Mysore, Feb. 13
Dr. (Brig) R.S. Rajan, Director of Administration, Vivekananda Institute of Leadership Development in city was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award-2012 for his contribution to the specialty, the association and the community at the recently concluded Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons meet in Kolkata.
Dr.R. Sundara Rajan graduated from Banagalore Medical College in 1964 and joined the Army Medical Corps in the wake of the 1962 Chinese aggression. He served the Army and the country with distinction for 36 years and reached the rank of Brigadier before taking voluntary retirement in 1999.
During his Army Service, he served in Ladakh and Sikkim at different times while also making steady progress in the Academic field, specialising in Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery. He went on study leave to New Zealand to hone his skills under the legendary Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes and returned in 1981.
He soon took over as the Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic surgery at Military Hospital (Cardio-Thoracic Centre), Pune which is affiliated to the Armed Forces Medical College. As its Head over the next 14 years, he trained all the cardiothoracic surgeons of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Dr Rajan was known for his passion for teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate doctors as also nurses and paramedics. For his distinguished services, he was awarded the Visihta Seva Medal (VSM) in 1999.
Dr. Rajan took interest in other centres of cardiac surgery as a teacher and made valuable contribution to the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons as an Executive Committee Member and later its President in 1995.
Since his retirement, after a stint with Tata Tea as its Chief Medical Officer at Munnar, he remains active in the field of Community Health and Development Issues in various NGOs. Currently, he is the Director of Administration at the Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development, a part of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, an organisation with which he has been associated for the last three years.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / February 13th, 2012