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NKC Consultations on Medical
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The following are the Members of the Working Group:
- Dr Sneh Bhargava (Chairperson)
Former Director of AIIMS, New Delhi
- Dr N.G. Desai
Medical Superintendent of IHBAS, Delhi
- Dr N.K. Ganguly
Director General of ICMR, New Delhi
- Dr V.I. Mathan
Former Director of CMC, Vellore
- Dr G.N. Rao
Founder Director, LVP Eye Institute, Hyderabad
- Dr S.K. Reddy
Professor of Cardiology at AIIMS, New Delhi
- Dr S.K. Sarin
Professor of Gastroenterology at G.B. Pant hospital, New Delhi
- Dr D. Shetty
Chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore
- Dr K.K. Talwar
Director of PGIMER, Chandigarh
- Dr P.N. Tandon
President, National Brain Research Centre, Haryana
- Dr M.S. Valiathan
Former President INSA, Honorary Adviser to Manipal Institute of Higher education, Manipal
Terms of Reference:
- Identify constraints, problems and challenges relating to curriculum, teaching, infrastructure, administration and access.
- Recommend changes and reforms to address the problems and challenges relating to curriculum, teaching, infrastructure, administration, and access.
- Suggest means of expanding educational opportunities in medical sciences in the country
- Consider mechanisms for raising average standards and creating centres of excellence.
- Explore methods of attracting and retaining talented faculty members.
- Suggest measures to promote and sustain the research tradition in medical colleges and teaching hospitals.
- Examine ways and means for the development of education relating to alternative systems of medicine.
- Recommend means of strengthening professional education in para-medical disciplines.
- Explore means of creating synergies between medical education, public health and delivery systems.
- Examine any other issue that may be relevant in this context.
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