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News Topical, Digital Desk : The research paper of Dr. Vijayalakshmi, head of the Department of Physiology at AIIMS, has been declared fake. Dr. Rituparna Baruch, head of the Department of Physiology at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, has emailed Dr. Vibha Dutta, Executive Director (ED) of AIIMS, Gorakhpur. It is alleged that the paper was published without any research. The journal Curious, in which it was published, has also been sent a notice from Shillong.
In 2024, Dr. Vijayalakshmi was working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya. On July 25, 2024, she interviewed for a position in the Physiology Department at AIIMS, Gorakhpur. She was selected on July 27, 2024. At that time, Dr. GK Pal was the Executive Director of AIIMS. Dr. GK Pal's son was later removed from AIIMS, Gorakhpur, for submitting a fake OBC (creamy layer) certificate for a postgraduate course. A case has also been filed against him and his son, Dr. Oro Prakash Pal.
The article was published online in Curious magazine on June 19,
2024. It is alleged that no data was collected from the students of NEIGRIHMS Shillong. The complaint has been lodged with the institute's research cell, as well as the ED of AIIMS Gorakhpur, the Dean of Research, AIIMS Gorakhpur, and the Dean of Academics. Dr. Vijayalakshmi is the first author of the publication. The Dean of Research at the institute in Shillong has issued a show-cause notice to the second author, demanding a response within 10 days. There is a provision for blacklisting.
During her interview at AIIMS Gorakhpur. At the time, she was an Associate Professor. According to the rules, she should have been made an Additional Professor, but was instead promoted to Professor. The main basis for selection was said to be his research work but now allegations have surfaced that the same research is fake.
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