Randeep Guleria | |
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Director at AIIMS, Delhi | |
In office 28 March 2017 – 24 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | M. C. Misra[1] |
Succeeded by | Dr. M Srinivas[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Himachal Pradesh, India | 5 April 1959
Alma mater | PGIMER (D.M. Pulmonary Medicine, M.D. General Medicine) Indira Gandhi Medical College (M.B.B.S.) |
Profession | Doctor |
Awards | Padma 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.