Raipur: Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Jindal, former Director and Commandant of Army Hospital (Research & Referral), New Delhi on Monday joined India's premier medical and research institute- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur as Executive Director and CEO.
An army doctor who recently retired from the position of director of the army hospital possesses over 40 years of experience with leadership experience across multiple hospitals.
A dedicated leader, he was conferred with Two Military Awards- the Yudh Seva Medal (YSM) from the president for his distinguished service of a high order during the Indo-Pak War in Siachen Glacier in 1989 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) for efficiently managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr Jindal has assumed the charges of executive director and CEO of AIIMS Raipur on a contractual basis for a period of 3 years.
A formal announcement was made in this regard on February 3, "The Appointments Committee of Cabinet(ACC) has approved the appointment of Lt. Gen. Ashok Kumar Jindal, who has also served as Director and Commandant of Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt, as executive director and CEO of AIIMS, Raipur."
"Appointment of following candidates, with a mode of recruitment indicated against their names, to the posts of Executive Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Level 15 of the Pay Matrix, for a period of 03 years w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till attaining the age of 70 years, or until further orders, whichever is the earlier," reads the order.
He has rich experience in leading public health programmes and a very specialized teaching experience at the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune. Jindal completed his MBBS and MD in community medicine and diploma in industrial health from AFMC in 1990. He completed his PhD from the Jawahar National University in 2002, the pioneer reports.
He was the Organising Secretary of the National CME on RCH held at AFMC Pune in 2005. He was also appointed to the National Advisory Board for the Medical Journal Armed Forces India. He has also provided services under the UN in Cambodia.
Earlier, Jindal served as Chief Medical Director at Command Hospital Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir. He was also a full-time professor in community medicine at Armed Forces Medical College.
Congratulating Jindal for his new achievement, AIIMS Raipur on X (formerly known as Twitter) said, "Lt Gen Jindal motivated all faculty members and employees to focus on patient-centric services and research on emerging challenges in the health care sector."
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