All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh (AIIMS Rishikesh) is a medical college and hospital based in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.^[2][3] The institute operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.^[4] Minister for Health and Family Welfare, serves as the president.^[5] It is one of the Institutes of National Importance in India.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh

Motto	Viśvārogya Hi Dharmo Naḥ
Motto in English	Global Health is the Dharma for Us
Type	Public
Established	2012
President	Samiran Nundy^[1]
Director	Meenu Singh
Location	Rishikesh , Uttarakhand , India 30°04′43″N 78°17′09″E / 30.0786773°N 78.285906°E / 30.0786773; 78.285906Coordinates: 30°04′43″N 78°17′09″E / 30.0786773°N 78.285906°E / 30.0786773; 78.285906
Website	aiimsrishikesh.edu.in

History

 

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh Campus

In 2004, Central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur[4] Though the announcement was made in 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure,[12] the project was delayed owing to the power shift at the centre. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 27 August 2012. This bill also replaced a recent Ordinance which allowed the six AIIMS institutes to become operational from September 2012.^[6] Lok Sabha passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill on 30 August 2012.^[7] The proposed measure will help the Centre change the status of its six new AIIMS institutes registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act to be an autonomous body corporated on the lines of the existing AIIMS in Delhi. The AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 3 September 2012.^[8][9] The Rajya Sabha passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on 4 September 2012.^[10][11] AIIMS started its academic sessions in August 2012.^[12] A 200-bed hospital at AIIMS Rishikesh was inaugurated by then Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on 10 February 2014.^[13]

Hospital

As of 2019^[update], AIIMS Rishikesh hospital has 960 beds, 25 functional modular operating theatres, 17 functional super speciality and 18 speciality functional.^[14]

Medical College and Nursing College

 

AIIMS Rishikesh, Medical College

AIIMS started its MBBS course with 50 students and now has an intake capacity of 125 students per year from year 2020. Nursing College has an intake of 100 students per year.^[15][16]

Directors

• Raj Kumar (2012–2016)
• Sanjeev Misra (2016–2017)^[17]
• Ravi Kant (2017–2021)^[18]
• Arvind Rajvanshi (2021–2022, additional charge)^[19]
• Meenu Singh (2022–present)^[20]

See also

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Education in India
• List of medical colleges in India

References

1. "Notification of President nomination" (PDF). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
2. . Hindustan Times. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
3. "Admission for MBBS in AIIMS Rishikesh from this month". 3 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. Six AIIMS-like institutes to start operation by mid-Sept (4 September 2012). "Six AIIMS-like institutes to start operation by mid-Sept". The Pioneer. India. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
5. "Reference at aiimsrishikesh.edu.in".
6. Raj, Anand (27 August 2012). "Bill on AIIMS-like institutes introduced in Lok Sabha". The Hindu. New Delhi, India.
7. Raj, Anand (30 August 2012). "Lok Sabha nod to AIIMS bill". The Economic times. New Delhi, India.
8. "AIIMS bill moved in Rajya Sabha amid uproar". Business Standard. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
9. "Govt fails to get AIIMS Bill passed in Par amid din". CNN-IBN. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
10. "Par nod to AIIMS Bill amid uproar". Business Standard. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
11. "Gov Bill passed in Par amid din". The Indian Express. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
12. "Six AIIMS-like institutes to start operation by mid-Sept". Daily pioneer. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
13. Dhar, Aarti (10 February 2014). "Rishikesh AIIMS functional - The Hindu". The Hindu.
14. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Annual Report (PDF) (2018-2019 ed.). p. 2. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
15. "Reference at aiimsrishikesh.edu.in".
16. "Rishikesh AIIMS to be model of integrated medicine".
17. Annual Report (2016–17 ed.). Rishikesh: AIIMS Rishikesh. p. 15. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
18. पद्मश्री डा. प्रो. रविकांत होंगे एम्स के निदेशक. amarujala.com. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
19. "Prof Arvind Rajwanshi takes charge of AIIMS Rishikesh | Garhwal Post". 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
20. Kanwar, Shimona (25 June 2022). "Chandigarh PGI doctor selected AIIMS Rishikesh executive director". The Times of India 12:53 IST. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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