7 names shortlisted for AIIMS Director post
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New Delhi: The five-member selection-cum- search panel headed by union health secretary CK Mishra narrowed down to seven names for the post of AIIMS director at its second meeting on Wednesday.
The panel will meet on January 24 again to further shortlist three to five names before sending it to the Institute Body and then to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for the final approval.
“In today’s meeting, seven names were shortlisted. All are from AIIMS. The panel will hold its last meeting on January 24 and finalise three-five choices which will have to be approved by the Institute body before being sent to the ACC headed by the Prime Minister for the final approval,” a health ministry official said.
The panel had last met on January 8 at Nirman Bhawan here and the CVs of all the 53 candidates, who have applied for the post, were given to all members.
"Each of the members were asked to select a few names. Those names were discussed at the meeting and around 10 names have been shortlisted," the official said.
Apart from Health Secretary Mishra, who is the chairperson of the panel, the committee comprises Prime Minister's Principal Scientific Adviser R Chidambaram, Secretary in Department of Health Research Soumya Swaminathan, Director General of Health Services Jagdish Prasad and Vice Chancellor of Delhi University Yogesh Tyagi.
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