The letter written on January 23 stated that numerous committees constituted at each institutes additionally endorsed rotation of headship.

The coverage of rotating the heads each 5 years was one of many key suggestions of a central authorities panel constituted in 2006.

“We would again like to bring to your attention the long-pending reform of ‘Rotatory headship’ at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and PGIMER, Chandigarh. As communicated several times before, this has been appraised and recommended by both the general bodies of the faculty association of AIIMS (FAIMS) and PGIMER (FA). The various committees constituted at both the institutes, the Ministry of Health and the Government of India, also endorsed this reform at both the institutes. Its implementation has been recently ensured by Hon’ble Minister himself in the Parliament of India,” stated the letter.

It additional added {that a} committee constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare headed by Professor V Ok Paul convened a gathering of all of the representatives of the institutes of nationwide significance and their respective college associations on November 16 the place the representatives of the Faculty Association of JIPMER, Pondicherry, and NIMHANS, Bengaluru, unanimously supported the rotatory headship.

“Even the directors of AMU, CMC Vellore and BHU, Varanasi shared their positive experiences about rotatory headship in their respective institutes. Besides, several members of the committee had also expressed their views in favour of rotatory headship,” the letter learn.

FAIMS, together with the Faculty Association of PGIMER, additionally gave strategies for rapid implementation of the rotatory headship within the assembly with V Ok Paul.

The letter added that implementing the much-needed reform of rotatory headship in a time-bound method will certainly enhance the governance and performance at AIIMS and PGIMER, Chandigarh.