The race is still on for the top job in AIIMS. The deadline for filing applications for the AIIMS directors post has been extended.AIIMS Director Post Deadline Extension
The race
The race is still on for the top job in AIIMS. The deadline for filing applications for the. AIIMS directors post has been extended,following requests of several senior doctors,including HoDs of various departments in the hospital.AIIMS Director Post Deadline Extension
Chief of AIIMS
Within the institute,a few names are doing the rounds. These include Chief of AIIMS Trauma Centre Dr M C Misra. Head of pharmacology Dr Y K Gupta,head of paediatrics. Dr V K Paul,head of cardiology Dr Behl,head of gastroenterology. S K Acharya,and head of pathology
Dr S K Panda,among others.
The institute
The post is open to medical experts from within and outside. The institute,as well as doctors who are NRIs or persons of Indian origin. We have already received applications from several medical colleges and research institutes. But there was a delay in receiving applications from doctors within AIIMS. So we decided to extend the deadline till August 14, a senior AIIMS official said.
The post
This time,the upper age limit for the post has. Been fixed at 62 years,a decision ratified by the institute body earlier this year. But sources said many applicants have crossed that limit.
The director
The other requirements for the directors post are that. The AIIMS Director Post Deadline Extension must have completed 25 years in medicine,of which a minimum of 10 years must. Have been spent in teaching and research.
Administrative experience
Applicants must also have administrative experience as head. Of a scientific educational institution or head of department,besides extensive practical and. Administrative experience in the field of medical relief,medical research,medical. Education or public health.
AIIMS Director Post Deadline Extension
The tenure of AIIMS director Dr R C Deka ends in September. The applications will be screened by a search committee appointed by the institute body. Of AIIMS,which includes the health minister,the Director General of. Health Services and other scientific and medical experts.
In 2007,Parliament had passed the. AIIMS (Amendment ) Act,to fix the retirement age of the director at 65 years or the completion. Of a five-year term,whichever came first.
