The academic session, it stated, would be inaugurated by Vardhan through video-conference in the presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at a ceremony at Pramukhswami auditorium on Raiya Road. MoS Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey, and state Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel will also attend the ceremony. “The first batch consists of students from all over the country. They have been selected through merit in the all-India combined NEET,” Sinha said.
The state government has allotted land for the AIIMS campus at Para-Pipaliya village on the northern outskirts of Rajkot city. For the time being, the institute will function out of a section of the building of the state-run PDU Medical College.