New Delhi: AIIMS Director Selection

The present director general of the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) Dr. Balram Bhargava, is one of the 32 candidates who are contending for the post of Director of the AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), Delhi.

The present director of AIIMS, Dr. Randeep Guleria, would be retiring on March 23.

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As per a media report in the DT Next, there are around 32 candidates who are in the race for the post, among whom, the ICMR chief's name is at the top.

His mother, Dr. Sneh Bhargava, a radiologist and medical academic, was also the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi from 1984-1990. She was the first woman to be in that position and the only one so far.

• 12 of the 32 candidates are from AIIMS including:
  • M.V. Padma Srivastava, chief of neurosciences centre
  • Nikhil Tandon, head of department of endocrinology
  • Rajesh Malhotra, head of orthopedics and chief of trauma centre
  • Sunil Chumber, head of surgery among others

There are four members in the search cum selection committee who are expected to meet soon for shortlisting some names from the 32 candidates. The shortlisted names would be eventually sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the prime minister for final approval.

As per a media report in the Business Standard, a source said, "the members of the search-cum-selection committee will soon meet to finalize some names which then will be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the prime minister for final approval."

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary of Department of Biotechnology Rajesh S. Gokhale, Principal Scientific Advisor to the government K. Vijay Raghavan, and Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh are present in the four-member team.

The faculty cell of AIIMS had issued the call for the post of new director on November 29, with the last date for submitting the application being December 29, reports the Business Standard.

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