UP Govt appoints Principals at 12 new medical colleges, set to start this academic session

Lucknow: Following the plan of setting up medical colleges in each district of the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has appointed principals in 12 under-construction medical colleges that will become functional from the 2023-24 academic session. 

The confirmation regarding this came from the Principal Secretary of Medical Education, Alok Kumar, who announced the names of the principals appointed to the designated colleges.

Medical colleges in Amethi, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kushinagar, Gonda, Pilibhit, Bulandshahr, Bijnor, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Sultanpur and Sonbhadra are being constructed and are expected to begin this academic year.

The appointed principals in these medical colleges include Dr Reena Sharma, posted in Autonomous State Medical College, Ayodhya, who has been appointed Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Amethi.

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Dr Arvind Singh Kushwaha, posted at AIIMS Nagpur, has been made Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Auraiya. Dr Sajjan Lal Verma, posted at Autonomous State Medical College, Deoria, has been appointed Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Kanpur Dehat.

Dr Rakesh Kumar posted at Government Medical College, Kannauj has been made Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Kushinagar. Dr Dhananjay Shrikant Kotasthan, posted at Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi (Unofficial) has been appointed Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Gonda.

Dr Col. Rajat Srivastava, posted at Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt, Delhi, has been appointed Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Pilibhit.

Dr Manisha Jindal, Professor and Head of the Department, Physiology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Noida, has been appointed Principal of the Autonomous State Medical College, Bulandshahr.

Dr Urmila Karya of LLRM Medical College, Meerut has been made Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Bijnor. Dr Shailesh Kumar Goyal, posted at Dr BSA Medical College, Rohini, Delhi, has been appointed Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Lakhimpur Kheri.

Dr Dwijendra Nath, posted as Acting Principal in Government Medical College, has been made Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Lalitpur.

Dr Shailesh Kumar Goyal, posted at Autonomous State Medical College, Pratapgarh, has been appointed Principal of Autonomous State Medical College, Sultanpur. Similarly, Dr Suresh Kumar Singh, posted at Autonomous State Medical College, Basti, has been made Principal of Sonbhadra Medical College.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about the announcement of 16 medical colleges in the state by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The initiative had been taken to have at least one medical college in each district so that patients do not have to wander from one district to another for treatment. The upcoming medical colleges will highly benefit the people in need of medical care particularly those living in rural areas.

Earlier, the UP government also planned to open medical colleges in PPP mode (Public-Private Partnership) in 16 districts and released an Expression of Interest (EOI) ( Instructions to Applicants) for the same. The authority came up with a scheme "the Scheme for Government Support to Private Investment in development of Medical College in Unserved Districts" inviting expressions of interest (EOI) for the pursuance of investment. At present, 10 medical colleges are already running under the PPP mode.

Explaining the benefit of these new colleges, Dr Abhishek Shukla, secretary general association of international doctors, told HT, “New medical colleges coming up in state will be instrumental in providing specialised care to people in these districts (where colleges are coming up). The need for specialised care makes patients travel from their home district to other districts in search of higher medical centres, and this can be avoided with the start of medical colleges.”

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