IGIMS director honoured
Patna: The director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (
IGIMS
),
Dr Bindey Kumar
, has been conferred the
Mentor Award
at the 2nd Jammu and Kashmir Chapter of the
Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons Conference
(JK-IAPSCON), 2025 in Jammu on Saturday. The conference was organised in association with the department of paediatric surgery of SMGS Hospital-Jammu from April 17-19. Dr Bindey was conferred this award for his "outstanding mentorship and leaving an inspiring impact" on his mentees. He also delivered a lecture on the topic 'Multidisciplinary Approach to a Surgical Child' at the conference.
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