Former AIIMS Bhubaneswar Director appointed Pro VC at GITAM
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She also held additional charges of AIIMS Patna, AIIMS Guwahati and AIIMS Kalyani as a director ranging from one to three years.
Gitanjali Batmanabane, former Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bhubaneswar) has joined as the Pro Vice Chancellor of Medical Sciences in GITAM Deemed to be University in Visakhapatnam.
Along with the GIMSR Medical College and Hospital, Dr. Gitanjali will also oversee the schools of Nursing, Paramedical Sciences, and Physiotherapy in the Visakhapatnam campus.
Dr Gitanjali retired recently after a long career as a Professor of the Pharmacology department of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry. She is a lifetime JIPMER product having done all her medical studies there including PhD and serving as a faculty member there since 1984.
Dr Gitanjali held several crucial leadership positions at JIPMER in her tenure along with important deputations to WHO as Technical Officer – Essential Drugs and Other Medicines and most notably to AIIMS Bhubaneswar as its second director.
GITAM University offers good placement for BTech, MTech courses annually, especially for the CSE branch. The branch-wise placement details are yet to be released on the official website of GITAM University. Once it is released, the GITAM average package CSE will be updated here along with other placement stats. Meanwhile, check out the overall key highlights of GITAM placements for the Class of 2024 are tabulated below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) |
|---|---|
Highest package | INR 46.50 LPA |
Total recruiters | 530+ |
Total offers | 3,500+ |
Total multiple offers | 960+ |
NOTE: The placement data year was not mentioned in the official placement report. Hence, the data are assumed for the year 2024.
During her successful stint as AIIMS Bhubaneswar director, she also held additional charges of AIIMS Patna, AIIMS Guwahati and AIIMS Kalyani as a director ranging from one to three years.
She has worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) and headed the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Essential Medicines and Rational Use of Medicines. She has also formulated innovative academic programs in medical education and published around 78 high-impact research papers. She was the Convener, MCI Regional Centre for Faculty Development Programs.
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The GITAM University average package offered during the 2024 placement drive is yet to be released on the official website. Check out the below table for course-wise median packages offered during Nehru GITAM University placements 2023:
Course | Median Package (2023) |
|---|---|
BTech | INR 4.80 LPA |
MTech | INR 4.60 LPA |
MBA | INR 6.25 LPA |
BPharma | INR 3 LPA |
Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the GITAM University Engineering, Management and Pharmacy NIRF report 2024.
As per the latest report, over 530 recruiters participated at GITAM University, Vizag in the academic year 2023-2024. These recruiters offered a variety of job roles to the students across sectors, such as BFSI, IT, Education, FMCG, Consulting, and E-Commerce, etc. The total number of recruiters visited for the placements of the Class of 2024 are also tabulated below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) |
|---|---|
Total recruiters | 530+ |
Abhay Anand is an experienced education journalist with over 15 years in print and digital media. Currently serving as Manager- Editorial at Shiksha.com, he specializes in higher education policy, student mobility,
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