About KIMS

Overview

The Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) is a constituent unit of KIIT Deemed to be University. The institute has redefined the healthcare services in Odisha and in neighbouring states, anchored on a genuine desire to promote a healthy society and provide advanced medical care. The 2600 bedded medical college and hospital made a humble beginning in 2007, and since then it has developed a distinct identity for itself – delivering quality treatment in its state of facilities at an affordable cost. The Medical College has 20 broad speciality departments and 12 super speciality departments, each of which is well managed by acclaimed specialists and doctors who have made a name for themselves in their respective fields.

Vision

KIMS is the vision of KIIT and KISS founder Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta to offer quality healthcare that is accessible to all. The premier medical facility has grown from strength to strength over the years because of the unwavering support of doctors and countless staff passionate about the cause.

KIMS seeks to be the foremost healthcare provider of standard apex focusing on producing Indian medical graduates through excellence in medical education, providing ethical and evidence-based treatment and forge into the field of medical research and innovation targeting national needs.

Mission

  • Medical Education
    Creating IMG (Indian Medical Graduates) who will be wisdom-filled, confident and have a human face. The graduates will be sensitive to the needs of the community, compassionate healthcare givers and lifelong learners.  They would engage themselves in honing specific skills in their respective departments as post-graduates and super-speciality students.

  • Clinical Care

    To provide evidence-based and affordable healthcare services to people in an ethical manner.

  • Research and Innovation
    Collaborative research and innovation that is targeted for alleviating the common problems of the nation as well as reducing suffering and the cost of healthcare.

Ranking

  • Ranked among the top 26 best medical colleges in the country in 2023 by the Union-Government-instituted National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF).
  • Adjudged the 5th Best Multi-Speciality Medical Facility in Eastern India for 2022 by English periodical Outlook magazine.

  • India Today Healthgiri Award in 2021 as the Best private medical institution of Odisha.

  • India Today Healthgiri Award 2021 as one of the top private hospitals in the country to combat COVID-19.
  • Bagged the ‘Most Innovative Medical College & Hospital’ award in 2020 at the Asia Healthcare Summit and Awards Ceremony in New Delhi.

  • International Food Security Summit (IFSS) – Award in 2019 for providing the best health services in New Delhi.

  • Most Trusted Medical College & Hospital in 2018 by World Health Care Achievers.

  • Selected as an Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Center by Govt of India in 2015.
KIIT University

KIIT Group of Institutions

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KIIT Group of Institutions consists of KIIT Deemed to be University, KIMS, KISS and KiiT International School. It is the No.1 University of India when it comes to Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). It is India’s 1st QS 5 Stars Rated University (QS World University Ranking) and is the ONLY University of India to hold the Prestigious ISAS badge (International Associations of University). KIIT educates 30,000 students from all over India as well as from 65 countries worldwide. It offers 115+ academic programs through 23 schools and has industry collaboration with more than 195 organisations from all over the world.

For its placement, more than 100 Multinational Corporations and many more national companies source their talents form KIIT. For its outstanding contribution in the field of sports and games, KIIT has been awarded as the best Sports University of India (Sportstar Aces Award). The University has an unparalleled history of hosting Several International and National Seminars, Congresses, Workshops and even significant sports events every year in almost all fields of interest.

With a vast 25 Square Kilometer Academic Township, 23 World Class Campuses, 2500+ eminent Faculty and Researchers, 16 Sports Complexes, Largest Indoor and Outdoor Stadiums amongst any other University, 15 Food Courts and the Greenest Campus in India, KIIT provides a holistic human development model that cannot be experienced anywhere else in the country.

Founder

Prof. Achyuta Samanta

Prof. Achyuta Samanta is an educationalist, philanthropist, humanitarian, socio-entrepreneur, policymaker and a writer. He is the founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), both educational institutions of global repute and recognition. KIIT is an Institution of Eminence and one of the most prominent universities in India and the globe for professional education having more than 30,000 students from all over India and 65 other countries.

He has humbly contributed to transforming the lives of more than 60,000 indigenous children directly and millions indirectly through his dedication to eradicate suffering and promote peace by establishing KISS. Besides education, Prof. Samanta has made contributions in the field of Women Empowerment, Rural Development, Tribal Upliftment, Art, Culture, Literature, Media and Television and Spiritualism. He has been conferred with more than 50 International and National awards and over 200 state awards besides the two highest Civilian Awards from the Royal Kingdom of Bahrain and Mongolia.

