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Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi

Other name

| RIMS

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Former name

| Ranchi Medical College and Hospital (1960–63)
Rajendra Medical College and Hospital (1963–2002)
Motto| सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः (Sanskrit)
sarve santu nirāmayāḥ (ISO)

Motto in English

| May no one suffer from illness
Type| Government medical school
Established| 1960
(64 years ago) (1960)

Parent institution

| Ranchi University
Superintendent| Vivek Kashyap
Dean| Satish Chandra
Director| Kameshwar Prasad
Students| 365
Location|

Ranchi

Jharkhand

India

23°23′29″N 85°20′54″E﻿ / ﻿23.391506°N 85.348454°E﻿ / 23.391506; 85.348454
Campus| Urban, 216 acres (87 ha)
Affiliations| National Medical Commission
Website| rimsranchi.ac.in

The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), established on 15 August 2002 by upgrading the then Rajendra Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) originally setup in 1960, is a medical institute of in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, India. The college is an autonomous body established under an act of Jharkhand Assembly.

The institute provides free medical service along with medicines. Developments in the field of surgery include minimal access cosmetically sound (MACS) surgery.

RIMS administrative wing parking and Vivekanand park as seen from academic complex

The RIMS has blocks in a multi-storied building with several medical departments. RIMS has about 33 departments which include emergency, Blood bank, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Orthopedic, Neurosurgery, OBST & Gynae, ENT, Eye, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Skin STD & Leprosy, PMR,[clarification needed] Urology, Cardiology, Rradiology and others. RIMS has facilities like CT scan, emergency pathology for 24 hrs, AIDS Clinic, X-Ray, USG, TeleMedicine Department and a Deep X-Ray unit. Dental institute began functioning in 2017 with an annual intake of 50 students.

RIMS has its own blood bank, School of Nursing, dental college and College of Nursing. At RIMS medical courses include MBBS, BDS, postgraduate – MD, MS, DM, MCh and Diploma, Nursing courses include BSc.Nursing and Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM). It also offers radiology and pathological investigation facilities.

A Regional Institute of ophthalmology Block is coming up.

The decision to upgrade the institute to university for conducting MBBS exams was taken in 2016.

## Buildings[edit]

RIMS Ranchi has a very large and spacious campus. There is an OPD complex with entrances through central emergency and a separate entrance for OPD. Main hospital building it a 5 storied building which houses all specialty departments and Neurosurgery department. The building has large corridors connecting different wards and OTs.

Rims Ranchi, Super Speciality Block

Super specialty building houses department of cardiology, cardio OPD, department of urology, department of pediatric surgery and has space for other departments developing in future. Oncology block it has onco OPD, ward, OTs and central library on the top 2 floors.

Several small buildings like CSSD, mechanised laundry, Blood bank, kitchen and morgue, etc. are situated within the campus. Administrative block houses offices of many officials. Academic complex houses all the lecture theatres, practical halls and director's office. Department of anatomy and FMT have separate buildings. Anatomy lecture theatre is situated next to the academic complex. RIMS Auditorium is situated near gate no 1. It is very large and can easily accommodate 500 people. Rims stadium in the campus hosts all the sports events and concerts during fests. A yoga centre and gym is coming up in the stadium building. Nursing school has 2 separate buildings. New trauma centre and emergency block, paying ward and new administrative building inaugurated in 2019. A SBI is situated inside the campus for convenience of Doctors, medical students and staff.

## Academics[edit]

The intake every year used to be 90 students for the undergraduate course. As per the new regulations of the Medical Council of India (MCI) it has increased its seats to fill 150(+30 for EWS) undergraduate students. The authorities are trying to upgrade it to 250 seats.

The Institute provides postgraduate education in almost every department. The neurosurgery department offers a M.Ch. (Master chirurgiae or Master of Surgery) degree.[citation needed] All seats are filled through NEET, a part of it through the national level merit and rest through the state level merit.[citation needed]

### Courses offered[edit]

* MBBS
* BDS
* M.D
* M.S
* Postgraduate diploma courses
* DM cardiology
* Mch Neurosurgery (6yrs)
* B.Sc nursing
* M.Sc nursing {Since, 2015}
* Paramedical
* Physiotherapy

The exams are conducted by Ranchi University (a non medical University). Undergraduates complete their internship before 31 March.

## Facility[edit]

The college has a 1500-bed multispecialty hospital. There are centres like the oncology centre, a 50-seat dental institute, a cardio-thoracic surgery centre and a nephro-urology centre. The environment around the hospital is soothing and patients are treated using unconventional techniques. Newly constructed 100 bedded paying wards provide facilities like private hospitals at an affordable price. The college has a 20-bed trauma centre, the first of its kind in eastern India.

Paying wards, a part of Super Speciality block can also be seen

## Student life and extracurricular activities[edit]

The college used to organize an intra-college fest every year named "SYNERGY" that was discontinued in 2015. The annual college magazine, Spriha was published till the year 2014. The campus has an indoor badminton hall. Every hostel is provided with carrom and table-tennis room. A multipurpose hall is available. The maiden edition of intra-college cultural fest "Palash" and sports fest "Palaestra" was organised in the month of November 2017 and December 2019 respectively.Various societies like cultural society, movie society, literary society, quiz society and prayas are functional. Students seeking admissions into RIMS are required to submit an affidavit issued by the Court and validated by them and their parents to curb the menace of ragging.

## Campus life[edit]

There are seven boys hostel and many girls hostels. Boys are given single seater rooms while girls have to adjust. A new 500 roomed girls hostel is coming up. New hostel number 8 is also coming up for boys. The campus has football stadium which is used for a variety of sports. The stadium will also have a gym and yoga centre. An indoor stadium is present. Basketball court and tennis court were present in the campus but now new academic block is constructed in their place. Boys hostels have table tennis room. There is no canteen currently available.

