Interview for Rohtak PGIMS director postponed

Tribune News Service

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Rohtak, November 9

Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma PGIMS here will have to wait for more days to have its regular director as the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) on Tuesday postponed the interview till further orders.

The interview was scheduled for Wednesday in Chandigarh and a total of 16 aspirants were called for the same. Ten among them are working at PGIMS, Rohtak.

Though the DMER cited administrative reasons for the postponement of the interview, sources held intense lobbying done by aspirants for the post responsible for it. The aspirants were informed by the DMER about it through email.

“With the development, those doctors who were quite confident of being appointed to the post due to their proximity to influential leaders of the BJP and the RSS have suffered a major setback. They did not think about it as the interview was already rescheduled for November 10, while earlier it was to be conducted on November 9,” said a senior doctor at the PGIMS.

As per the sources, the development created rumbling among strong contenders for the post, who remained busy the whole day in finding the exact reason for the deferment of the interview at the eleventh hour. The post of Director fell vacant in July following the retirement of Dr Rohtas Kanwar Yadav, who was given extension till October 17.

“The postponement of the interview till further orders has also given an indication that the post may be re-advertised to invite applications from those who could not apply due to any reason. The new date for the interview would have been fixed if any administrative reason came in the way of the selection process,” said the sources.

Another doctor at the PGIMS said the development was also being linked to a meeting of the executive council of Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, to be held soon as some important items pertaining to senior doctors were likely to be placed in it.