Started in 1980 by Dr. R.S.K. Murthy, a former Professor of Medicine having served at all the four Medical Colleges of the State and former Deputy Director of Health of Karnataka State, the aim of the Institute has always been to deliver Good and ethical care at reasonable cost.

A.V. Hospital has been the first Hospital in the State to set up a Unit of Minimal Invasive Surgery in Karnataka State in a private setup more than a decade ago. The Hospital has remained in the forefront in this field by procuring all the latest equipment from time to time and having a highly experienced faculty whose skills are internationally acclaimed. Thus the Hospital can boast of being the first to do almost any type of advanced laparoscopic surgery today in Karnataka State. Almost every type of advanced surgical procedure that is being performed in leading centers all over the world by laparoscopy is being performed at A.V. Hospital.

Dr. M.Ramesh, Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon of A.V. Hospital, has performed over 3000 laparoscopies, some of which are the first of its kind in our country itself. A.V. Hospital has established a premiere training and research institute called the “Bangalore Endoscopic Surgery Training Institute & Research Centre”, and all the academic activities including training and research is being conducted through this institute.

The basic motto of the organization is dissemination of endoscopic surgical skills and to develop technologies for the future. The Institute has an on-going well-structured training programme in Laparoscopic Surgery for surgeons, urologists & gynaecologists interested in basic laparoscopic surgery. So far more than 150 surgeons and gynaecologists have received training in the institute. The institute has attracted senior doctors from all over the country and from various other countries including Malaysia, West Indies, Australia and U.S.A. Senior professors; head of the departments of Surgery and Gynaecology (some of them being Principals) from almost all Medical Colleges in Karnataka State have been trained by the Institute.

The B.E.S.T Institute and Research Centre was jointly involved in a major research project with DRDO, in developing a Virtual Reality Laparoscopic Surgery Training module, which was initiated by Dr. Abdul Kalam. This is the first of its kind developed in our country and the third in the whole world.