Professor Dr Jagadish Prasad Agrawal has been appointed as the Dean of Institute of Medicine (IOM) on Saturday.

The meeting of the Tribhuvan University Executive Council held at the Prime Minister’s office in Baluwatar appointed Agrawal as the IOM's dean.

TUTH senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC has been protesting the appointment of Dr KP Singh to the post by breaching seniority criteria. He had firm stand that Prof. Dr Jagadish Prasad Agrawal should be appointed the IoM dean.

Sources say that Agrawal was nominated as the IOM Dean following Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal directed Education Minister Dhaniram Poudel and TU Vice-chancellor Tirtha Raj Khaniya to appoint a dean as per Doctor KC’s demand.

 Today is the 21st day of the 10th hunger strike of Dr KC seeking reforms in the medical education and health sector.

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Dr KP Singh stepped down as the dean of the Institute of Medicine (IoM) on Friday after 20 days into office while Dr Govinda KC’s hunger strike—with Dr Singh’s resignation as one of his demands—continued for as many days.