AIIMS Bhopal logo
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Motto in English
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A healthy body is the means of fulfillment of dharma that is duty |
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Type | Public |
Established | 2012 |
President | Minister for Health and Family Welfare |
Dean | Rajesh Malik |
Director | Nitin M. Nagarkar |
Academic staff
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53 |
Location |
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462020, India 23°09′N 77°15′E / 23.15°N 77.25°E |
Website | www |
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (AIIMS Bhopal) is a medical research public university located in the Saket Nagar suburb of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the seven AIIMS established by theMinistry of Health and Family Welfare under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).
AIIMS Bhopal launched its first academic department, community and family medicine (CFM) in September 2012. It AIIMS Bhopal formed the Institute Body (IB), the highest decision-making group in July 2013. Post graduation courses were started in January 2017.
The AIIMS Bhopal logo signifies the light of erudition spreading all over, emanating from abode of stupa of Sanchi. Sanchi, in Sanskrit literally means – ‘to measure’ and represents complete harmony between mind, body and soul. The two serpents – signify the two shades of human existence which physicians encounter – Life & Death, Health & Disease. The saying "Sharirmadhyam khalu dharmasadhanam" has been quoted from a dramatic poem called Kumarasambhavam by Mahakavi Kalidasa. It means "a healthy body is the means of fulfillment of dharma that is duty". The olive branch symbolizes peaceful living.