The PGIMER was established in 1963, and was originally under the Government of undivided Punjab. In due course, at became an autonomous body under an Act of Parliament in 1967 functioning under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It had the following mandate:    1. Provide high quality patient care.    2. Attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical education to meet the country’s need for highly qualified medical teachers in all medical and surgical fields.    3. Provide educational facilities for training of personnel in all important branches of health activity.    4. Undertake basic community based research. The founders of this Institute (Prof. Tulsi Das, Prof. Santokh Singh Anand, Prof. PN Chuttani, Prof. BN Aikat, Prof. Sant Ram Dhall and Prof. C. Balakrishnan) laid the path of excellence for the Institute in teaching, research and patient care. Since its inception the institute has made steady progress with addition of new highly specialised centres such as Advanced Pediatrics Centre (APC), Advanced Eye Centre (AEC), Advanced Cardiac Centre (ACC), New Outer Patient Department (NOPD) amongst others. The institute provides not only state of the art technology for treatment and cure, but also actively participates in community health through its School of Public Health and Drug Deaddiction Centre. The institute welcomes implementation of newly formed National Rare Disease Policy, 2021.