Padma Shri Prof. Dr. B. K. S. Sanjay nominated as President of AIIMS, Guwahati
Padma Shri Prof. Dr. B. K. S. Sanjay nominated as President of AIIMS, Guwahati
Dehradun, Aug 18
The Government of India has nominated Padma Shri recipient renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr. B. K. S. Sanjay, of Dehradun as the President of AIIMS, Guwahati. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are the premier institutions for quality medical education, research, and patient care in India.
Health, education, and nutrition are the fundamental needs of every citizen. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government took the landmark decision to strengthen India’s tertiary healthcare infrastructure and to expand such services beyond big cities to reach the entire nation. At present, 19 AIIMS are functional across the country, and AIIMS, Guwahati is one of them. Prime Minister Modi has stated that the new AIIMS institutions will serve as foundational pillars of a ‘Viksit Bharat Mission’.
The foundation stone of AIIMS Guwahati was laid by Prime Minister Modi on May 26, 2017. The institute was established to correct regional imbalances in the availability of quality healthcare services, medical education, and research in north eastern region. The all-round development of the northeastern region is a key goal of the present Central Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has nominated Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay to strengthen the delivery of high-quality patient care, medical education, and research in the northeastern states. Prof. Sanjay is a world-famous orthopaedic surgeon, clinical researcher, academician, author, orator, poet and social worker. His name has been recorded in the India, International, Limca and Guinness Book of World Records for his remarkable surgical, clinical, research, and social achievements time to time. His clinical work has been published in several top-rated indexed journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, International Orthopaedics, and the Journal of Hand Surgery etc.
Dr. Sanjay received his basic orthopaedic training from Kanpur, PGI, Chandigarh, and Central Institute of Orthopaedic, New Delhi, and later pursued advanced training and fellowships in various sub-specialties of orthopaedics from Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, USA and Russia. During his 45-year career, he has worked in various positions in India and abroad. Dr. Sanjay has travelled extensively and shared his expertise in more than 50 countries, including universities of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and the USA.
He is an accomplished author who has written several books of prose and poetry. He has been actively involved in propagating the message of safety on the roads through his lectures and talks delivered to thousands of social and educational institutions over the years. He also writes regular column on pertinent social and health issues in various newspaper and magazines.
Dr. Sanjay has given his distinguished medical and social services to the public for that he has been honored by various professional, social, cultural and spiritual organizations. Government of India conferred upon him Padma Shri for his distinguished services in 2021.
