Dr. M. Hanumantha Rao, MBBS,  DA, MD, FICA, ACME, Executive Director & CEO, AIIMS, Nagpur is also Director & CEO of AIIMS Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He is an internationally acclaimed Anaesthesiologist, Critical Care & Pain Medicine TPT and a recipient of prestigious awards not just for academic excellence but also for his exemplary service to society.

He has to his credit more than 100 publications in National and International academic journals and books and it is a testimony to his lifelong commitment to learning that Dr  M. Hanumantha Rao  is associated with most of the Indian Academic Associations in the field of Anesthesia and Critical Care & Trauma. He is a life member of the Indian Society of Anesthesiology [ISA], the  Research Society of Anaesthesiology & Clinical Pharmacology  [RSACP],  Indian Society of Trauma Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society [ITACCS],  Indian association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists [IACTA], and the  Indian College of Anesthesiologists [ICA]. 

Taking up additional responsibility as Executive Director, AIIMS Nagpur, Dr. M. Hanumantha Rao is keen to pursue the institute's motto - passion for excellence, in the three pillars of hospital governance in patient care, research and teaching, thereby transforming and transcending AIIMS, Nagpur into one of the top institutes of the country.