Official seal of AIIMS Delhi
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Motto |
Sharīramādyam khalu dharmasādhanam (from the Kumārasambhava of Kālidāsa, [5.33]) |
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Motto in English
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"The body is indeed the primary instrument of dharma." |
Type | Public |
Established | 1956 |
President | Minister for Health and Family Welfare |
Dean | Balram Airan |
Director | Randeep Guleria |
Location |
New Delhi, Delhi, India 28°33′54″N 77°12′36″E / 28.565°N 77.21°E |
Campus | Urban |
Language | English |
Website | www.aiims.edu |
University and college rankings | |
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Medical - India | |
India Today (2017) | 1 |
Outlook India (2017) | 1 |
The Week (2017) | 1 |
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.
AIIMS Delhi is governed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956. 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. It was the vision of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first Health Minister of India, to establish an institute of such nature in India.
AIIMS Delhi was ranked first among medical colleges in India in 2017 by India Today,Outlook India and The Week.
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.