Srinagar: The Government of India has appointed Prof. Dr Sachidananda Mohanty as executive director of AIIMS Awantipora, Kashmir.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet(ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr Sachidananda Mohanty, who has also served as medical superintendent of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, as executive director of AIIMS, Awantipora.
The ACC has cancelled the appointment of Lt Gen Anup Banerjee as executive director, of AIIMS Awantipora, an order in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer(KNO) reveals.
Banerjee was appointed as the first director of AIIMS Awantipora in June 2022, however, he did not join following which his appointment was canceled formally.
