Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences
TypeInstitute under State Legislature Act
Established1993
DirectorDr. R.V.Kumar
Location
Tirupati
,
Andhra Pradesh
,
India
CampusSVIMS
NicknameSVIMS
AffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)
Medical Council of India (MCI)
Websitehttp://svimstpt.ap.nic.in/

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) is a Medical Institute under State Legislature Act and a speciality hospital in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. SVIMS was conceived on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, and was created by an act of the Andhra Pradesh State Legislature. The foundation stone was laid on 18 April 1986 by N. T. Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The hospital started functioning from 2 February 1993 and later became a Medical Institute under State Legislature Act in 1995. The current director is Dr. R.V.Kumar [1][2]

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences 72 overall in India[3] in 2019, 77 among universities[4] and 29th in the medical ranking.[5] It is affiliated to Dr. YSR University of Health Sciences[6]

Academics

The college offers the 4+1⁄2-year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 175 seats which are filled through NEET UG exam.

Postgraduate and doctoral courses

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences offers postgraduate courses in almost all super specialty subjects including surgery, medicine, etc. Similarly it offers a variety of doctoral courses including MCh i Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery among others and DM in Cardiology, Neurology etc. There are more than 28 post graduate and post doctoral courses.

References

  1. ↑ "The Hindu News Update Service". Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "ISRO official dies of accident injuries". The Hindu. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
  3. ↑ ""National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Overall)"". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. ↑ ""National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Universities)"". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  5. ↑ ""National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Medical)"". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Rangaraya Medical College Kakinada NEET Cutoff | Rank | Fees | Admission". MBBSCouncil. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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