The former ICMR director VM Katoch, who is currently president of JIPMER, has been appointed as the president of the upcoming All India Institute of Medical Sciences project at Thoppur in Madurai.
The Union Health Ministry has also appointed TN Dr MGR Medical university VC chancellor Dr Sudha Seshayyan as its member.
The oncologist and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) president Shanmugam Subbiah have been appointed as a member.
Three more members –two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha -- will be members of the board.