As a social reformer, he has been propagating “Art of Giving” (philosophy of life), a concept aimed at bringing peace and happiness around the globe, Kanyakiran to promote zero-tolerance against gender-based violence, Education for all for creating awareness on the importance of Education and many more like New Mind, New Dreams, India Against Negativity, Art of Appreciation to name a few. Despite all his achievements, he leads a simple lifestyle in a two-room rented apartment as a bachelor.

KIMS Hospital Achyuta Samanta

Advisor to Hon’ble Founder-KIMS

Dr. R. N. Samanta

Senior Advisor

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) P.K. Patnaik

Ram Chandra Das KIMS

Medical Superintendent

Dr. (Prof.) Ram Chandra Das, AVM

Professor Ram Chandra Das is the Medical Superintendent of the KIMS, Bhubaneswar. He is a well known Psychiatrist and is associated with various health universities.

  • Graduate from MKCG Medical college and Post graduate in Psychiatric from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
  • Undergone two-year PDF course in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from NIMHANS.

  • He was Professor and examiner at various health universities like, Maharashtra University of Health Science, West Bengal University of Health Science, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science and Delhi University.
  • Expert for National Board of Examination and question setter for various national level entrance examinations.
  • Associated with WHO project- expression 2001 which was associated with life skill training for various students of school at Delhi and Jodhpur.
  • After superannuation from defence service, he worked as Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatric at KIMS Hospital.
  • Subsequently, he became the Vice-Principal and then appointed as the Medical Superintendent of the multi-speciality hospital.

Administration

Prof. Dr. Ambika Prasad Mohanty KIMS

Dean & Principal

Prof. Dr. Ambika Prasad Mohanty

Prof. (Brig) Ambika Prasad Mohanty, VSM is serving as the Dean & Principal of KIMS. A recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM), he was instrumental in setting up dedicated COVID hospitals in several places in Odisha.

  • Alumnus of SCB Medical College where he passed his MBBS and received with Gold Medal.
  • Joined CGHS Delhi through UPSC, worked in AIIMS New Delhi before joining Armed Forces Medical Services as a career.
  • MD in Medicine from Armed Forces Medical College under Pune University.
  • Trained in Cardiology from Escorts Hospital New Delhi and Gastroenterology from PG Hospital Kolkata.

  • Served in Armed Forces Medical Services in different capacities of Faculty in Medicine, Examiners for MBBS, MD, DNB and administrative jobs for 34 years.
  • Commanded a Military Hospital in North-East and Deputy Commandant of a Command Hospital in J&K in CIOPS.
  • Deputed to Govt of Mizoram and served as Physician to Governor from 1992-95.
  • Took premature retirement as a Brigadier in 2013 to serve AIIMS Bhubaneswar as the Founder Medical Superintendent.
  • Joined KIMS as Professor of Internal Medicine in 2015. Later, he headed the Department and during this tenure the MD Course was launched.
  • He also worked as the Medical Superintendent of the hospital.
Shubhransu Patro

Associate Dean & Vice Principal

Dr. (Prof.) Shubhransu Patro

Dr (Prof) Shubhransu Patro is the Associate Dean & Vice Principal of KIMS. He is a Professor in Medicine.

  • MBBS from MKCG Medical College, Berhampur
  • MD (Medicine) from VSS Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur
  • Fellow of the Indian College of Physicians (FICP) Agra APICON 2020

  • As a resource person, trained Medical officers in different programs like  R.N.T.C.P, P.P.T.C.T & NVBDCP.
  • Chaired sessions in C.M.Es, state national conferences.
  • As external examiner, conducted DNB examination.
  • As NBEMS appraiser, conducted NEET PG examination.
  • Speaker in many C.M.Es, state and national conferences.
  • Involved in many health awareness programmes in schools, colleges and in electronic media.

