section 10
Director of the Institute
Rajasthan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur Act, 2025Health202540 sections
Statutory text
- (1) There shall be a Director of the Institute who shall be appointed by the Government on the recommendation of the Search and Selection Committee consisting of the following members, namely:-
- (a) the President of the Institute;
- (b) the Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi;
- (c) the Director, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry;
- (d) the Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay;
- (e) the Director, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh;
- (f) the Vice-Chancellor, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur;
- (g) the Secretary In-charge to the Government in Medical Education Department, who shall also be the convener of the committee.
- (2) The Search and Selection Committee shall forward to the Government, the panel of three names prepared by it, together with a concise statement showing the academic qualifications and other distinctions of each of the persons included in such panel.
- (3) The Government shall appoint the Director out of the panel of names submitted under sub-section (2).
- (4) No person shall be eligible to be appointed as Director unless he or she is, a distinguished academician in the field of healthcare, medical education and research having a minimum seven years’ experience as a professor in an institute of National Importance in medical education or Armed Forces Medical College or this Institute and also having the following qualification and experience-
- (a) MBBS with postgraduate qualification in Medicine or Surgery or Public Health and their branches,
- (b) At least one year of extensive practical and administrative experience in the field of healthcare, medical research and medical education in an academic setting. For this the following types of work experience will be counted as relevant experience against this criterion:-
- (i) Head of the Institute;
- (ii) Head of Department;
- (iii) Dean;
- (iv) Additional Principal / Sub-Dean;
- (v) Medical Superintendent;
- (vi) Experience similar to above. Explanation.- The similarity of the experience shall be decided by the Search and Selection Committee constituted under sub-section (1).
- (5) The Director shall act as the Member-Secretary to the Institute as well as the Governing Body.
- (6) The Director shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains the age of sixty-seven years, whichever is earlier: Provided that the term of the Director, appointed on deputation, shall be three years which can be extended upto five years or upto attaining the age of sixty-seven years whichever is earlier: Provided further that, if a person having prior experience to head a similar type of institute of national importance, is selected for the post of the Director, the Governing Body may relax the maximum age limit of sixty-seven years upto seventy years within the limit of the total tenure of five years.
- (7) The first Director of the Institute may be appointed by the Government without following the procedure as laid down in sub-section (1) to (3).
- (8) Where a vacancy in the office of the Director occurs and it cannot be conveniently and expeditiously filled in accordance with the provision of sub-section (1) to (3) or there is any other emergency, the Government may appoint any suitable person to be the Director and may, from time to time, extend the term of an appointment under this sub-section, so, however, that the total term of such appointment, including the term fixed in the original order shall not exceed one year.
- (9) The conditions of service of the Director, including salary, perks, allowances, leave, pension and provident fund, admissible to him, shall be such as may be prescribed, and until so prescribed shall be determined by the Government.
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