Randeep Guleria’s term extended by another 3 months

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Randeep Guleria’s term extended by another 3 months

Friday, 24 June 2022 | SR | New Delhi

The tenure of AIIMS, Delhi Director, Dr Randeep Guleria has been extended by another three months. A decision in this regard was taken by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister met on June 20 seeking a wider panel of names for post of director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Dr Guleria was appointed as the director for a term of five years on March 28, 2017.     

 

This is his second extension. Earlier, before his tenure was to end on March 24, it was extended by three months till June 24.

 

Earlier in March, the names of three doctors, short-listed by a search-cum-selection committee and subsequently approved by the Institute Body, the top decision-making body of the AIIMS, were sent to the ACC for final approval.

 

The doctors whose names were recommended were Nikhil Tandon, head of the department of endocrinology; Rajesh Malhotra, chief of AIIMS Trauma Centre and the head of the department of orthopaedics; and Pramod Garg, professor in the gastroenterology department.

 

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