law: 12. Objects of Institute.-
  The objects of the Institute shall be-
  (a) to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of medical education;
  (b) to bring together, as far as may be, in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and
  (c) to attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical education to meet the country's needs for specialists and medical teachers.