With AIIMS director Dr Randeep Gularia’s tenure ending on September 23, the names of two senior doctors, Dr M Srinivas and Dr Sanjay Behari have been recommended by the Institute Body for the post of director.
Dr Srinivas is presently working with ESIC Hospital and Medical College in Hyderabad since 2016.
He was also a professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at AIIMS Delhi.
Dr Behari is currently working as the director of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum.
According to the sources, it has come to our knowledge that the names that were recommended to replace Guleria are Dr M Srinivas and Dr Sanjay Behari, their names have been sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for approval.
A couple of months earlier, in March, names of three doctors were shortlisted by a search-cum-selection committee and subsequently approved by the Institute Body, and the top decision-making body of the AIIMS, were sent to the ACC for approval. The names that were shortlisted includes 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 in the institute.
On June 20, the ACC sought a wider list of names for the top post of the AIIMS.
Following this, the names of MV 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 sent for the approval.
"Now, for the final approval of the ACC, the names of Dr Srinivas and Dr Behari have been sent," they said.
The tenure of the incumbent Dr Guleria which was till March 24 was extended by three months. It was then subsequently extended by another three months.
Dr Guleria was appointed as director for a term of five years on March 28, 2017.