Madhuri Kanitkar takes charge as VC of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)
Lt Gen (retd) Madhuri Kanitkar took charge as the Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik.
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik, appoints the former Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, Lt Gen (retd) Madhuri Kanitkar as the new Vice-Chancellor.
Earlier, Dr Deelip Mhaisekar was the Vice-Chancellor of MUHS, whose term got over in February 2021.
Madhuri Kanitkar retired as the Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff on October 31.
“I feel extremely proud to have been given this responsibility. It is a mission that I have been working on to align medical education and research for patient care and bring in technology to keep student at the centre of activity and this is the best canvas I have got,” said Lt Gen Kanitkar, as reported by The Indian Express.
“However, the aims and objectives are similar. I have taken pride in being a doctor, soldier and teacher. A vice-chancellor is a doctor and a teacher so both those roles are the same. As a soldier, it would help me bring values like discipline and putting the nation and organisation first,” she added.
Other feathers in Lt Gen Kanitkar's cap
- Lt Gen Kanitkar was the third Indian woman to be promoted to the three-star rank in the Armed Forces and her husband Lieutenant-General Rajeev Kanitkar was also a three-star rank holder in the Armed Forces.
- In the Army Forces Medical College, she was awarded the President's gold medal for being the best outgoing student of the graduate wing.
- She became the only female doctor on the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.
- Armed Forces launched an operation "CO-JEET" under her leadership to help people during the Covid-19 pandemic. It aimed at strengthening oxygen supply chains and medical infrastructure and ensuring the mental wellbeing of people.
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