M. Srinivas is an Indian medical professional and the current director of the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institutes ha ...

(AIIMS) in

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Early life and education

M. Srinivas was raised in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

Yadgir district Yadgir District is one of the List of districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India.This district was carved out of Kalaburagi district as the 30th district of Karnataka on 10 April 2010. Yadgir town is the administr ...

, where his father, Ashappa, served as a

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. He attended the Government Model Primary School at Station Bazar, Yadgir, for his early education and later continued his studies at the Government New Kannada Proudha Shaale in the same district. Srinivas completed his pre-university education at a PU College in Yadgir before moving to Bellary for further studies. He received his

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

degree at the

Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences Bellary Medical College now renamed Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, located in Ballari district, is run by the government of Karnataka. History The campus of Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences is situated in the former Alli ...

. After completing his MBBS, Srinivas earned a Master Chirurgiae (MCh) degree from AIIMS,

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

Career

Srinivas was a professor in the special expert division of the pediatric surgery department at AIIMS,

. In 2016, he assumed the position of Dean at the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Medical College, and Hospital in

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. In September 2022, Srinivas was appointed as the director of AIIMS,

, by the

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Early life and education

Career

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