M. Srinivas | |
Birth Date: | 11 August 1966 |
Birth Place: | Yadgir, Karnataka, India |
Residence: | Yadgir, Karnataka |
Alma Mater: | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (M.Ch) Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (M.B.B.S.) |
Profession: | Doctor |
Office1: | Director at AIIMS, Delhi |
Term Start1: | September 2022[1] |
Predecessor1: | Randeep Guleria[2] |
Office2: | Dean at Employees' State Insurance |
Term Start2: | 2016 |
Term End2: | 2022 |
M. Srinivas is an Indian medical professional and the current director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.[1]
M. Srinivas was raised in Karnataka's Yadgir district, where his father, Ashappa, served as a tehsildar.[3] He attended the Government Model Primary School at Station Bazar, Yadgir, for his early education and later continued his studies at the Government New Kannada Proudha Shaale in the same district. Srinivas completed his pre-university education at a PU College in Yadgir before moving to Bellary for further studies.[4]
He received his MBBS degree at the Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences.[5] After completing his MBBS, Srinivas earned a Master Chirurgiae (MCh) degree from AIIMS, New Delhi.[6]
Srinivas was a professor in the special expert division of the pediatric surgery department at AIIMS, Delhi. In 2016, he assumed the position of Dean at the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Medical College, and Hospital in Hyderabad.[7]
In September 2022, Srinivas was appointed as the director of AIIMS, Delhi,[1] [8] by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.[9]