, obstetrics and gynaecology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, orthopaedics, otorhinolaryngology, paediatrics, pediatric dentistry, paediatric surgery, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders, radiodiagnosis, reproductive biology, surgical disciplines, transplant immunology and immunogenetics, transfusion medicine (blood bank), and urology.

Specialty centres

AIIMS "Centre for Dental Education and Research" in background with hostels and the basketball court in foreground
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences:
    Establisted in 1967 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it is a 300-bed ophthalmic (eyes) specialty centre.[27]
  • Dr. BR Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital:
    It specialises in the treatment of cancer and hosts departments viz. surgical, medical and radiation oncology.
  • Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre:
    It is India's first full-fledged centre to treat victims of trauma. It is located about 1 km west of the main campus.[28]
  • Centre for Dental Education and Research:
    Located adjacent to the Hostels, is AIIMS' newest specialty centre. The centre commenced a 4-year collaboration with WHO for oral health promotion. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India designated this Centre as National Centre for Excellence for implementation of National Oral Health Programme in the country. This centre provides technical support on oral health to the government and WHO. Despite having very few faculty members, this centre has been giving best research output per person in the country.
  • Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre:
    Offers superspecialty patient care, training and research in the respective fields.
  • National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, Ghaziabad:
    It is a WHO collaborating centre on substance abuse.[29]
  • Centre for Community Medicine, Ballabhgarh:
    It maintains a teaching and treatment facility at Ballabgarh, which is a periurban area outside Delhi, it also provides comprehensive services to 84000 population. Faculty members from AIIMS are posted there by rotation.

Academics

Admissions

Foundation stone at the Academic Building of AIIMS, placed by Queen Elizabeth II

AIIMS was originally established as a superspecialty tertiary care centre with primary emphasis on research and specialised training facilities. MBBS is the basic medical course at bachelor's degree level. This is followed by master's degree level specialisation in general surgery, general internal medicine, pediatrics and other fields. Superspecialties are those healthcare fields whose practitioners need specialised certification after completing their postgraduations, examples being cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, rheumatology, neurology, and pediatric neurology. There are at least 45 superspecialties at AIIMS at higher master's degree level. AIIMS also offers M.Sc. and PhD level research courses.

There are about forty-two specialty post-graduate courses conducted at AIIMS. The entry is through a nationwide competitive examination, AIIMS PG, held every six months.[30] Each year nearly 50 thousand medical graduates and 25 thousand dental graduates across the country compete for the limited number of positions, approximately <1% of the candidates are admitted through the process. The Institute announced that the test would be conducted in both online and paper-and-pen modes from May 2013 onwards.

AIIMS publishes The National Medical Journal of India.[31] Several journals in medical sciences are edited by AIIMS faculty.

Residential facilities

AIIMS is a residential university where the faculty members, staff, and students live on either the main campus or one of the several extension campuses. At undergraduate level there is accommodation for total 400 students in 7 hostels, 6 male (Hostels No.1-6) and one female hostel (Hostel 10). At post-graduate level there are 3 hostels, 1 hostel for female students (Hostel No.9) and 2 hostels for single male or married couples (Hostels No.7-8). Additional hostels for nursing students and post-graduate students are available at a facility in the Masjid Moth area, near the main AIIMS campus. Ballabgarh campus has hostels at Ballabgarh, Dayalpur and Chainsa for MBBS, MD, and nursing students deputed there.

Student life

AIIMS students educating residents of a Delhi slum about preventing mosquito-borne illnesses

Attendance is compulsory and emphasis on participating in research activities, under the professors at AIIMS or elsewhere, from undergraduate years. Class size is limited 73 (MBBS) + 10 (MTR) + 19 (OPH) per year. Men constitute nearly 80% of student population. AIIMS has a cosmopolitan culture with students from allover India as well as from other nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Mauritius and more. A variety of Indian cultural festivitals and most major international festivals are celebrated.

The students are represented by the AIIMS Students' Union, headed by an executive committee that is elected every year from students of 6th semester. Pulse, the annual inter-college festival is hosted by AIIMS, with daily attendance ranging from 15000 to 45000. The students annually host Infest, a scaled down version of Pulse with only internal participation. The students' body frequently hosts literary games, dance classes, and arranges coaching for sports.

AIIMS has large well-equipped gym, swimming pool, tennis courts, basketball, volleyball, squash and soccer. The hostel also have a library.

Controversies

Around 2002 AIIMS decision to reserving 33% of post-graduation seats for its own undergraduate MBBS students, resulted in a controversy as it practically resulted in a 100% reservation for subjects, was struck down by the Supreme Court of India.[32] In 2006 Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who was a supporter of 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes,[33] caused a controversy when he replaced P. Venugopal with T. D. Dogra as Director of AIIMS. The initial personality conflict between Ramadoss and Venugopal later become politicised as a conflict on reservation issue,[34] as anti-reservation students and faculty of AIIMS went on strike in favor of Venugopal.[35] The issue was put to rest when Venugopal was reinstated by the Supreme Court.[36]

Notable officials and alumni

Directors of AIIMS Delhi

Faculty

Alumni

Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for medical research

Following current and former faculty have won the CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for research:

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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