Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
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Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (Urdu: شیر ای کشمیر انسٹی ٹیوٹ آف میڈیکل سائنسز), often abbreviated as SKIMS, is the largest medical institute under State Legislature Act in Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1][2]
Other name | SKIMS |
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Type | Semi-autonomous Institute under State Legislature Act |
Established | 1977 1982 (as Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences) |
Chairperson | Lieutenant Governor of J&K |
Director | Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed |
Location | 34°8′8.4156″N 74°48′4.1976″E |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC MCI INC AIU |
Website | skims skimsmc |
SKIMS is the only medical university of the union territory of J&K, headed by a Director who is also the Ex-officio Secretary to the Government.
Lieutenant Governor J&K is the Chairperson of the SKIMS governing body that performs the role of the cabinet for the semi-autonomous super-speciality hospital and the Institute under State Legislature Act (university like status). In addition to the Institute under State Legislature Act and the main hospital, the institute comprises the State Cancer Institute, Maternity Hospital, Nursing college, Paramedical college, and an affiliated medical college & hospital which is on the city outskirts at Bemina.