- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has been appointed Harshad Pandurang Thakur as the Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW).
- Prior to taking up this assignment, H. P. Thakur was working as Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), was established on 9th March 1977 by the merger of 2-national level institutions, viz. the National Institute of Health Administration and Education (NIHAE) and the National Institute of Family Planning (NIFP).
Published On : 17 Aug 2019
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