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AIIMS, New Delhi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi
अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान दिल्ली
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Official Seal of AIIMS Delhi
Motto Sanskrit: शरीरमाद्यं खलु धर्मसाधनम्
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
Endowment 11.24 billion (US$170 million) per annum
President Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
Dean Dr. Balram Airan
Director Dr. M. C. Mishra
Academic staff
840 (about 105 posts vacant)
Undergraduates 100 (MBBS) +19 (B.optometry)+10(Hons.in Radiography/Radiodiagnosis)
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
Nickname Heaven of Medical Studies
Affiliations Not required ( the degrees approved by Academic Committee of AIIMS are recognised. AIIMS has been given power to recognise its own degrees by the act of Parliament.
Website www.aiims.edu
University and college rankings
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS Delhi; Hindi: अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान दिल्ली; IAST: Akhil Bhāratiya Āyurvignan Samsthān Dillī) is a medical college and medical research public university based in New Delhi, India. The Institute was established in 1956 and operates autonomoustly under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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 (ICMR), 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 (DGHS) of the Government of India. It has a vast collection of scientific and medical journals that can be accessed by researchers. Farthest along the stretch is the NAMS house.

The second campus of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS-II),spread over 330 acre's(1.335 square kilometres) of land was visualised during period of Prof. Tirath Das Dogra as Director AIIMS Delhi and Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, (President, AIIMS) Minister of Health and Family welfare union of India in 2009 at Badhsa village in Haryana`s Jhajjar district. AIIMS-II was thought to be developed as the largest Medical Education centre for super-specialities in the World. Its beginning was launched on 30 May 2012 It is being built at a cost of 10 billion (US$150 million). Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated Outreach OPD of AIIMS on 24 November 2012. Government is also planning to open National Cancer Institute within the campus of AIIMS Jhajjar.


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