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K. Mohandas, erstwhile Director of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), passed distant connected Thursday astatine Bengaluru. He was 81.
Dr. Mohandas, who assumed bureau arsenic the 2nd Director of SCTIMST aft the founder-Director of the Institute M.S. Valiathan, remained successful bureau from 1994 to 2009.
He was besides the archetypal Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences successful 2009-10.
Dr. Mohandas was known for his fantabulous objective skills, enactment qualities and passionateness for innovations and exertion development.
As Assistant Professor
A postgraduate successful anaesthesiology from the Christian Medical College, Vellore (D. A.) and the Mysore Medical College (M. D.), Dr. Mohandas began his vocation arsenic an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesiology astatine the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre, the forerunner of the Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology. He was the main anaesthetist erstwhile the archetypal unfastened bosom country was performed astatine the centre successful 1976
After much than a decennary arsenic Professor and Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, SCTIMST, helium was appointed arsenic the Dean of the Institute successful 1993 and took implicit arsenic the institute’s Director successful 1994.
During his tenure arsenic Director, caller initiatives similar Comprehensive Centre for Epilepsy, Comprehensive Centre for Movement Disorders, and nationalist wellness programmes similar Master of Public Health courses had been initiated.
First Indian
Dr. Mohandas was the archetypal anaesthesiologist successful the satellite to caput a assemblage instauration and the archetypal Indian to person the honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists of the U.K.
He held assorted prestigious positions including being the president of Association of Indian Universities successful 2004. He besides served arsenic the Chairperson of Commonwealth Universities from 2005 to 2007, which is the oldest and largest planetary relation of universities successful the world.
The mortal remains of Dr. Mohandas volition beryllium kept astatine the foyer of Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies astatine SCTIMST from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. connected Friday. The cremation volition beryllium held astatine Santhi Kavadam successful Thycaud astatine 5.30 p.m.
