Services

JIPMER Pediatric department offers in-patient, intensive care, pediatric emergency and outpatient services for children below 15 years of age and speciality clinic services for children till 18 years of age. There are five units and a dedicated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The distribution of the pediatric faculties and their OPD timings are as follows.

Unit Unit chief and designation Other faculties and their designation OPD and admission days
I Dr. Gunasekaran Dhandapany Head and Professor Dr. Venkatesh Chandrasekaran Professor Dr. Ramya Srinivasa Rangan Assistant Professor Monday
II Dr. Nivedita Mondal  Professor Dr. Jaikumar Govindaswamy Ramamurthy Additional Professor Tuesday
III Dr. Tamil Selvan Professor Dr. Anitha A Assistant Professor (contract) Wednesday
IV Dr. Sriram Krishnamurthy Professor Dr. Bobbity Deepthi Associate Professor Thursday
V Dr. Reena Gulati Professor Dr. Sudarsan Krishnasamy Associate Professor Friday
VI Dr. Delhi Kumar Professor Dr. Darshan Rajatadri Rangaswamy Assistant Professor Saturday
PICU Dr. Narayanan Parameswaran Professor Dr Sivamurukan P Assistant professor 24 x 7 PICU services

OPD is functional on all working days from Monday to Saturday from 8.00AM to 1PM. OPD patients on Sundays will be seen by the units by rotation. Inpatient, PICU and pediatric emergency services are offered 24x 7. Special procedures done by PICU team includes Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, ECMO and bronchoscopy. In addition to the above services, pediatric department also extends specialty clinic services as shown below.

Days Time Name of the Clinic Consultants In-charge Venue
Monday 9.30 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Nephrology Clinic Dr. Sriram Krishnamurthy
Dr. Bobbity Deepthi
Dr. Darshan R
1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Monday 10 AM to 1 PM Genetic Clinic and
Genetic Counselling Clinic
Dr. Reena Gulati Ground floor, WCH, No: 6010
Tuesday 9.30 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Nephrology Clinic Dr. Sriram Krishnamurthy
Dr. Bobbity Deepthi
Dr. Sudarsan K
1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Tuesday 11 AM to 1 PM Child Psychiatry Forum Dr. Venkatesh C Dr. Shivanand K Dr. Ahil 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Tuesday 11 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Endocrinology Clinic Dr. Delhi Kumar CG Dr. Darshan R Ground floor, WCH, No: 6010
Tuesday 9.30 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Neurology Clinic / Paediatric Epilepsy Clinic Dr. Tamil Selvan
Dr. Anitha
1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Wednesday 9 AM to 1 PM Child Development Clinic Dr. Nivedita Mondal 1st floor, WCH, No: 6154
Wednesday 10 AM to 1 PM Genetic Clinic Dr. Reena Gulati
Dr. Sudarsan K
Ground floor, WCH, No: 6010
Wednesday 1 PM to 4 PM Genetic Counselling Clinic Dr. Reena Gulati Ground floor, WCH, No: 6010
Wednesday 11 AM to 1 PM Childhood Asthma Clinic Dr. Venkatesh C
Dr. Ramya
1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Wednesday 1 PM to 4 PM Immunization Clinic Dr. Gunasekaran D
Dr. Sivamurukan
Ground floor, WCH, No: 6010
Thursday 9 AM to 1 PM Child Development Clinic Dr. Nivedita Mondal 1st floor, WCH, No: 6154
Thursday 11 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinic / Paediatric HIV Clinic Dr. Anitha 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Thursday 11 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Cardiology Clinic Dr. Narayanan Dr. Darshan 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Thursday 11 AM to 1 PM Child Guidance Clinic Dr. Venkatesh C 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Thursday 11 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Hematology Clinic Dr. Jaikumar GR 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Friday 9 AM to 1 PM Child Development Clinic Dr. Nivedita Mondal 1st floor, WCH, No: 6154
Friday 9.30 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Neurology Clinic / Paediatric Epilepsy Clinic Dr. Tamil Selvan
Dr. Anitha
Dr. Ramya
1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Friday 11 AM to 1 PM Paediatric Gastroenterology Dr. Bobbity Deepthi 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110
Friday 12 Noon to 1 PM Disorders of Sex Development Dr. Delhi Kumar 1st floor, WCH, No: 6110

Allied services

Services Name of the concerned person
Child psychology Dr. Ahil Child psychologist
Occupational therapy Bandana Senapati Jr. Occupational Therapist
Social services Dr Nancy R Premkumar Social service officer
Laboratory services Mr. Arun Medical lab technologist
MTS Mr. Gnanasekaran MTS

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Last Updated :03-Aug-2026