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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24122025-268780
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III-Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 27, 1947
8526 GI/2025
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NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ALLIED AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th December, 2025
F.No. 40/1/2025-AHS-DOHFW— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the National
Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 (14 of 2021), the National Commission for Allied and
Healthcare Professions hereby constitutes the following Professional Councils, namely:-
1. Medical Laboratory and Life Sciences Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Rashmi Shukla (PhD) | President;|
| | Scientist II, Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, All India Institute of Medical | |
| | Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi | |
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| 2.| Dr C. Ananda Vayaravel (PhD) | Member; |
| | Professor and Principal, Sri Venkateshwaraa College of Paramedical Sciences, | |
| | Puducherry | |
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| 3.| Dr Gagan Dhawan (PhD) | Member; |
| | Registrar and Dean Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences and Healthcare Skills | |
| | Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University, New Delhi | |
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| 4.| Dr Geetha M (PhD) | Member; |
| | Scientific Officer, Dept of Biochemistry, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical | |
| | Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), | |
| | Medical College (P.O.), Trivandrum | |
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| 5.| Dr Vidhya Srinivasan (PhD) | Member. |
| | Professor and Head, School of Allied Health Sciences, Girijananda Chowdhury | |
| | University, Guwahati | |
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2. Trauma, Burn Care and Surgical or Anesthesia-Related Technology Professional Council
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| 1.| Shri. Ravi Surla | President;|
| | Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy Emergency Management and Research | |
| | Institute(GVK EMRI), Hyderabad | |
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| 2.| Shri. Rajana Shanmukha Rao | Member; |
| | OT. Technologist, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi | |
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| 3.| Ms. Santhi Alagesan | Member; |
| | Instructor for Regional International Training Centers (ITCs),American Heart | |
| | Association, New Delhi | |
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| 4.| Ms. T.N. Nirmhalaa | Member. |
| | Assistant Professor, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, | |
| | Chennai | |
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3. Physiotherapy Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr KM Annamalai (PhD) | President;|
| | Chancellor-Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gujarat | |
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| 2.| Dr Ali Hussain Irani (PhD) | Member; |
| | Principal, Physiotherapy, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | |
| | (NMIMS), Deemed to be University, Mumbai | |
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| 3.| Dr Ashish D Kakkad (PhD) | Member; |
| | Professor, Marwadi University, Gujarat | |
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| 4.| Dr V P Gupta (PhD) | Member; |
| | Senior Manager-Physiotherapy, Fortis Escort Heart Institute, | |
| | New Delhi | |
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| 5.| Dr Vijay Kage (PhD) | Member. |
| | Professor and Dean, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER) | |
| | Institute of Physiotherapy, Karnataka | |
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4. Nutrition Science Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Jagmeet Madan (PhD) | President;|
| | Principal and Professor, Dept. of Food Nutrition and Dietetics; Director, | |
| | Research, Consultancy, and Collaboration Centre, Sir Vithaldas Thackersey | |
| | College of Home Science, Mumbai | |
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| 2.| Ms. Beena Mathews | Member; |
| | Retired Senior Dietician and Head of the Dept., National Institute of Mental | |
| | Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore | |
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| 3.| Dr Parmeet Kaur (PhD) | Member; |
| | Chief Dietician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi | |
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| 4.| Dr Poonam Tiwari (PhD) | Member; |
| | Senior Dietician, Head Department of Dietetics, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute | |
| | of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | |
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| 5.| Dr Sachdev Meenakshi (PhD) | Member. |
| | Dietician, Tamil Nadu Govt. Multi Super Specialty Hospital, Chennai | |
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5. Ophthalmic Science Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Ramani Krishna Kumar (PhD) | President;|
| | Faculty, Elite School of Optometry, Chennai | |
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| 2.| Dr Gaurav Kumar Bhardwaj (PhD) | Member; |
| | Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Amity Medical School, Amity | |
| | University, Haryana | |
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| 3.| Dr Rashima Asokan (PhD) | Member; |
| | Head- Occupational Optometry, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai | |
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| 4.| Shri. Sanjay Kumar Mishra | Member; |
| | Scientist, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi | |
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| 5.| Dr Venkataramana Kalikivayi (PhD) | Member. |
| | Dean-School of Medical and Health Sciences, Sangareddy, Hyderabad | |
