Randeep Guleria

Randeep Guleria
Director at AIIMS, Delhi
In office
28 March 2017 – 24 March 2022
Preceded byM. C. Misra[1]
Succeeded by Dr. M Srinivas[2]
Personal details
Born (1959-04-05) 5 April 1959 (age 65)
Himachal Pradesh, India
Alma materPGIMER (D.M. Pulmonary Medicine, M.D. General Medicine)
Indira Gandhi Medical College (M.B.B.S.)
ProfessionDoctor
AwardsPadma Shri
Dr. B. C. Roy Award

Randeep Guleria is an Indian pulmonologist and the ex-director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,[3][4] credited with the establishment of India's first centre for pulmonary medicines and sleep disorders at AIIMS.[5] He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[6]

Guleria is co-author of a book Till We Win: India's Fight Against The COVID-19 Pandemic. Randeep Guleria is son of Padma Shri Jagdev Singh Guleria, a cardiologist, and is elder brother to Padma Shri Sandeep Guleria, a surgeon.

  1. ^ "Dr Randeep Guleria appointed new director of AIIMS". Hindustan Times. 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ "AIIMS gets a new director as Randeep Guleria's tenure ends". Business Today. 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ "AIIMS Pulmocrit". AIIMS Pulmocrit. 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Randeep Guleria appointed as new AIIMS director". 24 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. ^ Chatterjee, Pritha (21 June 2011). "India's first centre for pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders soon". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.