Dr. Randeep Guleria is AIIMS Director
Q. Who has been appointed director of AIIMS by the ACC?- Published on 29 Mar 17a. Prof. VK Paul
b. Dr. Balram Bhargava
c. Dr. Randeep Guleria
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Dr. Randeep Guleria
Renowned pulmonologist Dr Randeep Guleria has been appointed as the Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
He is the first Indian to get a Doctorate of Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr Guleria has been appointed as Director, AIIMS, for five years.
Dr Guleria, who has been working with AIIMS for the last 23 years, will take over as the director and will succeed Dr M C Mishra, who retired in January after serving for over three years.
Dr Guleria, who joined AIIMS in 1992 as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, is credited with establishment of India’s first centre for pulmonary medicine and sleep disorder at AIIMS in 2011.
The others shortlisted for the post were Professor V K Paul, Head, Department of Paediatrics and Dr Balram Bhargava, Professor, cardiology.
Dr Guleria was the personal physician to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1998 to 2004 apart from international dignitaries, including Sushil Koirala, the then Prime Minister of Nepal.
Jagdev Singh Guleria, his father is former dean at AIIMS and was on duty at AIIMS when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was brought to AIIMS after being shot at by Sikh militants.
Dr Guleria - conferred with the Padma Shri in 2015 by the President of India - is know for his work on respiratory muscle functions, lung cancer, asthma and COPD and has more than 400 publications in International and National journals and 49 chapters in various National and International books.
Under Dr Guleria, AIIMS is studying the link between respiratory and cardiovascular conditions and air quality in the national capital.
Internationally, he was an advisor to WHO, Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE), Geneva, on “Influenza Vaccination and Immunization” from 2010-13.
He has been a consultant to International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, on Radiation Protection in Medicine since 2007.
At present, he is a member of May Key Committee in the Government of India. including the Joint Monitoring Committee, to monitor outbreaks of new diseases.
He is set to formulate National policy to control antibiotic resistance in India.