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* www.rimsranchi.org

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Ranchi University

Colleges and
institutions|

| Constituent Colleges|

* B.N.J. College
* B.S. College
* Birsa College, Khunti
* Doranda College
* J.N. College, Dhurwa
* K.C. Bhagat College
* K.O. College
* Mandar college
* Marwari College, Ranchi
* Panch Pargana Kishan College
* Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College
* Ranchi College
* Ranchi Women's College
* Simdega College
* Suraj Singh Memorial College

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Affiliated Colleges|

* St. Xavier's College, Ranchi
* St. Xavier's College, Simdega
* Gossner College
* Yogoda Satsanga Mahavidyalaya
* Maulana Azad College, Ranchi
* Nirmala College, Ranchi
* S.K. Bage College
* P.V.A.E. College
* Sanjay Gandhi Memorial College
* Tana Bhagat College
* Silli College
* Dumri College
* Basia College
* Uttri Karnpura Sharmik Mahavidyalay
* St. Paul's College, Ranchi
* K.O. College
* St. Joseph College
* Ram Tahal Chaudhry College
* College of Life Sciences
* Metas College

Law College|

* Institute of Legal Studies, Ranchi
* Chotanagpur Law College

B.Ed Colleges|

* Govt. Teacher Training College
* Govt. Teacher Training Girls College
* Bethesda Teacher Training College
* R. T. C. College of Education
* Santosh College of Education
* Ursuline Women's Teachers Training College
* Abdul Razak Memorial B.Ed. College
* Sanghmitra B.Ed. College
* Shaheed Shekh Bhikhari College of education
* Bharti B.Ed. College
* Samarpan Deep B.Ed. College
* Manrakhan B.Ed. College
* Fatma B.Ed. College
* J.D. National B.Ed. College
* Uday Memorial B.Ed. College
* Aviram College of Education
* Patel B.Ed. College
* Cambridge Institute of Teachers Education
* Jaipuria B.Ed College
* N.N. Ghosh Sanatan Teachers T.T. College
* Moti Raj Davi Teachers Training College

Engineering Colleges|

* National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology
* Cambridge Institute of Technology
* R T C Institute of Technology
* Nilai Educational Trust's Group of Institutions
* Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology

Medical/Nursing Colleges|

* Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences
* Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS)
* Central Institute of Psychiatry
* Metas College of Nursing
* Abdul Razak Memorial Nursing College

Management Institutions|

* Institute of Management Studies, Ranchi
* S. N. Sinha Institute of Business Management
* Cambridge Institute of Technology

Leadership|

* Chancellor: Governor of Jharkhand
* Vice-chancellor: Ajit Kumar Sinha

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South Chotanagpur division topics

General|

* Chota Nagpur Plateau
* Chota Nagpur Tributary States
* History of Ranchi district
* Palkot Wildlife Sanctuary
* Khukhragarh
* Navratangarh

Districts|

* Gumla
* Khunti
* Lohardaga
* Ranchi
* Simdega
* List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Community development
blocks|

| Gumla|

* Albert Ekka (Jari)
* Basia
* Bharno
* Bishunpur
* Chainpur
* Dumri
* Ghaghra
* Gumla
* Kamdara
* Palkot
* Raidih
* Sisai

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Khunti|

* Arki
* Karra
* Khunti
* Murhu
* Rania
* Torpa

Ranchi|

* Angara
* Bero
* Bundu
* Burmu
* Chanho
* Itki
* Kanke
* Khelari
* Lapung
* Mandar
* Nagri
* Namkum
* Ormanjhi
* Rahe
* Ratu
* Silli
* Sonahatu
* Tamar

Lohardaga|

* Bhandra
* Kairo
* Kisko
* Kuru
* Lohardaga
* Peshrar
* Senha

Simdega|

* Bano
* Bansjore
* Bolba
* Jaldega
* Kersai
* Kolebira
* Kurdeg
* Pakartanr
* Simdega
* Thethaitangar

Rivers, waterfalls, dams|

* Dassam Falls
* Deo River
* Getalsud Dam
* Hundru Falls
* Jonha Falls
* North Karo
* North Koel
* Panchghagh Falls
* Perwaghagh Falls
* Sadni Falls
* Sankh
* South Koel
* Subarnarekha

Languages, people|

* Asur
* Birhor
* Hindi
* Korba
* Kumarbhag Paharia
* Kurukh
* Magahi
* Nagpuri
* Mundari
* Sadri
* Santali

Railway stations|

* Bano
* Hatia
* Lohardaga
* Muri Junction
* Namkon
* Ranchi Junction
* Tatisilwai

Transport|

* National Highway 23
* National Highway 33
* South Eastern Railway zone

Mining activities|

* Central Coalfields

Institutes of higher learning|

* Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
* Birsa Agricultural University
* Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
* National University of Study and Research in Law
* Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences
* Ranchi University

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Ranchi
* Khunti
* Lohardaga

Vidhan Sabha
constituencies|

| Ranchi|

* Silli
* Khijri
* Ranchi
* Hatia
* Kanke

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Khunti|

* Tamar
* Torpa
* Khunti
* Kolebira
* Simdega

Lohardaga|

* Mandar
* Sisai
* Gumla
* Bishunpur
* Lohardaga

See also|

* Cities and towns in South Chotanagpur Division
* Villages in Ranchi district

Other Divisions|

* North Chotangapur
* Kolhan
* Palamu
* Santhal Pargana

Authority control databases |

* ISNI
* VIAF

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