# Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences

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## TL;DR

Jammu and Kashmir's postgraduate medical institute in Srinagar, which houses the region's State Cancer Institute with medical, paediatric, surgical and radiation oncology.

## Summary

SKIMS is a postgraduate institute for training, research and patient care at Soura, Srinagar. Its own account says construction began in 1976, the institute was partially commissioned on 5 December 1982, and an Act of the state legislature on 19 August 1983 granted it deemed university status.

Its website lists a State Cancer Institute and departments of medical oncology, paediatric oncology, surgical oncology and radiation oncology, plus a preventive oncology clinic, and the institute recruits for the ICMR-NCDIR population-based cancer registry project.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: SKIMS; SKIMS Srinagar; Sher - I - Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS)
- City: Srinagar, IN
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.skims.ac.in

## Sources

- About SKIMS: http://www.skims.ac.in/index.php/home/about-us.html
- National Cancer Grid: member list: https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members

## Connected records

- institutions: [National Cancer Grid of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-grid/), [National Cancer Registry Programme (ICMR-NINE, Bengaluru)](https://onco.cc/institutions/icmr-ncrp/)

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