Krishna Institute of Medical Sci- ences (KIMS) started with the construction of a 200-bedded hospital in 1982. After two years, under the new policy of the Govt. of Maharashtra the medical college was established. Till then, healthcare facil- ities in Western Maharashtra were con- fined to metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Pune. People living in villages did not have access to health care wherein even primary health care facilities were defi- cient. There was also a pressing need for creating health awareness and providing health education in village communities.
These circumstances prompted Late Jaywantrao Bhosale to establish the Krishna Institute with the noble ob- jective of providing quality health care at an affordable cost for people living in rural areas. The Universi- ty conducts five undergraduate, 40 postgraduate degree, six post grad- uate diploma, two super specialty courses, PhD in 11 disciplines and 11 post-doctoral fellowship programs.Today, KIMS is not just a medical college, but an abode of research. Students who come to seek knowledge in health sciences have to be aware that they are entering a program, which premeditates their involvement in research. “Faculty in health sciences besides being ‘clinicians and service providers’ are also ‘teachers and researchers.’ Their contribution has to be all pervasive with universal reach and have to undergo ‘Refresher orientation courses’ to update his knowledge, attitude and skills and contribute to its expansion by his/her involvement in research,” claims Dr. Neelima A Malik, Vice Chancellor, KIMSDU. University has taken a number of steps to strengthen and promote research initiatives by undertaking interdisciplinary and inter-pathy research projects with a number of institutes and organizations.
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