Former Director SKIMS selected as member of GoI's expert group on Asthma, COPD

Srinagar, July 27: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India Saturday constituted a Technical Expert Group to provide expert guidance and recommendations on special technical issues pertaining to Chronic Respiratory Diseases (COPD & Asthama). The Technical Expert Group included former Director SKIMS & Ex-Officio Secretary to Government Dr. Parvaiz Kaul.

The members of the Technical Expert Group include: Dr Atul Goel, DHS, MoHFW, Chairman; Dr L Swasticharan, Additional DDG & Director (EMR), DGHS, MoHFW; Dr Sanjeev Nair, Professor, Department of Pulmonology, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala; Dr Parvaiz Kaul, former Director & Ex-Officio Secretary to Government, at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences University; Dr Anant Mohan, Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, AIIMS, Delhi; Dr Raj Kumar, Director, VPCI, Delhi; Dr Ashutosh Agarwal, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Dr Sandeep Salvi, Chairman PURE Foundation, President Indian Chest Society, Member GOLD & GINA Committees; Dr Surya Kant, Professor & Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, KGMU, Lucknow; Dr Maheh PA, Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, JSS Medical College, Mysuru; Dr. Indranil Halder, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal; Dr Raja Dhar, Director and Head, Department of Pulmonology, CK Birla Hospital, Kolkata; Dr Richa Gupta, Professor & Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, CMC Vellore; and Dr Sunny Swarnkar, DADG, DteGHS, MoHFW, Member Secretary.