On June 20, the committee headed by the Prime Minister sought a wider panel of names for the post of director of AIIMS here. (File)The appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) has approved the name of Dr M Srinivas as the next Director of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS).
He is currently the Dean of ESIC, Medical College & Hospital in Sanathnagar, Hyderabad.
Before his stint at Hyderabad, Dr Srinivas was a professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at AIIMS Delhi.
An order in this regard was issued by Under Secretary Arvind Thakur on September 9.
According to sources, names of two doctors were recommended and sent to the ACC for the top job in the premier institute – Dr Srinivas as well as Dr Sanjay Behari, Director of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
Before that, in March, names of three doctors, including Dr Nikhil Tandon, head of the department of endocrinology; Dr Rajesh Malhotra, chief of AIIMS Trauma Centre and the head of the department of orthopaedics; and Dr Pramod Garg, professor in the gastroenterology department in the institute were shortlisted by a search-cum-selection committee and subsequently approved by the Institute Body, the top decision-making body of the AIIMS, before being sent to the ACC. On June 20, the committee, headed by the PM, sought a wider panel of names for the post.
Following this, names of Dr M V Padma Srivastava, chief of Neurosciences Centre; Dr Balram Bhargava, former ICMR director general; and Dr Rakesh Aggarwal, director of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry were also sent. As the search for the top post was on, incumbent director Dr Randeep Guleria’s tenure, which was till March 24, was extended by three months. Later, it was again extended for another three months.