Gautam Adani performs groundbreaking of AIMS in Bhuj

Adani Group’s Gautam Adani, his wife Priti Adani, Gautam Adani’s brother Vasant Adani, other directors, IIM Ahmedabad’s ex director and Adani Group’s education wing head Bakul Dholakia etc. performed a groundbreaking ceremony of proposed Adani Institute of Medical Science(AIMS) on Thursday with Gujarati traditional vidhi at GK general hospital campus in Gujarat’s Bhuj town which is a headquarter of Kutch district. AIMS dean-appointed Dr. Siddharth was present at this occasion.

Only some government officers and political leaders were invited on this occasion through email.

AIMS will start operating from 17th of this month with the strength of two class room and four laboratories on the second floor of existing GK general hospital building. A group of first year medical students will be taught Anatomy in this set up.

The groundbreaking ceremony was held in the open ground of the campus for construction of Rs 80 crore main building of the medical college. The building will be built on 3 lakh square ft area. The building will be ready in April 2010 after which existing first year batch will be shifted there.

Also proposed is a hostel building which will be built on about 1.5 lakh sq ft area. Construction of hostel building has not started yet. Ground breaking ceremony for hostel building will be held in near future according to sources.