Lok Sabha Question No. 3074 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-07
Subject: Rotatory Headship in AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3074**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 7** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015**

**Rotatory Headship in AIIMS**

**3074. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:**

Will the Minister of **HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE** be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has constituted various committees to suggest on the matter of Rotatory headship in the various departments at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi;

(b) if so, the names and composition of the committees constituted till date along with their recommendations in this regard; (c) whether any committee has been constituted with              Dr. M. K. Bhan as Chairman to facilitate the implementation of rotation of headship at AIIMS, New Delhi, and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the said committee has submitted its report, and if so, the details of the major recommendations of the said committee; and

(e) the time by which the Government proposes to implement this long awaited administrative reform at AIIMS?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)**

(a) & (b):	The details of Committees that have been set up on the matter of Rotatory Headship at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi are as under:

| **Sl. No.**   | **Name of Committee**       | **Year**   | **Composition**      | **Recommendations related to Headship**                                                                                                                  |
|---------------|-----------------------------|------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **1.**        | **The Valiathan Committee** | **2006**   | **As per Annexure.** | **All three Committees recommended departmental collegiums comprising of three senior most faculty members to replace the system of single person HOD.** |
| **2.**        | **Sujatha Rao Committee**   | **2010**   |                      |                                                                                                                                                          |
| **3.**        | **Sneh Bhargava Committee** | **2010**   |                      |                                                                                                                                                          |

(c) & (d):	A three member Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. M. K. Bhan was constituted on 15/06/2012 to facilitate implementation of rotation of headship. The other members of the Committee were Dr. R.A. Badwe and Dr.  Abdul Hamid Zargar. The Committee did not submit a report.

(e):	No decision has been taken in this regard.

“Annexure”

**COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES**

1) The Valiathan Committee:

1. Dr. M.S. Valiathan, Former Director,

Shree Chitra Tribunal Institute

of Medical Science and Research,

Thiruvnantpuram					-	Chairperson

1. Secretary, Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare					-	Member

1. Secretary, Department of Biotechnology		-	Member

1. Director General of Health Services,

Government of India					-	Member

2. Sujatha Rao Committee

1.	Secretary (Health & FW)				-	Chairman

2.	Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of

Human Resource Development 			-	Co-chair

3.	Prof. Indiresan, Former Director IIT, Chennai	-	Member

4.	Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhary, National Institute

of Immunology					-	Member

5.	Prof. Bakul Dholakia, Former Director, IIM,

Ahmedabad						-	Member

6.	Dr. S.S. Aggarwal, Former Director, SGPGI,

Lucknow						-	Member

7.	Representative of Department of Expenditure

Of the level of Joint Secretary

(Ms. Vilasini Ramchandran, AS)			-	Member

8.	Representative of Departmental of Legal

Affairs at the level of Joint Secretary

(Shri Satish Chandra, J.S.)				-	Member

9.	Shri Debasish Panda, Joint Secretary,

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare		-	Member-Secretary

1. Sneh Bhargava Committee

1. Dr. Sneh Bhargava,

Former Director, AIIMS				-	Chairperson

1. Dr. P.N. Tandon, Former HOD,

Neurosurgery, CNC, AIIMS				-	Member

1. Dr. Kusum Verma,

Former Dean, AIIMS					-	Member

1. Dr. B.N.S. Walia, Former Director,

PGIMER, Chandigarh					-	Member

1. Dr. I.C. Pathak, Former Director,

PGIMER, Chandigarh					-	Member

1. Sh. Vineet Chawdhry,

Dy. Director (Admn.), AIIMS			-	Member-Secretary

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