[Assam] Dr Ramesh Ch Deka new chief of AIIMS (The Assam Tribune, 11.03.2009)

[Manoj Das]

He is a fine gentleman and humble being. Always ready to help. May god
help him in fulfilling his duties with flying colors.

On 3/11/09, Buljit Buragohain <buluassam at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Dr Ramesh Ch Deka new chief of AIIMS
>  Spl Correspondent
>
>  NEW DELHI, March 10 – Ending months of uncertainty, Dr Ramesh Chandra
> Deka was formally appointed as the new director of the country’s
> prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Profusely
> thanking the people of Assam and Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, he said
> he would try and work out a mechanism to facilitate the huge number of
> patients, the institutions receives from the North-east. He formally
> took charge after he received his official orders from the Union Health
> and Family Welfare Ministry.
>
> Appointment of new director ran
> into controversy and saw hectic lobbying by all the candidates. Though
> a panel of three names were referred to the Cabinet Committee of
> Appointments, Dr Deka’s name was short-listed and pending clearances
> for over six months. A vigilance inquiry against him for allegedly not
> following rule during purchase of cochlear implants, reportedly stalled
> his appointment.
>
> Despite being cleared by the vigilance
> department, the Prime Minister’s Office took no chance and held up the
> appointment. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister and MPs hailing from the
> Region petitioned the Prime Minister to announce his appointment. Dr
> Deka had been running from pillar to post meeting officials explaining
> his position.
>
> Deka, 60, who is the head of the ENT department
> since 1995,was appointed director for the next five years or till
> further orders are issued. The tenure of the director is for a period
> of five years or the age of 65 years.
>
> Dr  TD Dogra was the acting director of the institute since the last
> director,  Dr P. Venugopal, retired in July last year.
>
> Deka
> was appointed as dean of the institute since 2006. Hailing from Assam,
> Deka did his MBBS from Gauhati Medical College in 1969 and MS (ENT)
> from AIIMS in 1973 and joined the faculty position in AIIMS in 1981.
>
> He
> has undergone training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
> Maryland and at the Yale University Medical Center in New Haven,
> Connecticut
>
> In 1996, he went to Australia to undergo training in
> cochlear implant surgery at the Melbourne University and the Bionic Ear
> Institute in Melbourne. An accomplished ENT surgeon and a reputed
> teacher, he has performed over 200 cochlear implant surgeries,
> including 160 in children.
>
> Talking to this newspaper, he was
> happy on being appointed as the new director. “I being a man from
> Assam, is proud to be appointed as the head of this premier institution.
>
> (The Assam Tribune,11.03.2009)
>
>
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