Dr. Ashok Puranik

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Puranik is a distinguished surgeon, academician and healthcare administrator who serves as the Executive Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guwahati, an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. He assumed this position on 10 July 2022.

Prof. Puranik is an alumnus of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, and completed his postgraduate training in surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, in 1992. He served in the Indian Army as a medical officer from 1985, gaining extensive experience in military medicine, emergency surgery, trauma care and disaster response.

He later held senior clinical and academic responsibilities at AFMC Pune and Command Hospital, Southern Command. Before joining AIIMS Guwahati, he headed General Surgery and super-specialty departments, including Trauma and Emergency, Gastrointestinal Surgery and Plastic Surgery, at AIIMS Jodhpur. He also completed a trauma-care fellowship at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

As Executive Director, Prof. Puranik is guiding AIIMS Guwahati’s development in advanced healthcare delivery, medical education, research and innovation, with a focus on meeting the healthcare needs of Assam and the wider Northeast region. His professional interests include trauma systems, surgical innovation, clinical education and technology-enabled healthcare.