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Names Of Three Doctors Get Top Body's Nod For AIIMS Director's Post

New AIIMS director: These three names will now be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for final approval.

New Delhi: A search-cum-selection panel for the post of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director on Wednesday shortlisted three doctors for the post of AIIMS director.

These three names will now be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for final approval.

The three AIIMS specialists suggested for the top job in the premier institute are Dr Nikhil Tandon, head of the department of endocrinology; Dr Rajesh Malhotra, chief of AIIMS Trauma Centre and the head of the department of orthopedics; and Dr Pramod Garg, professor in the gastroenterology department at the institute, sources said as quoted by news agency PTI.

These three names shortlisted by the search-cum-selection committee were put before the Institute Body, the top decision-making body of the AIIMS, on Tuesday and were approved.

These names will be sent to the ACC headed by the prime minister for final approval, the sources said.

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The four-member search-cum-selection committee entrusted with shortlisting names for the AIIMS chief's post is headed by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.

The board also incorporates Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology Rajesh S Gokhale, Principal Scientific Advisor to the government K Vijay Raghavan, and Delhi University vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh.

The tenure of New Delhi AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria, which was set to end on March 24, was stretched out by 90 days. He was selected for the post on March 28, 2017.

Around 32 applicants had applied for the post of head of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. They included 13 specialists from AIIMS as well as ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava.

(With PTI inputs)

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