 For a brief period, due to lack of political will and poor funding, there was a progressive decline in staff, facilities, and services offered.The government of Karnataka organized a Governing Council and in June 1997, the then Karnataka Medical College was accorded autonomous status, and became the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli.The current objectives are for providing comprehensive undergraduate and postgraduate, medical and paramedical education and for developing the facilities for research, training, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative, and preventive care for the society at large.