Academic council

Prof. (Dr.) Syed Moied Ahmed

Vice-Chancellor

Al-Karim University, Katihar

Academic credentials:           

PhD, MD, MBBS, FICCM, FCCP, FIMSA, FICA

MNAMS, Commonwealth Fellow at Leeds (UK)

Teaching / Clinical experience:                 30 years approx

 

Administrative Experience:

  • Chairman Dept of Anaesthesiology from 2017 - 2021
  • Deputy MS of Emergency Services for 5 years
  • In-Charge ICU (2004 – 2024)
  • Co-ordinator, CRTC, JNMC&H since 2019
  • Convenor Skill lab and HICS (2018 – 2024)
  • Member of Academic Council at AMU, Member of AMU Court,
  • Nodal Officer of MCI at JN Medical College, AMU (2018 – 2022)

 

Research experience:

  • Papers published (Lead Authors in (COLS, BCLS, CCLS):                   130 (International 46, National 84)
  • Books published / co-authored + manual developed (ICU):                 2 + 1
  • Book Chapters:                                                                                         8
  • Thesis supervised:                                                                                  48
  • Sub-investigator of trials: HFOV in ARDS, PHOENIX
  • Area of special interest: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Airway Management, Critical Care,

               

  • Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Resuscitation (IRCF), Indian Journal of Anaesthesiology (Central Supplement)
  • Section Editor:  Airway, Indian Journal of Anaesthesiology, JAOCP
  • Resource person / Guest speakers / Chairperson in more than 150
  • Assessor of Medical Council of India, National Board of Examinations (DNBE)
  • Experts & Examiner in AMU, WBHU, Kashmir University, KGMU, BHU, Subharti, Sefai, PGIMER, and UPSC
  • Director / Coordinator of Workshops (ABG, Airway Management, CPR, Mechanical ventilation, ICU infection
  • Founder President of City branches of various societies (AIDAA, ISSP, ISCCM, ISA)
  • President Elect AIDAA, Chairman – ISCCM, UP & UK 2021-2025, Past President – UP ISA, 2021
  • Member Executive Council – ISCCM (National) 2024-2026

 

Contribution towards Academics as a Teacher:

  • Postgraduate and undergraduate teacher & Teaching students for 30 years
  • Postgraduate examiner and thesis supervisor more than 48 thesis since last 24 years
  • Designed Indian guidelines on CPR (COLS, BCLS, CCLS) & 5 Difficult Airway Guidelines (AIDAA)
  • Designed & Developed AMU Refresher Course for PGs in Anaesthesia (ARCAN)
  • Teaching students at State & National Post Graduate Teaching Courses
  • Training CPR, Management of Difficult Airway, Mechanical Ventilation, ABG at State &National platform
  • Authored COLS in Brail for visually challenged and conducted COLS for them
  • Guideline COLS has been incorporated as a topic in Class IX Std. CBSE books
  • Started PDCC courses in Critical Care Medicine, Neuroanaesthesia, Pain Medicine
  • Started Simulation lab for both UG and PG training at   JNMC, AMU

 

Awards received:

  • Presidential Citation Award’25: Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Presential Oration at CRITICON’24, Lucknow, 2024
  • WTG Morton, Distinguished Professor award, 2022
  • Zakir Hussain Foundation, Pentagon Excellence Award 2022
  • NITTE Oration, National Airway Conference (NAC’21) Jodhpur AIIMS
  • Felicitated by the Honorable Vice President Of India in 2019,
  • ISA Bhopal Academic Excellence Award in 2019,
  • ISA President Award in 2015 & 2017,
  • Fellowships in American College of Chest Physician, Indian College of Critical Care Medicine, International Medical Sciences Academy, Fellowship in Indian College of Anaesthesiologists (FCCP, FICCM, FIMSA, FICA)
  • Dr YV Bhoj Raj Award for best review article in 2016,
  • Commonwealth Fellowship at Leeds University Hospital, UK in 2009,
  • Indo-US Distinguished Academician and Researcher in 2008,

Felicitated by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of AMU in 2008 & 2010 for bringing laurel to AMU

