Legends in sports/games who visited NIMS
- Kapil Dev – Former Indian cricket team captain.
- Ravi Shasthri – Former Indian cricket team captain and present coach for the Team India.
- Sayyed Kirmani – Former wicket keeper of Indian cricket team.
- Mohindar Amarnath – Former Indian cricket team member.
- Sreekanth -Former Indian Cricket Team member.
- Arshad Ayyob – Former Indian cricket team member.
- Saeed Anwar – Former Pakistan cricket team captain.
- T. Usha – Sprinter, participated in London Olympics. Medal winner in Asian games.
- M. Nambiar – Coach of Indian Olympics athletic team.
- P.M. Usman Koya – Former Kerala state foot player and university coach.
Ministers/ Leaders who visited NIMS
- Gulam Nabi Azad – Former Union Minister of Aviation.
- Late P.M. Saayed – Ex Union Minister & Lok Sabha Speaker.
- Late C.H. Mohammed Koya -Ex Chief Minister & Education Minister of Kerala.
- E.T. Mohammed Basheer – Former Education Minister of Kerala.
- Late Chandra Shekaran – Former Education Minister of Kerala.
- Late T.M. Jacob – Former Education Minister of Kerala.
- Late Baby John – Former Education Minister and Minister of Public works of Kerala.
- P. J. Joseph – Former Education Minister of Kerala.
- M.K. Muneer – Former Minister of Public works.
- N. Soopi – Former Education minister of Kerala.
- Late Varkala Radhakrishnan – Former Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly.
- Late Fathima Beevi – Former Chief Justice of Tamil Nadu High Court and Justice Supreme Court.
- Late P.M. Aboobakar – Former Minister of Public works of Kerala.
- P.P. Thankachan – Former Speaker of Legislative Assembly, Kerala.
- Virendra Kumar – Former Union minister and Minister of Kerala.
- Jaffar Shareef – Former Union minister and Karnataka minister.
- Saleem Iqbal Sherawi – Former Union Health Minister of India.
- Vayalar Ravi – Former Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Home Minister of Kerala.
Novelists/ Poets/ ArtistS who visited NIMS
- M. T. Vasudevan Nair– Indian author, screenplay writer and film director.
- Sughatha Kumari – Indian poetess in Malayalam and activist.
- Late Punathil Kunhabdullah – Indian writer from Kerala & a Medical Doctor by profession.
- M.N. Karasseri – Indian writer and literary critic in the Malayalam Language and literature.
- Late Kunhunni Mashu – Malayalam poet.
- Late Kuldip Nayyar – Famous Novelist & a world famous Indian journalist.
- Shakuntala Devi – Great Mathematician known as Living computer.
- Late Prem Nazir – Cine artist. Guinness record holder.
- Late Sukumar Azheekode – Indian academic, Orator, Critic and Writer of Kerala.
- Late C.K. Kareem – Famous Historian.
- Late V.M. Kathy – Well known poet from Tamilnadu.
- Vairamuth – Famous Tamil Poet.
- Divyendu Barua – Indian Chess Grand Master.
- G.S. Pradeep – Indian television personality and a public intellectual.
- Abdul Badi – Artist from America.
- Perumbadavam Sreedharan – Prolific Malayalam author.
- T. Padmanabhan – Famous short story writer and novelist.
- Late B.M. Gafoor – Famous cartoonist & journalist.