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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani

Public Medical School in Kalyani, West Bengal

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Source revisionSep 20, 2026
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kalyani (,abbr. AIIMS Kalyani) (Bengali pronunciation: [ɔkʰil bʱarot̪ijɔ t͡ʃikit̪sa bigːæn prot̪iʂʈʰan kolːani]) is a public hospital and medical school in Saguna, Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It is one of the AIIMS and Institutes of National Importance.

Announced in 2014 and formally approved on October 7, 2015, the institute broke ground in 2016. It was established by the Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) initiative, as formalized by a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notification in The Gazette of India on January 24, 2018. AIIMS Kalyani commenced operations in 2019, standing as one of six AIIMS institutions to gain functional autonomy that year.

The institution features a comprehensive medical complex comprising a 960-bed Super Specialty hospital and a dedicated medical college. Within this infrastructure, the AYUSH division accounts for 920 beds, while the remaining 40 beds are situated within the OPD. The Super Specialty hospital is home to 34 specialized departments, ranging from clinical and diagnostic fields such as Anesthesiology and Biochemistry to foundational disciplines like 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).

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