ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES RAJKOT
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES RAJKOT All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot (AIIMS Rajkot) in Gujarat is one amongst the several new AIIMS, being established under the Ptradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Its circular emblem has a green outer border and yellow ochre inner border, inside which a number of motifs are placed along with its mottos. The outer border is a banner carrying its name in English and Devanagari. Green, the colour of life, has myriads of connotations. It is associated with healing power, renewal and energy, symbol of growth, harmony, fertility and environment. The star is a symbol of divine guidance and protection representing good luck, purity in action, and advancement in life. The inner border symbolises Bandhani blocks. Just as Bandhani or Bandhej binds and ties, so do the 33 districts of Gujarat bind the people of the state and maintain unity. The 33 Bandhani bloc