AIIMS Delhi gets new Director - M Srinivas

M Srinivas, Dean of ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Hyderabad, is appointed as the new Director of AIIMS New Delhi.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr M Srinivas, Dean of ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Hyderabad, to the post of AIIMS Delhi's new Director in the scale pay of INR 2,25,000 fixed plus NPA of 20% of basic pay for a period of 5 years w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till attaining the age of 65 years, until further orders, whichever is earliest.

Dr Srinivas was a professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at AIIMS Delhi before he joined ESIC Hospital and Medical College in Hyderabad in 2016.

"Appointment of Dr M. Srinivas, Dean, ESIC, Medical College and Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad to the post of Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in the scale of pay of INR 2,25,000/ (fixed) plus NPA of 20 per cent of basic pay (Pay NPA not exceeding INR 2,37,500/-) for a period of 05 years w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till attaining the age of 65 years, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest," said an official statement by GOI, Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

The committee was looking for a new AIIMS Director since last year and meanwhile, the tenure of the former director Dr Randeep Guleria was extended twice. There were many prominent names were in the race to be the next Director of AIIMS Delhi.

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