VEER SURENDRA SAI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
VEER SURENDRA SAI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VSSIMSR) formerly called V.S.S. Medical College and Hospital situated by the side of Hirakud Dam. Established in 1959, it imparts medical education at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The crest of the university is a circle with a base holding a shield. The shield holds heads of three lions joined together supported by the wheel of Konark and staff of caduceus or the Staff of Hermes, depicted as a stick entwined by two snakes and surmounted wings, which bear the year of the institution’s establishment. The shield has a border line. The shield is supported by an open book. The ensconcing circular border has the name of the university and at the base its motto in Sanskrit ‘सदयं ह्रुदयं परहिते नित्यम्’ meaning ‘Compassionate Heart is Always in the Welfare of Others’ is written. The shield denotes protection, courage, heritage, authority and