Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Sixty-Five Doctors Apply for AIIMS Delhi Director’s Post
AIIMS Delhi needs to choose a new permanent director.
The job has attracted applications from 65 doctors.
Some work at AIIMS Delhi, while others come from hospitals and universities across the country.
The current acting director cannot apply because he is older than the allowed age.
Several women doctors are also among the candidates.
Applicants must have advanced medical or public-health qualifications and extensive teaching and professional experience.
A committee of senior government officials will review the candidates.
The committee will select the director and could ask more people to apply.
Sixty-five doctors applied for the AIIMS Delhi director’s position after Dr M Srinivas moved to NITI Aayog as Member (Health).
Dr Nikhil Tandon, the acting director, did not apply because he exceeded the 62-year age limit.
Thirty-six applicants are from AIIMS Delhi, while 29 come from other institutions, including AIIMS branches and medical colleges.
The applicants include department heads, university vice chancellors, private-sector doctors and several women candidates.
A search and selection committee headed by the Union Health secretary will choose the director and may invite additional applicants.
- Who
- Sixty-five doctors, including AIIMS Delhi department heads and medical leaders from other institutions, applied.
- What
- They applied to become director of AIIMS Delhi.
- When
- Applications closed in the first week of August; Dr M Srinivas left the directorship in April this year.
- Where
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
- Why
- The permanent post became available after Dr M Srinivas was appointed NITI Aayog Member (Health), leaving Dr Nikhil Tandon as acting director.
- Total applicants
- 65 doctors
- Applicants from AIIMS Delhi
- 36
- Applicants from other institutions
- 29
- Age requirement
- Candidates must be 62 or younger on the application deadline
- Experience requirements
- A postgraduate degree in medicine, surgery or public health, 10 years of teaching experience and 25 years of professional standing
- Selection body
- A search and selection committee headed by the Union Health secretary
- Notable woman candidate
- Dr Arti Sarin, who became Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services in 2024