The Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) is one of the Six institutes of

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and comprises three faculties, Faculty of Medicine, Dental Sciences, and Ayurveda. The Institute of Medical Sciences is the medical school of the university. Like other institutions forming BHU, it is residential and

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. In 2018, it was upgraded to the status of

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by the

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History

The Institute started functioning as College of Medical Sciences in 1960 with nine departments of Modern Medicine and eight departments of

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, under the leadership of K. N. Udupa, the Founder Director of the institute. In 1971, the College of Medical Sciences, was upgraded to Institute of Medical Sciences. Today it has 33 departments of Modern Medicine including 10 Departments of Super-specialties, four Departments of dentistry, eleven Departments of Ayurveda and a school of Nursing.

Academics

The institute is affiliated to

and offers medical and paramedical courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Admission in BAMS, MBBS and BDS courses is on the basis of merit through NEET. Admission in Nursing courses is through exams conducted on university level. It has 45 departments under three faculties.

Campus

The campus of IMS lies at the front part of university. The campus contains the medical college, the hospital, the student and resident hostels, the staff quarters, a post office, a temple (BHU Vishwanathji), playgrounds and sporting fields. While the hospital section of the campus is typically crowded and busy, the residential part of the campus is quiet and idyllic punctuated with small parks.

Hospital

The institute has a 1500 bed plus (as of 2017) Super specialty hospital called the Sir Sunderlal Hospital.

Organization

IMS is not under the direct administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, but under Banaras Hindu University, an autonomous central university. The three functions of the institute are to impart quality education in undergraduate and postgraduate medical and paramedical courses, to be a trend-setter in medical research and to offer patient care of high order. The institute is headed by the Director as the chief executive charged with responsibility of running the institute and the hospital. The Deans of the faculties help the Director in coordinating academic activities of the institute, including teaching and research. There are 28 academic departments headed by the Heads of the Departments. Ancillary hospital service is under the direct supervision of the Medical Superintendent with the individual units supervised by technical heads. Satya Narayan Sankhwar is the director of the institute.

Rankings

The IMS-BHU was ranked seventh among medical college in India in the

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2024, sixth in 2024 by ''

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'' and second in 2024 by ''

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Student life

The campus has three hostels for undergraduate men named Punarvasu Atrey Hostel, Ruiya Medical Hostel and Dhanwntri Hostel, and four hostels for postgraduate men named Old P. G. Hostel, New P.G. Hostel, Sushruta hostel Ruiya Annexe. and Married Doctors Hostel. Undergraduate and postgraduate women live in Sukanya Hostel, New Doctors Girls Hostel and Nagarjuna hostel respectively. All hostels run their own

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es.

Awards and Medals

* ''Bhagwandas Thakurdas Chandwani Gold Medal'' is given to the student standing first in

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at the IMS-BHU.

Student activities

The inter-collegiate cultural, literary and sports festival of IMS is called Elixir and is held in mid-March every year. Both the undergraduate men's hostels and the undergraduate women's hostel hold annual hostel days.

Notable alumni

* Sumita Prabhakar * Sapam Budhichandra Singh *

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* Ram Harsh Singh

Upgradation

Government of India had decided to upgrade the institute on lines of

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as part of phase-1 of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) whereby the Central Government will bear 80% of the cost of up gradation and 20% cost will be borne by State Government. The up-gradation work is complete.

References

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