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Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda selects part-time members of National Medical Commission, Autonomous Boards and Search Committee through draw of lots as per Procedure mentioned in National Medical Commission Act, 2019

Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda selects part-time members of National Medical Commission, Autonomous Boards and Search Committee through draw of lots as per Procedure mentioned in National Medical Commission Act, 2019

Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare took part in the appointment process of part-time members of National Medical Commission (NMC), Autonomous Boards, and Search Committee through draw of lots. The procedure of appointments is laid down in National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019.

As per the NMC act 2019, these appointments are being done for two years. Members from various states/UTs have been selected in following categories:

(a) For Under-Graduate Medical Education Board: Arunachal Pradesh

(b) For Post-Graduate Medical Education Board: Odisha

(c) Medical Assessment and Rating Board: Haryana

(d) Ethics and Medical Registration Board: Punjab

List of the names of experts can be found in the Annexure below. For maintaining transparency in draw of lots, media personnel were also present.

Smt. Nivedita Shukla Verma, Secretary (Additional Charge), Union Health Ministry; Dr. Vinod Kotwal, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry; and officials from Union Health Ministry were present during the event.

 

ANNEXURE:

Selected Members from States/ UTs

S No.

Name of State/ UT

Name of the Member

1

Gujarat

Dr. Nirja Arun Gupta

2

Rajasthan

Dr. M K Aseri

3

Himachal Pradesh

Dr. Surender Kashyap

4

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Dr. Mukesh Tripathi

5

Andhra Pradesh

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pulala

6

Mizoram

Dr. Dibakar Chandra Deka

7

Meghalaya

Prof. P S Shukla

8

Jharkhand

Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh Kumar Singh

9

Chandigarh

Dr. Suman

10

Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Ashok Khandelwal

 

Selected Members from Various State Medical Councils

S No.

Name of State Medical Council

Name of the Member

1

West Bengal Medical Council

Dr. Sudipta Kumar Roy

2

Karnataka Medical Council

Dr. Sharanabasappa S. Karbhari

3

Nagaland Medical Council

Dr. George Thira

4

Chhattisgarh Medical Council

Dr. Mahesh Kumar Sinha

5

Tripura Medical Council

Dr. Kanak Choudhury

6

Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council

Dr. Sandeep Dogra

7

Assam Medical Council

Dr. Anup Kumar Barman

8

Manipur Medical Council

Dr. Simpson Sareo

9

Uttarakhand Medical Council

Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma

 

Selected Members (Part Time) for Autonomous Boards of NMC

S No.

Name of State Medical Council

Name of the Part-time Member

Under-Graduate Medical Education Board

1

Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council

Dr. Jego Ori

Post-Graduate Medical Education Board

1

Odisha Medical Council

Dr. Santosh Kumar Mishra

Medical Assessment & Rating Board

1

Haryana Medical Council

Dr. Manish Bansal

Ethics & Medical Registration Board

1

Punjab Medical Council

Dr. Surinder Pal Singh

 

Selected Expert for Search Committee

S No.

Name of State/ UT

Name of the Member

1

Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council

Dr. Sandeep Dogra

 

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