PGIMER all set to host 36th Convocation, an academic extravaganza to award medals to 218 & degrees to 1775 graduates, on November 2nd 2023
With already catering to over 90,000 patients under Ayushman Bharat Scheme, we are confident of crossing 1 lakh in next two months : Director PGIMER
“The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh is all set to host its 36th Annual Convocation, an academic extravaganza, a grand celebration of scholastic excellence and future of healthcare, wherein 218 graduates will be awarded medals for their academic distinction and 1775 graduates will receive their degrees, on November 2nd herein PGIMER,” stated Prof. Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER while briefing the media about the upcoming hallmark event here at PGIMER today.
Prof. Vivek Lal further detailed, “Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, a distinguished figure in the realm of healthcare and medical education, will add to the profile as Chief Guest and Prof. K.K.Talwar, Padma Bhushan Awardee, Former Director, PGIMER will grace the occasion as the Guest of Honour.”
The Director PGIMER was accompanied by Prof. N K Panda, Dean Academics, Prof. Vipin Koshal Medical Superintendent & Head Dept. of Hospital Administration, Mr Umedh Mathur Registrar, Prof. Sanjay Jain, Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Ashima Goyal, Head Dept of Oral health Sciences , Prof. Manish Modi, Dept of Neurology during the media briefing.
Highlighting the accomplishments of PGIMER, Prof. Lal stated, “As the Convocation also presents a huge opportunity to reflect on the significant contributions of the institution, I would like to reiterate that PGIMER has been doing a fantastic job, and delivering not only by our own standards, but by Indian standards as well. PGIMER is safely amongst the best hospitals in India and in the world.”
Enumerating the achievements of the institute, the Director said, “Carrying forward the national mandate of providing health coverage to poor people with cashless facility under Ayushman Bharat, PGIMER has already catered to over 90,000 patients, which is highest by any public sector hospital in the country. Through this commendable initiative of PMJAY, even the poor & destitute could avail complex and expensive treatments like cancer therapy, neurosurgery, knee replacements, cardiovascular surgeries here at PGIMER. I am confident in the next two months, we should easily cross one lakh easily.”
“The organ transplant programme in PGIMER is one of the most prolific one with 4869 renal transplant surgeries done so far. What is heartening is that with 278 renal transplant surgeries done till date in 2023, we have already surpassed the numbers accomplished during the last entire year. We are also doing successful pancreatic transplant here n PGIMER.”
“Not only that, with Department of Urology also initiating renal transplants along with Renal Transplant Surgery, the waiting period for live renal transplant has substantially reduced from earlier 12-14 months to 2 months, hugely helping in the mitigation of the suffering of the patients. Adding to this, another milestone accomplished in the transplant programme is the initiation of successful living donor liver transplant (LDLT),” shared the Director.
Deliberating about the high points of the Institute in the domain of Research, the Director stated, “We were rated number one in India by the famous Clarivate Agency in UK, which decides the impact factor of a journal. We were seeded number one. So in terms of research, patient care, other issues, PGIMER is doing pretty well.”
This year from first January 23 till date, approx. 62 crores has been sanctioned to the faculty as part of the extramural research projects, and even for the intramural research projects, it’s approximately to close to 2 crores. Even at the national level, Indian Council of Medical Research sanctioned about 50 good research projects to PGI faculty which is about 8% of the total projects.
As Convocation at PGIMER is taking place after a gap of four years after 2019 due to the onset of pandemic, 218 graduates from various medical disciplines will be awarded medals for their academic distinction and 1775 graduates will converge to receive their degrees, marking their successful completion of rigorous training and education in various medical disciplines including MD/MS, DM/MCh and Ph.D courses.
As most of the students will be accompanied by their families, so a unique feature has been added to Convocation by creating a dome adjacent to Bhargava Auditorium to ensure a pleasant and proud experience to the families, wrapped up Director PGIMER.
