SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Alleviating human suffering has been a part of dedicated services of Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams to mankind. The T.T.D. has launched a monument, as a blessing from the Lord by opening Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, a sophisticated super specialty hospital at Tirupati. SVIMS was conceived in the year 1986 on the lines of AIIMS, New Delhi and the foundation stone was laid on April 18, 1986 by Late Sri. N. T. Rama Rao in Tirupati. This Institute became a university in 1995 within a short time of establishment. Its emblem has the motif of Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati ensconced by a circular banner bearing its name and place. It is supported by a banner carrying its motto in Telugu. These are supported by two serpents entwined around the caduceus represent ‘Stalk of Hermes (Mercury)’ of Greek mythology. Their intersection indicates endocrine glands or chakras topped by a round knob and flanked by wings. Serpents denote the pineal gland and pituitary gland as both look alike. The stalk indicates the spinal column. While two serpents - signify the two shades of human existence that physicians encounter – Life and Death.