Increasing retirement age of AIIMS staff to be discussed

Increasing retirement age of the director and teaching faculty of AIIMS from 65 years to 70 years will be one of the topics to be discussed in an 'extraordinary' meeting called by Health Minister Ghulab Nabi Azad on May 12.
The current proposal aimed at bringing "stability in administration to ensure adequate time period to take up developmental activities" has drawn flak from a group of doctors who have termed it as "illegal and ridiculous".
"Where will the young graduates and post-graduates go if the older one's keep getting an extension," said an AIIMS doctor.
Moreover, the group of doctors under the banner Forum for Rights and Equality had written to the Election Commission of India recently demanding that the "extra-ordinary" Institute body and Governing body meetings scheduled for May 12 should be postponed as the model code of conduct is in force and the elections results will be out on May 16.

"The age of superannuation of teaching faculty needs to be enhanced from the present 65 years to 70 years on the pattern of other higher educational institutions like IITs, so the services of the talented and experienced senior faculty members could be retained..." as per the meeting agenda.
Altogether 43 faculty members, including senior professors, would be retiring between 2014 and 2017 and there is shortage of senior and experienced medical teaching faculty at the institute.