Renaming 23 AIIMS will lead to loss of identity, says AIIMS Delhi Faculty Association

The Faculty Association of AIIMS-Delhi opined that renaming 23 AIIMS will lead to the loss of its identity.

Recently, the Centre proposed to rename 23 AIIMS including Delhi based on regional heroes, freedom fighters, historical events or monuments of the area or their distinct geographical identity. As per reports, the Faculty Association of AIIMS-Delhi has sought the opinion of its members on a government proposal to give specific names to all the 23 AIIMS in the country and contended that it will lead to the loss of its identity. 

In a note circulated among its members, the association said "identity is linked with the name and if the identity is lost, institutional recognition is lost both within the country and outside. That is why famous and established universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard continue to have the same name for centuries," as reported by NDTV.

"AIIMS, New Delhi will face severe loss of identity and demoralization if the name is changed. This will also affect the standing of India internationally as far as medical education, patient care and research is concerned. We at FAIMS seek your opinion on this very important issue, so that appropriate action can be taken," stated the note.

"In India, IITs have a name recognition which gives them an institution's identity and there is no proposal to change it. The same is true for IIMs," according to the note signed by association president Dr Achal Kumar Srivastava and general secretary Dr Harshal Ramesh Salve. 

"Also, the sense of identity is so strong that Calcutta, Bombay and Madras Universities continue with the same name even though the cities they are located in have changed their names to Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai," the note added.

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