KVM INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES, CHERTHALA

KVM Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Cherthala is located in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India. As a paramedical institution, it falls under the regulatory and academic oversight of the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS), a state university headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. KUHS was established through the Kerala University of Health Sciences Act, 2010, to ensure systematic instruction, teaching, training, and research, and to maintain uniformity in academic programmes related to medical and allied subjects across Kerala. The university is mandated to affiliate all colleges and institutions in the state that provide professional education in health care, including those offering allied health sciences courses. Institutions affiliated with KUHS are categorised as government, private aided, or private unaided, and further classified as autonomous or non-autonomous. The university's affiliated institutions span nine disciplines, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health sciences, with the latter forming one of the largest groups among the roughly 382 affiliated colleges. The Governor of Kerala serves as Chancellor of KUHS, while the Minister for Health and Family Welfare acts as Pro-Chancellor, and the Vice-Chancellor serves as the academic and executive head of the university.