Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Official Seal of IGIMS
Other name
IGIMS
Motto in English
Praninam Artinashanam
TypeGovernment
Established1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Academic affiliations
NMC, UGC, AIU
SuperintendentManish Mandal
PrincipalRanjit Guha
DeanV. M. Dayal
DirectorDr. Bindey Kumar
Location, ,
India

25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E / 25.6079917°N 85.1675167°E / 25.6079917; 85.1675167
CampusUrban
Sporting affiliations
IGIMS Premier League, ISL
Websiteigims.org

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, an Institute under State Legislature Act (Government), was established on 19 November 1983 as an autonomous organisation on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. It is one of the main health care institutions in the state of Bihar. It is the only superspecialist institute of Bihar and tops the hierarchy in patient referral chain. The institute provides education in medicine and does conducts many health and medicinal research in Bihar. It received affiliation of medical college from MCI (now NMC) in September 2011. It has 120 recognised MBBS seats and the highest number of superspeciality seats among the colleges of Bihar.

It is recognised to provide degree of MBBS, MD, MS, M.Ch, DM, DNB, Ph.D. and various paramedical degrees.[1]

  1. ^ "Medical Council of India approves MBBS course at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2013.