All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (AIIMS Bhopal) is a medical research public university and Institute of National Importance, located in the Saket Nagar suburb of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.^[5] It is one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).

AIIMS Bhopal Building

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal

Motto	Shareera Madhyam Khalu Dharma Sadhanam (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	A healthy body is the means of fulfillment of dharma that is duty
Type	Public Medical University
Established	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Chairperson	Dr. Sunil Malik
Director	Dr. Ajay Singh[1]
Academic staff	225 in Medical College, 11 in Nursing College[2][3]
Students	687[4]
Undergraduates	498[4]
Postgraduates	174[4]
Doctoral students	15[4]
Location	Saket Nagar, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh , 462020 , India 23.210628°N 77.457449°E / 23.210628; 77.457449
Campus	Urban, 170 acres
Website	www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in

History

In 2003, Central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur^{[citation needed]} Though the announcement was made in 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure,^{[citation needed]} the project was delayed owing to the power shift at the centre. AIIMS Bhopal launched its first academic department, community and family medicine (CFM) in September 2012,^[6] formed its Institute Body (IB), in July 2013^[7] and started post graduation courses in January 2017.^[8]

Achievements

A BSL3 lab was set up in 2019.^[9]

AIIMS Bhopal is the 12th institute in India to be designated as Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Rare Diseases.^[10]

Research Activities

A Research Based Translational Medicine Department was established in 2019 focussing on areas like Bioinformatics, Tissue Engineering, Molecular Diagnostics, Infectious Diseases, Precision Medicine.

Metagenomics Lab, Cancer Biology Lab, Ethnomedicine Lab, BSL3 Lab, Virology lab etc. have been also established

Memorandum of Understanding have been signed with various institutes like IISc Bangalore,IIT Kanpur, IIT Indore, IISER Bhopal, CSIR-AMPRI, NIT Bhopal to facilitate research activities

7 Patents were filed by Faculties of AIIMS Bhopal in year 2023 and about 300 Pubmed Indexed Papers were published by faculties of AIIMS Bhopal in year 2023 alone

Undergraduate Research Forum and Journal Club was established in 2023 to promote research among MBBS Students in Basic Sciences and Clinical Subjects

Rankings

Life Sciences and Medicine University rankings
Medical – India
NIRF (2024)[11]	31

AIIMS Bhopal was ranked 31st among medical colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024^[12] and 16th by India Today.^[13]

See also

• Education in India
• List of medical colleges in India
• AIIMS Bhopal OPD Appointment