CPS appoints new President Dr Ajay Devidasrao Sambre

He takes over from Dr Girish Maindarkar, who held the presidentship for a decade before resigning earlier in the week.

College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS) has appointed a new President - Dr Ajay Devidasrao Sambre, an ophthalmologist from Sambhajinagar. The courses of CPS were derecognised by the state medical education department in July 2023.

Dr Ajay Devidasrao Sambre takes over from Dr Girish Maindarkar, who held the presidentship for a decade before resigning earlier in the week.

CPS, established as an examination body in 1912, derives the power to grant degrees from the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916. 

In July 2023, the state medical education department released a government resolution derecognising its 10 courses after several irregularities were found in the institutions offering the courses.

Dr Sambre, who was appointed president on January 19, said his priority would be to get the Maharashtra government’s recognition for its courses. “My priority will be to get the courses restarted in Maharashtra and take CPS to rural areas to improve healthcare and healthcare infrastructure,” he said, as reported by Hindustan Times.

CPS is promoting specialty based medical practice. The aim is to arrange Post Graduate Medical Training, Research & Advances in the Medical Profession, to consider the various governments, semi-government, certain tertiary care hospitals, other private medical colleges and private hospitals for the training of the students in their respective speciality and to strengthen the health care system in rural and peripheral areas by making specialists available where MD/MS/DM/MCh are not available, said CPS official website.

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