It is an institution under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which is part of the Government of India.

[4] In May 2024, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare nominated Vikas Mahatme, a Padma Shri awardee, as the President of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

He is a former member of Rajya Sabha[5] In July 2014,[6] in the budget speech for 2014–15,[7] the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced a budget of ₹500 crore (equivalent to ₹799 crore or US$92 million in 2023) for setting up four new AIIMS, in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and the Purvanchal region in Uttar Pradesh,[6] the so-called "Phase-IV" institutes.

[7] In October 2015 the AIIMS at Nagpur was approved by the cabinet at a cost of ₹1,577 crore (equivalent to ₹24 billion or US$270 million in 2023).

[8] HALLUCIA is AIIMS Nagpur's Pan-India official annual fest organised by the students.