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| Type | Research Institution |
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| Established | 1963; 62 years ago (1963) |
Parent institution | Indian Council of Medical Research |
| Affiliation | University of Calcutta |
| Director | Dr. Krishna Pandey |
| Address | Agam Kuan, Sadikpur ,,,800007 ,25°35′59″N85°11′48″E / 25.5997386°N 85.1966277°E /25.5997386; 85.1966277 |
| Website | www |
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TheRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR-RMRIMS), which is located atAgam Kuan,Patna,Bihar,India is a permanent research institute of theIndian Council of Medical Research,New Delhi and an autonomous body ofMinistry of Health and Family Welfare,Government of India.[1]
It is located at Agamkuan in the eastern part of the city of Patna. It has an area of nine acres.
Its main thrust is research in different aspects ofVisceral leishmaniasis also known as kala-azar, black fever and Dumdum fever.
It is named after the memory of the first president ofRepublic of India, Dr.Rajendra Prasad. After the demise of Dr. Prasad due to chest disease in Bihar, an institute in the memory of his name focus on chest diseases was established. Thus, the RMRIMS was established on 3 December 1963.
In October 2008, RMRIMS entered into an agreement with the prestigiousUniversity of Calcutta, whereby, doctoral candidates of RMRIMS would be supervised by University of Calcutta faculty. The institute has been accorded affiliation by University of Calcutta for Ph.D and other academic activities.
With this, now the students of Bihar have a choice to conduct their research work under University of Calcutta while working at RMRIMS, Patna. It would help in stopping local students from going toKolkata or other places for better academic institutions.
A few decades ago, the institute did a yeoman's job in inventing medicines for coal mine workers ofDhanbad. Pioneered by Dr. (Late) Harkirat Singh, the institute invented a medicine for coal miners' pneumoconiosis, an illness very similar to asthma.
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