Raj Kumar (born 15 December 1959) is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Director & CEO of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. He was a founding Director of

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh (AIIMS Rishikesh) is a medical college and hospital based in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. The institute operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It is one of ...

and Former Vice-Chancellor of

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Education and career

Education

He did his B.Sc. from

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in 1980. After that he joined Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur and completed his M.B.B.S. and M.S. (Master of Surgery) in 1985 and 1990 respectively. He attended

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS New Delhi), is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of He ...

and completed his M.Ch. in 1993. Later he did his Ph.D. in Neuro Ayurveda from

University of Lucknow University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is one of the oldest public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second ...

in 2013 and was awarded D.Sc. (Honorary) from

in 2018. He became a fellow and member of

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USA in 2008, fellow of Academy of Sci. Engine. & Techno. in 2010, fellow of

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in 2013 and fellow of

Neurological Society of India Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the s ...

in 2015.

Career

After completing his education he joined

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) is a medical Institute under the State Legislature Act in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, south of Hazratganj on Raebareli Road. It was established in 1983 and is named after Sanja ...

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as a faculty and later became Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery,

. In 2012, he joined

as founding Director. In 2015 he left

and again joined

. He also served as Chief of Trauma Centre at

. In June 2018, he joined

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, ...

as vice-chancellor. He was removed from his vice-chancellor post in May 2021 because of his failure in

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management.

Books authored

Raj has authored many books widely used as textbooks in many colleges across India. # ''Text book of Neurosurgery by B Ramamurthy & PN Tandon'' (5 chapters) # ''A Text Book of Traumatic Brain Injury by AK Mahapatra, Raj Kumar and R Kamal'' (co-author)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Raj Living people Heads of universities and colleges in India 20th-century Indian medical doctors Medical doctors from Uttar Pradesh Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi alumni University of Lucknow alumni Academic staff of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Indian medical administrators 1959 births