Dr. Ketan Desai is the former president of Medical Council of India and the President 2016 of the World Medical Association. He has served as Head of Urology department at B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. He is currently a member of Gujarat Medical Council After graduating from B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad in 1983, he became the head of urology department in the same year and still serves as Head. He became the youngest head ever in Indian history. He later became syndicate and senate member of the Gujarat University with most of the time uncontested. He became president of Gujarat Medical Council in the 1990s and became president of Medical Council of India in 2001. He has also served as president of Indian Medical Association and Dental Council of India. He later become president of World Medical Association in 2016. On 23 April 2010, he and other doctors were arrested on corruption charges of Rs 2 crore to recognize a college in Punjab. His medical practitioner's license was suspended by the MCI in October. In the year 2010 he was reelected as senate member of Gujarat University after a legal challenge was dismissed in 2013, the Gujarat University senate unanimously nominated Dr Desai to the MCI, which apparently has no powers to reject the nomination.
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Dr. Ketan Desai is the former president of Medical Council of India and the President 2016 of the World Medical Association. He has served as Head of Urology department at B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. He is currently a member of Gujarat Medical Council After graduating from B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad in 1983, he became the head of urology department in the same year and still serves as Head. He became the youngest head ever in Indian history. He later became syndicate and senate member of the Gujarat University with most of the time uncontested. He became president of Gujarat Medical Council in the 1990s and became president of Medical Council of India in 2001. He has also served as president of Indian Medical Association and Dental Council of India. He later become president of World Medical Association in 2016. On 23 April 2010, he and other doctors were arrested on corruption charges of Rs 2 crore to recognize a college in Punjab. His medical practitioner's license was suspended by the MCI in October. In the year 2010 he was reelected as senate member of Gujarat University after a legal challenge was dismissed in 2013, the Gujarat University senate unanimously nominated Dr Desai to the MCI, which apparently has no powers to reject the nomination.
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