New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The four-member search-cum-selection committee to give more names soon for the position of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director.
New Delhi Mar 25 PTI A selection-cum-search panel headed by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has shortlisted three names for the post of AIIMS director which will be placed before the Institute Body the top decision-making body of the institute on March 29Once approved by the Institute Body the names will be sent to the Appoints Committee of the Cabinet ACC headed by the prime minister for final assentThe three names shortlisted are Dr Nikhil Tandon head of the department of endocrinology at AIIMS Dr Rajesh Malhotra chief ofAIIMSTrauma Centre andthe head of the department of orthopaedics and Dr Pramod Garg a professor in the gastroenterology department at the instituteApart from Rajesh Bhushan the four-member search-cum-selection committee tasked with shortlisting names for the AIIMS directors post include Secretary of Department of Biotechnology Rajesh S Gokhale Principal Scientific Advisor to the government K Vijay Raghavan and Delhi University vice-chancellor Yogesh SinghThey held a meeting on Tuesday and shortlisted three namesThese three names will now be placed before the Institute Body of AIIMS on March29 for approval before being sent to the ACC headed by the prime minister for final approval said an official sourceThe tenure of New Delhi AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria which was set to end on March 24 was extended by three months He was appointed to the post on March 28 2017He will complete his tenure on 24032022 President AIIMS is pleased to extend his tenure with effect from March 25 2022 by three months or by the time a new director is appointed whichever is earlier an office memorandum by the hospital on March 22 saidAround 32 candidates had applied for the post of director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS in New Delhi They included 13doctors from AIIMS as well as ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava PTI PLB NSD
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