The country’s top medical college and hospital, All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has a new director in Dr. M Srinivas. dr. Srinivas will be Dr. Replacing Randeep Guleria. dr. Guleria had been deferred twice for the position of AIIMS director. He joined the role on March 28, 2017.
dr. Srinivas, currently Dean of ESIC Hospital and Medical College in Hyderabad, was previously a professor in the pediatric surgery department at AIIMS-Delhi. dr. Srinivas was a professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at AIIMS Delhi before joining ESIC Hospital and Medical College in 2016.
After several considerations, the Cabinet Appointments Committee (ACC) recommended the name of Dr Srinivas. The ACC is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Along with Dr. M. Srinivas, Dr. Sanjay Behari, Director of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, was also nominated by the Selection-Search Panel headed by the Union Health Secretary. The names of Dr. Srinivas and Dr. Behari were submitted to the Institute body for approval on Wednesday.
dr. Srinivas has been selected and appointed as Director of AIIMS New Delhi for a term of five years or until reaching the age of 65 or until further orders, whichever comes first.
“Ex-post facto approval for continuation of Dr. Randeep Guleria as Director AIIMS, New Delhi w.ef. March 25, 2022 for six months, or until the accession of the new director, whichever is sooner,” the official announcement said.
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