# All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kalyanipronunciation (abbr. AIIMS Kalyani) is a Public hospital and Medical school in Saguna, Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It is one of the AIIMS and Institutes of National Importance.
The institute was announced in 2014 and approved on 7 October 2015, and Its construction started in 2016. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notification published in The Gazette of India on 24 January 2018, it was established by Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) initiative. AIIMS Kalyani started operation in 2019, which was one of six AIIMSs that started operation autonomously that year.
The institution has a 960 bedded super specialty hospital with a medical college. Hospital and AYUSH have 920 beds, and the remaining 40 beds are in OPD. The super specialty hospital has 34 departments including Anaesthesiology, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Cardiology and Physiology.
It is an undergraduate and postgraduate institution that enrolls 211 students yearly. The yearly MBBS intake is 125 from 2020 and selection is done through NEET(UG). There is also a B.Sc. and M.Sc. Nursing College.

## History
### Proposal: 1994–2014

In 1994, after talking to the central government, Prasanta Sur, health minister in the then Left front government, announced the initial decision to build an AIIMS-style hospital in Kalyani. Pranab Mukherjee, the then chairman of the Planning Commission, also approved Rs 10 crore in the sector. On September 26 that year, the then President Shankar Dayal Sharma laid the foundation stone of the Nurul Hasan Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research on the land. It was then said that it would be developed as an AIIMS-style hospital. AIIMS Kalyani was set up as part of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) initiative, announced by the Government of India in 2003 and officially launched in March 2006, for the purpose of "correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services", through setting up AIIMS Delhi-like institutions and upgrading government medical colleges. In Feb 2009 Union cabinet approved the proposal to set-up AIIMS like institution in West Bengal.
Establishing an AIIMS in West Bengal was proposed in 2012 as part of the 12th Five-Year Plan, with the original location proposed being Raiganj, 400 kilometres (250 mi) from the capital Kolkata, but by June 2014, the proposed location was changed to Kalyani, only 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the capital.

### PMSSY: Phase IV

The AIIMS was officially announced in July 2014, in the budget speech for 2014–15, where the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced a budget of ₹500 crore (equivalent to ₹799 crore or US$91 million in 2023) for setting up the four "Phase-IV" AIIMSs, in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and the Purvanchal region in Uttar Pradesh. In March 2015, the union cabinet gave an official approval for the location, on a 150-acre lot in the village Basantapur, near Kalyani. A budget of ₹1,754 crore (US$200 million) was approved in October 2015 and the 179.82-acre lot of land was handed over from the West Bengal government to the central government in December of that year.

### Founding

The construction work of the institute's campus started in 2016. The institute was established by the Union Government in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956 (25 of 1956) as per Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notification on 24 January 2018.The mentoring institution was AIIMS Bhubaneswar, the first director appointed was Dipika Deka and Chitra Sarkar selected as president. Deka resigned in May 2019, leaving the director's position open. In March 2020, Ramji Singh was appointed as new Executive director.

### Developments

The institute became operational with the first batch of 50 MBBS students, which one of the six AIIMSs to become operational in 2019. Classes started in September 2019. Temporarily, classes of the first batch were taken at the College of Medicine & JNM Hospital campus in Kalyani, while students were already staying at the hostel on the campus. In 2020, the number of MBBS seats was increased from 50 to 125.
On 1 March 2022, first Academic season of B.Sc (Nursing) course with 60 number of seats capacity inaugurated by institute president. In November 2022, Institute has been permitted to run postgraduate courses with 26 number of seats allocated for INI-CET January 2023 session. M.Sc (Nursing) on Paediatric Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing with 4 nos seat started for august 2023 seassion.

## Logo

The seal of the institution highlights various famous structures, agricultural crops, places and rivers of Bengal. Above and below the seal, the name of the institution is written in Sanskrit and English respectively, and a total of two rice sheafs are depicted on each side. This is indicative of paddy, the main agricultural crop of Bengal. There is a picture of a book after Rod of Asclepius. The book represents the portrait of Kalyani AIIMS as an institution providing education to medical students. The blue waters in the lower part represent the Hooghly River and the bridge above the blue water represents the Howrah Bridge or Rabindra Setu. The roots-like part beneath the bars of Asclepius represents the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans formed by the Gangetic Delta, Brahmaputra, Meghna River which houses many Flora and fauna recognized by UNESCO World Heritage Site.The Bengal tiger symbolizes the pride of Bengal also the national animal of our country. The pictures of the two fish in the seal refer to the abundance of fish in the river of Bengal and a food source in Bengal. The concept of seal design was conceived by Madhavan C, an assistant professor of physiology.

