Regional Institute of Medical Sciences

What Regional Institute of Medical Sciences does

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) is an autonomous government institute located in Imphal, Manipur, India, established in 1972 and administered by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (since transferred from the North Eastern Council on April 1, 2007). The institute delivers undergraduate medical education (MBBS), postgraduate training (MD/MS), doctoral research (PhD), dental education through its Dental College (established 2011), and nursing education through its College of Nursing (operating since 2009). RIMS is affiliated to Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal, and recognized by the National Medical Commission, Dental Council of India, and Nursing Council of India. Its mandated catchment is the eight-state North Eastern Region of India, an underserved geography where it functions as the principal consolidated provider of medical education and tertiary care.

The institute operates a 1,176-bed teaching hospital (1,133 general ward beds plus 43 paying ward beds) that provides clinical training to students and direct healthcare services to the public, including below-poverty-line patients under schemes such as the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi. Patient fees are nominal — OPD tickets at Rs. 10 and admission charges at Rs. 100 — reflecting RIMS's role as a public service institution rather than a commercial operator. Beyond clinical services, RIMS maintains a Multi-Disciplinary Research Unit, a Population Based Cancer Registry, a Research Ethics Board, and an institutional antibiogram (2023-24) for antibiotic stewardship, indicating a modest but active research infrastructure layered on top of the teaching mission. Governance is structured in two tiers: a Board of Governors chaired by the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare (currently Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda) with the Director as Secretary, and an Executive Council chaired by the Secretary of the Ministry.

RIMS's economic model is that of a publicly funded institution rather than a commercial enterprise. Operating expenditure is met through Union Government budgetary allocation under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; there is no commercial revenue line of meaningful size, no private equity or venture investment, and no public shareholding. As a result, growth and capacity expansion are governed by regulator-approved seat increases, government capex cycles, and faculty recruitment cadences rather than market demand or fundraising outcomes. This shapes both the stability of the institution (anchored in sovereign funding) and the ceiling on how quickly it can scale educational and clinical throughput relative to private-sector peers.

Name

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences

Legal name

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences

Website

https://rims.edu.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RIMS is a government autonomous institute in Imphal, India, established in 1972 under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It provides medical, dental, and nursing education alongside a 1,176-bed teaching hospital serving the North Eastern Region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education and Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

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PRIMARYEDAHAAAC

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

Keywords

• Medical education
• Healthcare services
• Teaching hospital
• Dental education
• Nursing education

Headquarters

HQ city

Imphal

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Core offering

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) is a government autonomous medical institute that delivers undergraduate (MBBS), postgraduate (MD/MS), doctoral (PhD), dental (BDS), and nursing education programs affiliated to Manipur University. It operates a 1176-bed teaching hospital that provides inpatient, outpatient, and specialty healthcare services to patients, including those below the poverty line through schemes such as Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi. The institution combines medical training with clinical service delivery and research for the North Eastern Region of India.

Product overview

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal operates as a unified medical education institution consisting of a main medical institute offering undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MD/MS) programs, supported by an attached 1176-bed teaching hospital. The institution also encompasses two constituent colleges: the College of Nursing (established 2009) and the Dental College (established 2011), both affiliated to Manipur University and recognized by their respective national councils. RIMS serves the North Eastern Region of India as an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) — Medical Education Programs Autonomous medical institute delivering MBBS, MD/MS, and PhD programs in medical specialties for students of the North Eastern Region of India; affiliated to Manipur University and recognized by the National Medical Commission.
• RIMS Hospital 1176-bed teaching hospital providing inpatient, outpatient, and specialty clinical services to patients in the North Eastern Region, including BPL patients supported through Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi; OPD ticket Rs. 10 and admission charges Rs. 100.
• Dental College, RIMS Imphal Constituent dental college providing dental education programs (BDS) to students; affiliated to Manipur University and recognized by the Dental Council of India.
• College of Nursing, RIMS Imphal Constituent nursing college offering higher education in nursing for students from the North Eastern States including Sikkim; affiliated to Manipur University and recognized by the Nursing Council of India since 2009.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Manipur University, Canchipur, ImphalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRIMS is affiliated to Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal for awarding degrees in medical, dental, and nursing education programs.
• Dental Council of IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDental College at RIMS is recognized by the Dental Council of India for conducting dental education programs.
• Nursing Council of India, New DelhicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollege of Nursing at RIMS is recognized by the Nursing Council of India, New Delhi since 2009 for nursing education programs.
• Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRIMS transferred to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India from North Eastern Council w.e.f. 1st April 2007. The institute is an autonomous institute under this ministry.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry: Autonomous public medical university under MoHFW with attached teaching hospital offering MBBS, MD/MS and super-specialty programs. Directly comparable institutional model and central-government ownership structure.
• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh: Autonomous public medical university and tertiary care hospital under MoHFW offering postgraduate medical education with an attached teaching hospital. Comparable scope, governance structure, and patient mix to RIMS.
• Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE): Deemed university operating Kasturba Medical College with attached teaching hospitals. Comparable integrated medical/dental/nursing education model; serves as private-sector benchmark for academic medical centers in India.
• King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow: State government medical university with a large teaching hospital offering MBBS, MD/MS, dental and paramedical programs. Comparable integrated medical education and tertiary care delivery model.
• Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore: Private non-profit medical college and teaching hospital offering MBBS, MD/MS, nursing and allied health programs. Comparable integrated academic-clinical model with strong research and tertiary care orientation.
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi: India's flagship public medical university and teaching hospital under MoHFW. Most directly comparable peer as a government autonomous institute providing MBBS, MD/MS, nursing education alongside a large multi-specialty hospital - the gold standard against which RIMS is benchmarked.
• North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong: Autonomous super-specialty hospital and medical college under MoHFW located in Shillong. The most direct regional peer, also serving the North East, with similar scope of services and patient population overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Max Healthcare Institute: Large private tertiary care hospital chain in North India with academic affiliations. Comparable in clinical complexity and patient mix but operates under commercial pricing model rather than RIMS's subsidized public mandate.
• Apollo Hospitals Enterprise: India's largest private hospital chain with tertiary care facilities, medical education partnerships, and presence across metro and tier-2 cities. Comparable in clinical capability but commercially oriented; represents the private-sector alternative to government AMC model.

Emerging players

• Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital), Kochi: Private teaching hospital offering MBBS, MD/MS, dental, and nursing programs with a large multi-specialty clinical footprint. Comparable academic-clinical integration, though commercially run and newer than RIMS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/rimsmanipur

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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