PGIMER Chandigarh: started in 1962, autonomous under an Act of Parliament since 1967
Background
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, was conceived in 1960 as a centre of excellence for postgraduate medical education.
The institute started in 1962.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated its hospital, now called Nehru Hospital, on 7th July 1963.
After the reorganisation of Punjab, the institute passed to the Union Territory of Chandigarh in November 1966.
It became an autonomous body under an Act of Parliament in 1967 and functions under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Its mandate includes high quality patient care and basic community based research.
In plain words
PGIMER Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research — The postgraduate medical institute and hospital in Chandigarh under the Union Health Ministry.
Nehru Hospital Nehru Hospital, PGIMER — The PGIMER hospital inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1963.
Autonomous body Autonomous body — An institution that runs its own affairs under the law that creates it, while funded by the government.