Experience

Dr S Moied Ahmed is a graduate (MBBS) from Calcutta University, post graduate (MD) and doctor of philosophy (PhD) from AMU, Fellow in Critical Care Medicine from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (New Delhi) and International Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine from Leeds Teaching University Hospital, UK. He has also been awarded the Fellow of American College of Chest Physician (FCCP), Fellow of Indian College of Critical Care Medicine (FICCM), Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy (FIMSA), Fellow of Indian College of Anaesthesiologists (FICA) and is a Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS). He has special interest in, Critical Care Medicine, Difficult Airway management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. He has been one of the Clinical Expert in Experts meet in Mechanical Ventilation at Switzerland for a couple of times. He is also the Instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Fundamental of Critical Care Support (FCCS) course and Difficult Airway management. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (Central Supplement) and presently Journal of Resuscitation. He has more than 124 research papers published in indexed International and National journals such as Anaesthesia, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Chest, Journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Acta Anaesthesiol Scan, JETS, IJCCM, IJA, JOACP, IJP, etc. He is member of the editorial board and peer reviewer of various National and International Journals. In the field of airway management, he is one of the authors in framing the All India Difficult Airway Guidelines. In the field of Resuscitation, he is the Lead author in framing the Indian CPR guidelines (COLS, BCLS, CCLS). In the domain of intensive care, he has extensively worked on the newer management strategies with HFOV in ARDS patients, analysed the factors influencing the outcome of snake bite victims, suicidal hanging victims, organophosphorus poisoning and highlighted the role of antibiotic rotation, HME filters in decreasing incidence of ICU infection. He has organized a number of workshops and CMEs and has been the Workshop Director on management of difficult airway, mechanical ventilation, CPR in the department and in National and State Conferences.

Dr Moied has been felicitated twice by the Vice Chancellor of AMU for bringing laurel to the university in 2009 and 2010. He has been felicitated by the Honorable Vice President of India for his contribution towards framing the Indian Guidelines for CPR. He has also been felicitated by the President of Indian Society of Anaethesiology (ISA) for his contribution in framing the ISA Difficult Airway Module and CPR guidelines. He has received the prestigious Dr Y V Bhoj Raj award for writing the best review article in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (IJA) in 2016 and the INO-US Best Academician and Researcher of the year in 2008. 

Dr Moied has clinical & teaching experience of more than 30 years post MD. He also pursued PhD in 2012. He has worked under various capacities after acquiring Post Graduation (MD) and has worked as Professor since 2012 and superannuated as Professor in July 2024. He has vast administrative experience as Deputy Medical Superintendent of J N Medical College for 5 years, as Officiating Chairman for approximately 8 months and subsequently as regular Chairman for 3 years and is Teacher In-Charge of ICU for more than 20 years. During his tenure as Chairman, he was instrumental increasing the MD seats in Anaesthesiology from 9 to 19. He has also established a Simulation lab for UG and PG students for training Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. He is the Director of the Scientific Committee of IRCF and has been the Chairman of ISCCM, President Elect of AIDAA and has been President of ISA (UP State) and presently elected as the EC member of ISCCM National. He was also the nodal officer of MCI / NMC for JNMC&H. He has been re-employed as a Professor, in the dept of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, J N Medical College, AMU, in Sept ’24 and is presently working as a Professor.

Prof. (Dr.) Ram Bilash Gupta

Dean

Faculty of Medicine

Educational qualifications

MBBS, ANM Medical College, Magadh University

MD (Forensic Medicine and Toxicology), Patna Medical Collegee, Patna University, Patna

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Ram Bilash Gupta has over 20 years of teaching experience. He is currently the Principal of Katihar Medical College at Al-Karim University, Katihar.

He worked as a Tutor at Patna Medical College for 3 years and for over 1 year at Katihar Medical College; an Assistant Professor for over 5 years at Katihar Medical College; an Associate Professor for about 5 years at Katihar Medical College; and as a Professor for about 7 years at Katihar Medical College. He also served as the Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology for several years at Katihar Medical College.

Prof. (Dr.) Khem Chand

Dean cum Principal, Faculty of Nursing, Al-Karim University, Katihar

Al-Karim University, Katihar

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Md. Aftab Alam

Dean cum Principal, School of Pharmacy, Al-Karim University, Katihar

Al-Karim University, Katihar

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Md. Arif Ansari

Dean, Faculty of Medicine

Department of General Surgery, Katihar Medical College, Katihar

MBBS, S.K Medical College, B.R.A Bihar University, Muzaffarpur

MS (General Surgery), Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi University, Ranchi

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Md. Arif Ansari has over 25 years of teaching experience. He is currently a Professor in the Department of General Surgery at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

He worked as a Junior Resident at Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi for 3 years; a Senior Resident at Katihar Medical College for 6 months; an Assistant Professor for about 5 years; an Associate Professor for about 5 years at Katihar Medical College. He has also worked as the Head of the Department of General Surgery at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Mr. Ghazi Danish Ahmed

Director

School of Information Technology and Management

Educational qualifications

Master of Science (Information Technology), Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Bachelor of Information Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Diploma in Information and System Management, APTECH Computer Education

Experience

Mr. Ghazi Danish Ahmed is a production and operation professional with 15 years of development and services experience with focus on health care and educational utility. He is currently working as the Director of School of Information Technology, Al-Karim University, Katihar. His areas of expertise in information technology skills include software development, web design, teaching and management. He previously worked as a software engineer in Compu Home, Club Road, Mithanpura, Ramna, Muzaffarpur; and also has about 4 years of teaching experience as a guest faculty at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur and Allahabad Agricultural Institute Deemed University, Allahabad. His leadership along with his knowledge and experience in the field of Information Technology helps us in smooth functioning of our faculty. 