## Campuses

AIIMS Kalyani's 179.82 acres (0.7277 km$^2$) campus is in Saguna, Kalyani, West Bengal, an affluent suburban residential community 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of downtown Kolkata. It is directly north of the NH 34 Connector (the road connects Kalyani with NH 34), directly west of the Jamuna river and about 12 km east of Hooghly river. The campus is located in Seismic Zone III.
The campus is divided into three parts: Residential area, Institutional area and Service area. Basically, the southern part of the campus is the Institutional area and the northern part is the Residential area. But Dharamshala block is located in the southern part of the campus, which is part of the Residential area. There are 10 buildings in the Institutional area and 16 in the Residential area. Also, the Service area is roughly located near the boundary wall at the western end of the campus, such as electrical substations.
The campus consists of mostly housing and academic buildings for the MBBS students, B.Sc (Nursing) students, and staff. Infrastructure (buildings and roads etc.) covers a total area of 57650.21 square meters, which is about 7.92% of the total campus's area. The hospital block is at the southern end of the campus, which is located near the main entrance to the campus. It covers a total area of 22,574.16 square meters. Ayush Block (Ayurveda and Homeopathy) is directly west of the Outpatient department (OPD) building, and only liquid oxygen plant of the institution is located to the west of the Inpatient department (IPD) building. There is only one canteen named "Dharamshala" within the campus, which is located west of Ayush Block.
Seven hostel buildings are located north of the parking lot (for AIIMS staff) and auditorium. The hostel buildings can accommodate a total of 1397 students. The complex of medical college building, nursing college building and laboratory building (medical) is to the north of the hospital building and to the west of the institution's administrative building. There are 5 residential buildings for staff, one guest house and an executive director's residence in the northern part of the campus. Granite, marble and vitrified tiles have been used for flooring in the buildings.
The parking area within the campus has a total area of 68,981 square meters, which can accommodate about 2999 cars. Parking spaces are provided at suitable locations near the activity area. For smooth flow of vehicular traffic and to avoid accidents during vehicular movement, the road system of the campus is designed as per NBC code or regulations.

## Organisation and administration
### Governance

The institute is governed by a board of administrative officers or governing body, which includes president and director of the institute, chief secretary of the Government of West Bengal, the vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, director of IIT Kharagpur, secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and 5 others. They monitor the operation of the institute and its funding. There are three committees are within the governing body: Standing Academic Committee, Standing Selection Committee and Standing Finance Committee. In November 2018, Chitra Sarkar became the 1st president of the institute. The institute is funded by the Government of India.

### Departments and centres

* Anatomy
* Anaesthesiology
* Biochemistry
* Biostatistics
* Burn & Plastic surgery
* Cardiology
* Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery
* Community medicine & Family medicine
* Dentistry
* Dermatology & Venereology
* Endocrinology and Metabolism
* ENT
* Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
* Gastroenterology
* General Medicine
* General Surgery
* Medical oncology
* Microbiology
* Nephrology
* Neurosurgery
* Nuclear medicine
* Nursing
* Obstetrics & Gynaecology
* Ophthalmology
* Orthopaedics
* Paediatric Surgery
* Pathology / Laboratory Medicine
* Pediatrics
* Pharmacology
* Physical medicine and rehabilitation
* Physiology
* Psychiatry
* Pulmonary medicine
* Radio-Diagnosis
* Radiation Oncology / Radiotherapy
* Rheumatology & Clinical immunology
* Surgical Gastroenterology
* Transfusion medicine & Blood bank
* Trauma & Emergency medicine
* Urology

## Academics
### Admission

For MBBS courses, admission is based on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET–UG) rankings. Meanwhile, for postgraduate courses (MD, MS and MDS), one has to take a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET–PG) conducted by the National Board of Examinations. A merit list is prepared on the basis of the examination results, on the basis of which list the students are admitted. A candidate must have MBBS degree to get admission in MD or MS course. The institution admits medical students as well as nursing students. For B.Sc. and M.Sc. nursing course, students need to clear the AIIMS Nursing Entrance Test. Admission is done on the basis of students's rank in merit list.

### Courses

The institute offers both Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree courses. MBBS and B.Sc. Nursing courses are offered under Undergraduate degree. MD, MS, and MDS courses are offered under Postgraduate degree. The institute offers MD, MS, and MDS courses in 16 different subjects. From January 2025 institute started to intake Super-specialty courses DM, M.Ch. with capacity of 8 number of seates also started PhD programme in various departments.

### Research

AIIMS Kalyani has been closely associated with research activities since its establishment. Research in medicine and allied sciences is one of the major functions of AIIMS Kalyani. A total of 12 research projects have been initiated by the faculty members of AIIMS Kalyani in 2019–20. The institute runs a Short Term Studentship (STS) scheme under Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The Institute signed MoU with another premier Institution IISER Kolkata for further Research & Development oppotutnities in Jan 2020. signed a MoU for development of a collaborative platform for academic and research promotion and potential faculty and students exchange program in near future with NIBMG, IIIT Kalyani in September 2021. In July 2023 signed an agreement with IIT Kharagpur for collaboration in education, research and medical services.

### Central library

The central library at the campus was started in March 2021. It was inaugurated on March 8, 2021, by Executive Director Dr. Ramji Singh. Unified Library Services for AIIMS Kalyani Central Library started on 27 March 2021. digital library on the campus gives students access to larger resources.
The library building consists of three floors (ground, first and second floors) with a carpet area of 2,608.596 square feet and a seating capacity of about 250 persons. The library is open up to 9pm, 7 days a week including Sundays and holidays, except national holidays. Its current collection consists of 800 printed books. The library also has a large number of e-resource material.

## Patient care

On 27 January 2021, outpatient department (OPD) service was opened at the permanent campus, with departments of general medicine, general surgery obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT and Psychiatry.
On Feb 26, 2024 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Inpatient care (IPD) services with 360 operational in-patients beds and 18 ICU beds. On 2024 Authorities of the institution written requested to Government of West Bengal to let it become a service provided for the Swasthya Sathi scheme.

## Criticisms and controversies
### Calcutta High Courts Judgement

"The Calcutta High Court has directed the Government of India to revamp the infrastructure of AIIMS Kalyani so that it can be brought at par with AIIMS Delhi" Justice Tirthankar Ghosh made the remarks while hearing a petition seeking an autopsy of a minor girl who was raped and murdered in Joynagar area of West Bengal.