Jammu and Kashmir government today constituted a five-member committee headed by Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu to monitor the functioning of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in the summer capital Srinagar.

The members of the panel include Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department, Pawan Kotwal, Principal, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Samia Rashid, Director, SKIMS, Omar Javid Shah, and Professor and Head of Department of Gastroenterology, SKIMS, Ghulam Nabi Yatoo, a government order said.

It said the committee would recommend measures to be taken from time to time to improve the overall functioning of the institute. The committee would also concretise the steps for appointment of full-time director for SKIMS, the order said.