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लोकसभा
Sep 04, 2012
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कमिटी
Mar 04, 2011
Bill Passed
The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro- Sciences, Bangalore was establishedas an autonomous body, registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 on 27th December, 1974 by integrating the erstwhile All India Institute of Mental Health under the Government of India and Mental Hospital, Bangalore under the Government of Karnataka. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore Bill, 2010 seeks to to declare the National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences, Bangalore, to be an institution of national importance.
- The National
Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences Bill, 2010 (NIMHANS Bill) was
introduced in the Rajya Sabha on December 7, 2010. The Bill was introduced by Shri
Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare. The Bill was referred to the Standing
Committee on Health and Family Welfare on December 8, 2010.
- The Bill seeks to establish
the existing NIMHANS in Karnataka as an institution of national
importance.
- The Bill establishes
NIMHANS as a corporate body. It also
states the objects and functions of the Institute, the composition of its
members, and their powers and functions. The Bill also states that NIMHANS will carry
out its functions under the control of the central government.
- The objects of
NIMHANS are (a) to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and
postgraduate medical education, (b) to bring together educational facilities
for the training of personnel in important branches of health activity, and (c)
to be self-sufficient in meeting the country’s needs for specialists and
medical teachers.
- The institute shall
consist of the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, the Secretary to
the central government in the Department of Higher Education, the
Director-General of Health Services in the central government, seven
representatives of the Indian Science Congress Association, four
representatives of medical faculties of Indian universities, three Members of
Parliament, among others.
- Some important
functions which NIMHANS will perform in order to attain its objectives are:
- Provide
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in medicine and other allied sciences;- Provide facilities
for research of such sciences;- Provide facilities
for the teaching of humanities;- Conduct
experiments on new methods of medical education;- Specify courses
and curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate studies;- NIMHANS can also
maintain equipped hospitals, nursing colleges for training nurses, etc.
- NIMHANS will also
have the power to grant medical and nursing degrees, diplomas, certificates and
other academic distinctions.
Anirudh Burman
July 5, 2011
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