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Neither the pandemic nor the lockdowns came in the way of the AIIMS and the unwavering commitment to its principles
AIIMS dean Dr Neena Khanna and Dr Ambuj Roy with students at the institute’s SET facility; (Photo: Chandradeep Kumar)
New Delhi,ISSUE DATE: Jul 4, 2022 | UPDATED: Jun 15, 2023 15:40 IST
The glass partition behind which Dr Randeep Guleria, director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, sits is a subtle but grim reminder of the vital role the institute played in helping India battle the scourge of Covid. That effort filtered into the academic space too as the institute focused on those within the campus, training 33,000 employees, students and staff on Covid management and infection control. Those students and faculty who were interested in Covid research were given seed money to start their work, the outcome of which was more than 900 peer-reviewed Covid publications from AIIMS.
