Dr Raj Bahadur gets 3-year extension as VC

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, December 22

Dr Raj Bahadur, Vice Chancellor (VC), Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, has been given a three-year extension.

This is the second time Dr Raj Bahadur has been given extension.

Dr Raj Bahadur was first appointed as the VC of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in December 21, 2014 and was given extension on December 22, 2017 for the second term.

Now, the Governor of Punjab and Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Chancellor has extended the term of appointment for another term.

Project Director and Member Secretary Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Mohali, Dr Raj Bahadur is known for his excellence in spinal surgery.

During his six year tenure as VC in Faridkot, Dr Raj Bahadur played important role in building Mother & Child Hospital Block in Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital here.

A CT scan machine with 128 slices has also been installed at the hospital. A burn unit and CT simulator has also been set up, and PG seats at the medical college have been increased from 53 to 98.

Dr Raj Bahadur has also introduced system of online evaluation of answer scripts and online transmission of question papers. He also and started Amrit Pharmacy – a medicine outlet – on the medical college premises here.