First academic session of AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar to commence on September 21.

Updated on: Wednesday, September 12, 2012

All arrangements are in place to start the first academic session of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on September 21.

AIIMS director Dr Ashok Mahapatra said,"We will start the session on September 21. Preparations are on."

Dr Mahapatra said required faculty members have already joined the institute to teach the first batch of 50 students.

The state government has arranged the accommodation of girl students at the state policy academy hostel, located close to the AIIMS. The boys will stay in type II staff quarters on the AIIMS campus. The temporary arrangement was required because construction of hostels is not complete, AIIMS sources said.

According to information available on the AIIMS website, 38 boys and 12 girls have taken admission in MBBS this year.

Seventeen faculty members including five in anatomy, four in biochemistry, five in physiology and three in community medicine and family medicine have joined the institute.

Sources said the institute is trying to commission the associated hospital by March-May 2013, with 21 clinical disciplines to start with. These would increase to 35 by May 2014 and to 43 subsequently.

Days after his appointment as director, Dr Mahapatra has made it clear that he would strive hard to make it a centre of excellence on the lines of AIIMS New Delhi.

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