Eminent physician Dr Subrat Acharya joins KIIT as Pro-Chancellor

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Bhubaneswar,
Nov 17: Renowned liver transplant physician, Padma Shree Dr Subrat Acharya has
joined KIIT University as Pro-Chancellor.
Acharya,
who hails from Balasore district, has recently returned back to his home state
Odisha after retiring from AIIMS, New Delhi. Apart from ensuring a high quality
education in KIIT, he will see that the best health care is provided to the
general public through KIMS. People of the state as well as neighbouring states
will benefit immensely by his joining the University.
“I
joined KIIT to be able to serve the people of the state”, he said.  Acharya
was awarded Padma Shree in 2014 for his outstanding service in the field of
medicine.
In
another development, Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Pradeep Kumar Patnaik has joined Kalinga
Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) as Medical Superintendent and Director,
Surgical and Allied Services.  He is one
of the most senior Gastrointestinal Surgeons of India trained from AIIMS. He
served for 34 years in the Army Medical Corps (as Surgeon & GI Surgeon) in
different Command Military Hospitals at Pune, Lucknow, Chandigarh and Army
Research and Referral Hospital, Delhi.

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