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6. Occupational Therapy Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Akhilesh Kumar Shukla (PhD) | President;|
| | Director, National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR), Madhya | |
| | Pradesh | |
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| 2.| Dr Anurupa Senapati | Member; |
| | Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Occupational Therapy, Swami | |
| | Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research | |
| | (SVNIRTAR), Cuttack | |
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| 3.| Dr Madhuchhanda Mohanty (PhD) | Member; |
| | Head of Department and Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya | |
| | National Institute for Persons with Physically Disabilities, New Delhi | |
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| 4.| Dr Ganapathy Sankar.U (PhD) | Member; |
| | Dean, Sri Ramaswamy Memorial College of Occupational Therapy, Chennai | |
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| 5.| Dr Jyothika Bijlani (PhD) | Member. |
| | Dean of Academic Council of Occupational Therapy, Mumbai | |
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7. Community Care, Behavioural Health & Other Professionals Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Sonia Pereira Deuri (PhD) | President;|
| | Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, | |
| | Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), | |
| | Assam | |
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| 2.| Dr Ashima Nehra (PhD) | Member; |
| | Professor, Clinical Psychology Clinical Neuropsychology, Neurosciences Centre, | |
| | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi | |
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| 3.| Shri Bhojraj Shekhar | Member; |
| | Chief Medical Social Service Officer, AIIMS, New Delhi | |
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| 4.| Dr Manas K Mandal (PhD) | Member; |
| | Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | |
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| 5.| Dr Rakesh Kriplani (PhD) | Member. |
| | Director, Central India Institute for Psychological Science, Gandhinagar | |
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8. Medical Radiology, Imaging and Therapeutic Technology Professional Council
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| 1.| Shri. Siramdas Srinivasulu | President;|
| | In-charge Principal and Radiological Safety Officer (RSO), Nizam's Institute of | |
| | Medical Sciences, Hyderabad | |
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| 2.| Dr Krishnappan Chockkalingam (PhD) | Member; |
| | Chief Physicist and Radiological Safety Officer (RSO) at Apollo Hospitals, | |
| | Gandhinagar | |
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| 3.| Shri. Pawan Kumar Popli | Member; |
| | Chief Technical Officer (Retired), Department of Radiodiagnosis and | |
| | Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),New | |
| | Delhi | |
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| 4.| Dr Subhash Chand Bansal (PhD) | Member; |
| | Assistant Professor (Non-Medical), Department of Radio-diagnosis, Postgraduate | |
| | Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER),Chandigarh | |
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| 5.| Dr Suresh Sukumar (PhD) | Member. |
| | Additional Professor, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal College of | |
| | Health Professions (MCHP), Manipur Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), | |
| | Manipal | |
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9. Medical Technology and Physician Associates, Biomedical & Medical Equipment
Technology Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Jagadeswaran D (PhD) | President;|
| | Dean and Head, Apollo Institute of Hospital Management and Allied Sciences, | |
| | Chennai | |
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| 2.| Ms. Gomathi Sundar | Member; |
| | Founder and Director, Right Research Academy, Chennai | |
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| 3.| Dr Niranjan D. Khambete (PhD) | Member; |
| | Manager - Clinical Engineering, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research | |
| | Centre, Pune | |
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| 4.| Shri. Rajeev Gupta | Member; |
| | Senior Technical Officer (Perfusion), All India Institute of Medical Sciences | |
| | (AIIMS), Delhi | |
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| 5.| Dr Saumy Johnson (PhD) | Member. |
| | Associate Professor, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin | |
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10. Health Information Management & Health Informatic Professional Council
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| 1.| Dr Sabu K M (PhD) | President;|
| | Professor, Department of Health Information Management, Manipal College of | |
| | Health Professions (MCHP), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), | |
| | Udupi | |
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| 2.| Shri. Nilanjan Bhor | Member; |
| | Senior Specialist-HIS Implementation, Digital Health System, Uttar Pradesh | |
| | Government Technical Support Unit, Lucknow | |
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| 3.| Dr Rajesh Kumar Sinha (PhD) | Member; |
| | Professor and Dean, Faculty of Sciences, Chandigarh University, Uttar Pradesh | |
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| 4.| Shri. Sivaprasad Raveendranathan | Member; |
| | Senior Medical Officer and Assistant Central Public | |
| | Information Officer (CPIO), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences | |
| | and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram | |
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2. The tenure of the President of the above Professional Councils shall be for a period of two years, from the date of
publication of this notification or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
UMESH BALONDA, Secy,
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./549/2025-26]
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