Sources have said that the selection process for a new director for AIIMS has started as the tenure of Dr Randeep Guleria, who had been the director of AIIMS ends on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the selection committee chaired by the Union health secretary met to discuss all potential candidates. More than 30 top doctors across the country including 17 faculty members from the institute itself have applied for the post. The requirement of the post include 25 years of experience in the field of medicine, along with extensive practical and administrative experience in the fields of medical relief, medical education/research or public health organization, and adequate experience of running an important scientific educational institution either as its head or head of a department. The upper age limit is 62 years.

The new director will serve for a term of five years from the date of assuming the charge or till he turns 65 which ever is earlier.

Source: ET Healthworld