AIIMS: In a current letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, the Faculty Association of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (FAIMS) pleaded with him to not contemplate the suggestion to vary the establishment’s title.
The AIIMS Faculty Association urged the minister after the federal government proposed naming all 23 AIIMS after regional heroes, freedom fighters, historic occasions, or monuments, amongst different issues.
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“We believe that AIIMS Delhi will face severe loss of identity and demoralization if the name is changed. Hence, FAIMS requests you to please not consider any proposal for changing the name of AIIMS Delhi. This will help to maintain Premier and Mentor institute status of AIIMS Delhi with respect to others in the country,” the letter addressed to the Union well being minister learn.
It stated, “AIIMS was created in 1956 with a trinity of mission for medical education, research and patient care. AIIMS brand has been created by fulfilling this mission with dedicated efforts of its faculty members, residents, students and staff members over the years.”
“Identity is linked with the name and if the identity is lost, institutional recognition is lost both within the country and outside. That is why famous and established universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard continue to have the same name for centuries,” the letter learn.
“In India, IITs have a name recognition which gives them an institution’s identity and there is no proposal to change it. The same is true for IIMs,” it added.
They additionally identified that even IISC, Bengaluru additionally accomplished 100 years and nonetheless has not modified its title. That is the rationale why id may be very important.
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