Dr Rajiv Bahl appointed ICMR Director General for 3 years

Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: September 26 2022

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Dr. Rajiv Bahl, who currently is with the World Health Organisation has been appointed as Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary of the Department of Health Research for a period of three years.
Bahl is currently the Head of Research on Maternal, Newborn Child and Adolescent Health-cum-Newborn Unit Head, Department of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, at the WHO in Geneva.
His predecessor, Dr Balram Bhargava’s extended tenure as Director General of ICMR and Secretary of the Department of Health Research ended in July.
Dr Bahl is a paediatrician by training and studied public health as well before joining the WHO in 2003.