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Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences
MottoŚrīnivāsō vijayatē (Victory To Lord Venkateshwara)
TypeState university
EstablishedFebruary 2, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-02-02)
Vice-ChancellorDr. R. V. Kumar
DeanDr. Alladi Mohan
Location
Tirupati
,
Andhra Pradesh
,
India
CampusSVIMS
NicknameSVIMS
AffiliationsUGC
NMC
Websitehttp://svimstpt.ap.nic.in/

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) is a medical state university and a specialty hospital in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. SVIMS was conceived along the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, and was established 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 began functioning on 2 February 1993 and later became a Medical State university in 1995. The current Director-cum-Vice Chancellor is Dr. R. V. Kumar.[1][2]

Rankings

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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]

Academics

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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.[citation needed]

Postgraduate and doctoral courses

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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.[citation needed]

References

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  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.
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