Union Health Minister J P Nadda Selects Part-Time Members Of National Medical Commission, Autonomous Boards And Search Committee Through Draw Of Lots As Per Procedure Mentioned In National Medical Commission Act, 2019.

New Delhi, Delhi, 15th of July 2025 : Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda, took part in the appointment process of part-time members of National Medical Commission (NMC), Autonomous Boards, and Search Committee through draw of lots. The procedure of appointments is laid down in National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019.

As per the NMC act 2019, these appointments are being done for two years. Members from various states/UTs have been selected in following categories:

• Ten Part-time Members of NMC are selected from the nominee of State / UT Government in Medical Advisory Council (earlier appointed in 2022): Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh.
• Nine Part-time Members of NMC are selected from the nominee of State Medical Council in Medical Advisory Council (earlier appointed in 2022): West Bengal, Karnataka, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Manipur and Uttarakhand.
• Fourth Member of each Autonomous Board (part-time Member) from the nominee of State Medical Council in Medical Advisory Council (earlier appointed in 2022) have been selected.

(a) For Under-Graduate Medical Education Board: Arunachal Pradesh

(b) For Post-Graduate Medical Education Board: Odisha

(c) Medical Assessment and Rating Board: Haryana

(d) Ethics and Medical Registration Board: Punjab

• One expert from Jammu & Kashmir was nominated for the Search Committee.

List of the names of experts can be found in the Annexure below. For maintaining transparency in draw of lots, media personnel were also present.

Smt. Nivedita Shukla Verma, Secretary (Additional Charge), Union Health Ministry; Dr. Vinod Kotwal, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry; and officials from Union Health Ministry were present during the event.

ANNEXURE:

Selected Members from States/ UTs

S No.	Name of State/ UT	Name of the Member
1	Gujarat	Dr. Nirja Arun Gupta
2	Rajasthan	Dr. M K Aseri
3	Himachal Pradesh	Dr. Surender Kashyap
4	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Dr. Mukesh Tripathi
5	Andhra Pradesh	Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pulala
6	Mizoram	Dr. Dibakar Chandra Deka
7	Meghalaya	Prof. P S Shukla
8	Jharkhand	Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh Kumar Singh
9	Chandigarh	Dr. Suman
10	Madhya Pradesh	Dr. Ashok Khandelwal

Selected Members from Various State Medical Councils

S No.	Name of State Medical Council	Name of the Member
1	West Bengal Medical Council	Dr. Sudipta Kumar Roy
2	Karnataka Medical Council	Dr. Sharanabasappa S. Karbhari
3	Nagaland Medical Council	Dr. George Thira
4	Chhattisgarh Medical Council	Dr. Mahesh Kumar Sinha
5	Tripura Medical Council	Dr. Kanak Choudhury
6	Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council	Dr. Sandeep Dogra
7	Assam Medical Council	Dr. Anup Kumar Barman
8	Manipur Medical Council	Dr. Simpson Sareo
9	Uttarakhand Medical Council	Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma

Selected Members (Part Time) for Autonomous Boards of NMC

S No.	Name of State Medical Council	Name of the Part-time Member
Under-Graduate Medical Education Board
1	Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council	Dr. Jego Ori
Post-Graduate Medical Education Board
1	Odisha Medical Council	Dr. Santosh Kumar Mishra
Medical Assessment & Rating Board
1	Haryana Medical Council	Dr. Manish Bansal
Ethics & Medical Registration Board
1	Punjab Medical Council	Dr. Surinder Pal Singh

Selected Expert for Search Committee

S No.	Name of State/ UT	Name of the Member
1	Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council	Dr. Sandeep Dogra

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