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Kumar Sinha

Professor and Head

Department of Anatomy, Katihar Medical College

Educational qualifications

MBBS, Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi University

MD (Anatomy), Darbhanga Medical College, Lalit Narayan Mithila University

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Kumar Sinha has over 18 years of teaching experience. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Anatomy at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Professor and Head

Department of Pathology, Katihar Medical College

Doctor of Medicine (Pathology), Patna University, Patna, Bihar

MBBS, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya

Experience

Dr. Rajesh Kumar has over 19 years of teaching and research experience. He began his career as a Junior Resident at Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna, where he worked for three years. He then served for five years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Katihar Medical College, Al-Karim University, Katihar. Following this, he spent over three years as an Associate Professor and has been serving as a Professor in the same department for the past seven years. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Pathology at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Prof. (Dr.) Ghazi Sharique Ahmad

Professor and Head

Department of Paediatrics, Katihar Medical College

Educational qualifications

MBBS, Katihar Medical College, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University

MD (Paediatrics), BP Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan Nepal

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Ghazi Sharique Ahmad has over 15 years of teaching experience. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Paediatrics at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Prof. (Dr.) Ashutosh Kumar Jha

Professor and Head

Department of Anaesthesiology, Katihar Medical College

Educational qualifications

MBBS, ANM Medical College, Magadh University

MD (Anaesthesiology), Darbhanga Medical College, L.N. Mithila University

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Ashutosh Kumar Jha has over 24 years of teaching experience. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Prof. (Dr.) Akoijam Kennedy Singh

Professor and Head

Department of ENT, Katihar Medical College

Educational qualifications

MBBS, North Eastern Regional Medical College, Manipur University

MS (ENT), Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur University

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Akoijam Kennedy Singh has over 17 years of teaching experience. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Pathology at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar Mahto

Professor and Head

Department of Orthopaedics, Katihar Medical College

Educational qualifications

MBBS, Darbhanga Medical College, Lalit Narayan Mithila University

MS (Orthopaedics), Patna Medical College, Patna University

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar Mahto has over 16 years of teaching experience. He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at Katihar Medical College, Katihar.

Mr. Vijay Kumar

Controller of Examination

Al-Karim University, Katihar

Master's of Computer Applications, Kurukshetra University, Haryana

M.Phil. (Computer Applications), Vinayaka Mission University, Salem

Experience

Mr. Vijay Kumar boasts over 26 years of experience in the field of education. He began his career as a Lecturer and Computer Instructor, dedicating more than six years to Guru Nanak Khalsa College in Karnal. Subsequently, he spent over five years at IEC University in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, where he served as Deputy Controller of Examination and Assistant Professor. His journey continued as Deputy Controller of Examination at both Shri Guru Ram Rai Medical University in Dehradun and Shri Guru Govind Singh Tricentenary Medical University, each for a year. He then contributed over four years to ADAMAS University in Kolkata, holding the positions of Deputy Controller of Examination and Controller of Examination.

Mr. Pramod Kumar

University Librarian

Al-Karim University, Katihar

Educational qualifications

Bachelor of Library

Experience

Mr. Pramod Kumar has been serving as a librarian at Katihar Medical College, Katihar for over 25 years and climbed the ladder to become the university librarian. His continuous commitment to his area of expertise helps us in supervising our library.

Prof. (Dr.) Chandana Jha

Professor (Retired)

Department of History, D.S. College, Katihar

Experience

Prof. (Dr.) Chandana Jha is a person of academic pursuits. She was a Professor of History, former Principal at M.J.M. Mahila College, Katihar. Many of her research papers have been published in different reputed journals of social science. She has the credit of presenting research papers in different international conferences organised at Ryerson university, Toronto (Canada), University of London(England), and Harvard university, Boston (U.S.A.).

Dr. Mihir Kumar Thakur

Associate Professor

Department of Economics, D.S. College, Katihar

Educational qualifications

M.Sc.(Economics)

Ph.D.(Economics)

Experience

Dr. Mihir Kumar Thakur is presently the Head of the Postgraduate Department of Economics at Darshan Sah College, Katihar, Bihar. He has also earned Postgraduate degree in Business Administration with specialization in finance and PG diploma in Human Resource Management. He has more 22 years of teaching experiences at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. He has been actively involved in research related activities such as supervising students for their Ph.D. degrees, writing research papers for publication in journals. Apart from these he has been discharging several university and college related administrative duties as assigned to him by the competent authorities.