BHUBANESWAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

AIIMS Bhubaneswar, formerly Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is a medical college and medical research public university in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and was established in 2012, though its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 15 July 2003. The institute became an Autonomous Corporate Body through the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012. Situated in the Sijua neighbourhood on about 40 hectares (100 acres), the campus comprises a hospital, medical college, and residential complex. The hospital, inaugurated on 26 February 2014, has around 920–978 beds and 43 departments, including pre-clinical, para-clinical, speciality, and super-speciality units. The Academic Area includes lecture halls, departmental laboratories, a College of Nursing, and a central library. The first academic year began in September 2012 with 50 MBBS students, later expanding to 100 students and a nursing programme. AIIMS Bhubaneswar ranked 15th in India in the NIRF medical ranking for 2024. A satellite centre is planned at Balasore with a 300-bed hospital. Directors have included Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Gitanjali Batmanabane, Mukesh Tripathi, and Ashutosh Biswas.