  1. Dash SC,Mishra J,Patro S,Mishra S,Dash DD. Prevalence of Diabetes, Hypertension, Renal dysfunction and Hyperlipidemia among Doctors of a Medical College in Odisha. International Journal of Physiology.2013.Vol.1 :130-134.ISSN:2320-6093.
    Dash SK,Patro S,Behera BK. Teaching Methods and Its Efficacy:An Evaluation by the Students. J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 2013; Vol. 35, No. 4:321-324. ISSN 0971-0973.
  2. Dash SK,,Behera BK, Patro S. Accuracy in certification of cause of death in a tertiary care hospital – A retrospective analysis. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine.2014;Vol. 24: 33–36.ISSN 1752-928X.
  3. Sahu PS, Patro S, Jena PK,Swain SK, Das BK. Imaging and Serological-Evidence of Neurocysticercosis Among Patients with Seizures in Odisha, an Unexplored Eastern Coastal Province in India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2015 May, Vol-9(5): DC06-DC10. DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12609.5967.Online : ISSN – 0973-709X ,Print : 2249-782X.
  4. Das JK, Mahapatra RK, Patro S, Goswami C, Suar M. Lactobacillus acidophilus binds to MUC3 component of cultured intestinal epithelial cells with highest affinity. FEMS microbiology letters. 2016 Apr 1;363(8):fnw050.
    Verma SK, Jha E, Panda PK, Thirumurugan A, Parashar SK, Patro S, Suar M. Mechanistic Insight into Size-Dependent Enhanced Cytotoxicity of Industrial Antibacterial Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles on Colon Cells Because of Reactive Oxygen Species Quenching and Neutral Lipid Alteration. ACS Omega. 2018;3(1):1244-62.
  5. Verma SK, Jha E, Panda PK, Thirumurugan A, Patro S, Parashar SK, Suar M. Molecular insights to alkaline based bio-fabrication of silver nanoparticles for inverse cytotoxicity and enhanced antibacterial activity. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 2018;92:807-18.
    Sonapuram Keerthi, Shubhransu Patro. Burkholderia Infections in Diabetics-A Diagnostic Dilemma for Physicians. APICON 2019.Conference paper.(Awarded best free paper in its segment-Presented by postgraduate resident.)
    Shubhransu Patro, Sudhansu Sekhar Panda, Debashish Mishra, Sonapuram Keerthi. BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS EMERGING AS A CHALLENGE FOR PHYSICIANS: A CASE SERIES. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2019; 13:OD04-OD07.
  6. Patro S. Approach to a Case of Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: What’s New in 2020. Medicine Update. 2020:871-74.
  7. Mahapatra SR, Sahoo S, Dehury B, Raina V, Patro S, Misra N, Suar M. Designing an efficient multi-epitope vaccine displaying interactions with diverse HLA molecules for an efficient humoral and cellular immune response to prevent COVID-19 infection. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2020 Sep;19(9):871-885.
  8. Acharya S, Patro S, Jena PK, Acharya S. Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Diagnostic Challenge For Physician.J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Jan;68(1):62.Conference paper.
  9. Patel A, Patro S, Mishra S, Patel A.Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Autoimmune Thyroiditis – A rare sequelae of Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS).J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Jan;68(1):50. Conference paper.
  10. Arora S, Patro S, Nath P, Arora S. Red cell distribution width(RDW) to platelet ratio (RPR): A novel marker in early prediction of severity of Acute Pancreatitis.J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Jan;68(1):88. Conference paper.( Awarded best free paper in its segment – presented by Postgraduate (residential)
  11. Arora S, Nath P, Patro S. RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH (RDW) TO PLATELET RATIO (RPR): A NOVEL MARKER IN EARLY PREDICTION OF SEVERITY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS. Gastroenterology. 2020 May 1;158(6):S-1128. E poster.
    Burkholderia infection. Medicine Update 2021.
    Kande S, Patro S, Panigrahi A, Khora PK,Pattnaik D. Prevalence of uropathogens and their antimicrobial resistance pattern among adult diabetic patients. Indian J Public Health 2021;65:280-6.
  12. Dey J, Mahapatra SR, Lata S, Patro S, Misra N, Suar M. Exploring Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule polysaccharide proteins to design multiepitope subunit vaccine to fight against pneumonia. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2021 Dec 21. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2022.2021882.
  13. Dey J, Mahapatra SR, Raj TK, Kaur T, Jain P, Tiwari A, Patro S, Misra N, Suar M. Designing a novel multi-epitope vaccine to evoke a robust immune response against pathogenic multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacterium. Gut Pathogens. 2022;14(1):1-20.
    Budd-Chiari Syndrome.Medicine Update 2022.
  14. Jain V, Nath P, Patro S. Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of inflammation markers [Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Red cell Distribution Width (RDW), Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and Lymphocyte Monocyte Ratio (LMR)] for outcomes in patients with acute pancreatitis. J Assoc Physicians India. 2022 Apr;70(4):11-12. Free paper presentation by postgraduate resident in National Conference APICON 2022.
    Chollangi S, Rout NK, Patro S. A Study on Correlation of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Red Cell Distribution Width with Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. J Assoc Physicians India. 2022 Apr;70(4):11-12. Free paper presentation by postgraduate resident in National Conference APICON 2022.
Dr. (Prof.) Kabikanta Samantaray

Additional Medical Superintendent

Dr. (Prof.) Kabikanta Samantaray