Prof Rakesh Bhargava appointed JNMC principal

Prof Rakesh Bhargava will replace prof Shahid Siddiqui who retired from the post of JNMC principal recently.

Prof Rakesh Bhargava has been appointed the principal of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He will assume charge on August 15.

Newly appointed JNMC principal prof Rakesh Bhargava is also the current dean, faculty of medicine. (Sourced)

He will replace prof Shahid Siddiqui who retired recently.

“Prof Bhargava, who is also the current dean, faculty of medicine and chairman, department of TB and chest diseases recently became the president of ‘National College of Chest Physician’, the first association of chest physicians in India,” said a press statement issued by AMU.

He is a life member and fellow of the Indian Chest Society, National College of Chest Physicians, Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Indian Association of Bronchology, Indian Medical Association, National College of Allergy Asthma and Applied Immunology, ACCP (USA) and European Respiratory Society.

“Prof Bhargava has contributed over 114 papers to national and international peer reviewed journals,” read the statement.

His thrust areas are bronchoscopy, lung function studies, allergy testing, allergy vaccination, bronchogenic carcinoma, asthma, intestinal lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, COPD and tuberculosis.