Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences is a medical college in the

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n state of

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, affiliated to the

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, Jayanagar,

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History

Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences was established in 1980 by the

Vokkaligara Sangha Vokkaligara Sangha is a community organisation that was founded in 1905 in Mysore (now Bengaluru in Karnataka, India) to promote the social, cultural and educational aspirations of the Vokkaliga Vokkaliga (also transliterated as Vokkaligar ...

. The Vokkaligara Sangha took a formal decision in 1979 to start a medical college from the year 1980–81 and applied for permission to the registrar,

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. On 30 November 1980 the Hon'ble

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Shri. R Gundu Rao laid the foundation stone of the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital in the premises of the Sangha and announced the grant of vacant land in

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to be used for the construction of college building and hostels. Thereafter, the Sangha appointed Dr M Basavaraju, professor of

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as the principal on 1 January 1981 and other staff by March 1981 and classes were started regularly from 16 March 1981. Since then 16 March is observed every year as KIMS Day. The Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the institute was held in 2006. A college building to mark the centenary celebrations of the Vokkaligara Sangha and the Silver Jubilee of KIMS has been built at the Banashankari Campus.

Courses

Undergraduate

The college offers the 5-year MBBS course. Admission is through the NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRANCE TEST (NEET-UG) only. Management quota seats are also available .

Postgraduate

The postgraduate degree course is of three-years duration and the postgraduates diploma course two years. The college offers the following:

MD

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Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

* Pharmacology *

Pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

* Microbiology * Forensic Medicine *

Community Medicine Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

*Medicine *

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* Radio Diagnosis *

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MS

* General Surgery * O.B.G *

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* E.N.T *

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Diploma

*DA (Anaesthesiology) *DCP(Pathology) *DCH(Paediatrics) *DGO (O.B.G) *DOMS (Ophthalmology) *D.Ortho. (Orthopaedics) *D.L.O (E.N.T) *DMRD (Radio Diagnosis) These courses are recognised by

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(M.C.I) and

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Campus

The college has two campuses. The hospital and clinical departments are on the VV Puram campus while the pre-clinical and para-clinical departments are on the Banashankari campus. Transport between the campuses is provided.

Facilities

Hostels

There are two hostels, one for each gender, on the Banashankari campus.

Sports

The college has a fully equipped health club with a 10 station multi-gym, two

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s and steppers and a trained instructor. Indoor games like

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carrom Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board. The game is very popular in the Indian subcontinent, and is known by various names in different languages. In Sou ...

and table tennis are available. The college has three intracollegiate sports fests. They are the KPL (KIMS Premiere League)(

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

), ''KVL''(KIMS

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LEAGUE) and Dinamani Cup ( football).

Cultural activities

The college day, Atharva, allows the students to exhibit their talent in activities such as music, dance, mad ad, etc. The intercollegiate

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competition, Uttunga, is conducted by the college.

Achievements

KIMS has been ranked No. 24 among the 275+ medical colleges in India by ''The MINT'', ''

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''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempegowda Institute Of Medical Sciences (Kims) Medical colleges in Karnataka Medical Council of India Colleges in Bangalore Colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences