T. V. Devarajan
Award Name : Padma Shri
Year of Award : 2013
Award for : Medical
Location : Chittūr, Kerala, India
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V. Devarajan, is an Indian medical doctor and general physician. The Government
of India honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him the Padma Shri, the fourth
highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of medicine. He was
born in Chittur, Kerala, India. He graduated in Medicine and went on to take
the degrees of MD and DSc in general medicine. He was also awarded the
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow in 2007. He started
his career by joining the faculty of the Madras Medical College where he taught
without drawing a salary for 29 years. Later, he moved to the Aarupadai Veedu
Medical College, Kirumambakkam, as the Professor where he still teaches general
medicine. He has also been a senior consultant physician at the Apollo
Hospitals, Chennai, since 1986. Devarajan is also credited with 28 articles
such as A Challenging Case of Intra-abdominal Sepsis with Multiorgan Failure:
An Emerging Role of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Sepsis, published in various
journals. He also assists students in their research activities. He was awarded
gold medal for surgery, gynaecology and prize in medicine and ophthalmology as
a medical student. He delivered student memorial oration in Madras Medical
College and he served as an inspector for national board of examination.