About National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Hombegowda Nagar Road, Bangalore

The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences Founding and historyThe history of the institute dates back to 1847, when the Bangalore Lunatic Asylum was founded. In 1925, the Government of Mysore rechristened the asylum as the Mental Hospital. The Mysore Government Mental Hospital became the first institute in India for postgraduate training in psychiatry.The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) was the result of the amalgamation of the erstwhile State Mental Hospital and the All India Institute of Mental Health (AIIMH) established by the Government of India in 1954. The institute was inaugurated on 27 December 1974, establishing it as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act to lead in the area of medical service and research in the country.On November 14, 1994, NIMHANS was conferred a deemed university status by the Neurobiology Research Centre (NRC) NIMHANS Centre for Well BeingAdvanced Centre for YogaSakalwara Community Mental Health CentreVirtual Learning Centre (VLC)(mood

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