Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum was established in the year 1976.

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) is an Institution of National Importance under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. The Joint Culture of medicine and  technology pioneered by its founders more than three decades ago, has come of age and gained unprecedented acceptance in India. The Institute has the status of a university and offers excellent research and training facilities. It has three wings: a tertiary referral super speciality hospital, a biomedical technology wing and the Achutha Menon Centre of Health Science Studies.

The Institute focuses on high quality, advanced treatment of cardiac and neurological disorders, indigenous development of technologies for biomedical devices and materials and public health training and research. The institute offers advanced treatment using modern technologies in several specialized areas such as interventional radiology, cardiac electrophysiology, deep brain stimulation of movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, base of skull and vascular surgeries, to name a few. The institute has excellent facilities and teams of professionals dedicated to the development of innovative biomedical devices and products, evaluation of medical devices to global specifications, training in novel medical specialties and research in medical and publich health areas of social relevance. The Institute is a Technical Research Centre for Biomedical devices and has a medical devices incubator (TIMed).

VISION

Become a Global Leader in Medical Devices Development, High Quality Patient Care, and Health Sciences Studies.

MISSION

Promote research and development in biomedical engineering and technology.

Deliver high quality patient care in selected specialities and subspecialities.

Develop innovative postgraduate training programs in advanced medical specialities, and biomedical engineering and technology.

Participate in public health reforms through research, training and interventions.

OBJECTIVES

Promote biomedical engineering and technology.

Provide and demonstrate high standards of patient care in advanced medical specialities.

Develop post-graduate training programmes of the highest quality in advanced medical specialities and biomedical engineering and technology.