MCI secretary general resigns, new 'acting' head appointed

IANS  |  New Delhi  Last Updated at February 22, 2019 23:40 IST

 

The Secretary General of Medical Council of India (MCI) Sanjay Srivastava has resigned from the post although the health and family welfare ministry has not issued any clarification on the step.

MCI, which is the the apex body that regulated medical education in the country, on its website had last updated the page on February 19 which has mentioned Prof. Siddarth Ramji taking over as the Acting Secretary General.

A former deputy director general at the directorate general of health services (DGHS) Shrivastava, has been appointed the secretary general to assist the Board of Governance (BOG) last year which was formed by the government through an ordinance.

The seven members in the BoG include three doctors from the AIIMS- Dr VK Paul (former HoD paediatrics and current member, Niti Aayog), Dr Randeep Guleria (director) and Dr Nikhil Tandon (professor endocrinology).

There are two other doctors -- Dr Jagat Ram (director-PGI Chandigarh) and Dr BN Gangadhar (director- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences) -- and two ex officio members - Dr S Venkatesh (Director General of Health Services) and Dr Balram Bhargava (Director General- Indian Council of Medical Research).

Despite multiple approaches to Paul, Dr Tandon and S. Venkatesh, none of the BoG members were ready to speak on the matter.

--IANS