Mission Recruitment: Delhi AIIMS to fill up all vacancies by September

New Delhi: With an aim to fill up vacancies across all departments at the premier health institution, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, the administration has decided to launch ‘Mission Recruitment’ to achieve near-zero vacancies by September 2023. 

AIIMS Delhi Director, Dr M Srinivas, in an office memorandum, said it is noted that a few sanctioned posts at the premium institute are currently vacant.

“To enhance coordination between the examination section, recruitment cell and faculty cell, and to ensure timely filling-up of existing and new vacancies, it has been decided to launch ‘Mission Recruitment’ at AlIMS, New Delhi,” the memorandum issued on April 5 said.

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Under this mission, AIIMS New Delhi shall target to achieve a “near-zero” vacancy position by September 2023, it said.

For this purpose, Professor Rajiv Narang has been designated as the chief coordinating Officer and shall be responsible for actively following up on the vacancy status and the action being taken thereof with the faculty cell, recruitment cell and examination section.

An action-taken report shall be submitted on a weekly basis, the memorandum stated.

The main focus of the institute is to start the recruitment of the unfilled positions in the institute’s faculty first and for this, the institute will bring down the unfilled posts to “near zero” by September of this year.

“Out of 1,043 entry-level positions in the institute, 211 are lying vacant. Of them, 76 posts were sanctioned in March alone, majorly for the newly opened Mother and Child Block while 84 spots remained unfilled in the previous year’s recruitment drive. In the nursing cadre, 690 positions are vacant out of sanctioned strength of 6067. Of them, 315 were created for the Mother & Child Block.” a senior official from the institute informed TNIE. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that emphasizing the need to expedite the procurement process of medical equipment at the premier health institution, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, the administration constituted a committee to engage a government agency or a PSU and free the staff, including faculty members, from procurement-related activities.

The ten-member committee will examine the benefits and modalities of engaging a government agency or PSU as a procurement support agency, according to an office memorandum issued recently.

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