Volume 7 Issue
02
SRI BALAJI VIDYAPEETH UNIVERSITY
APR - JUN 2013
The Chronicle Contents
University Communique CIDRF Research And Scholarship Academic Initiatives Innovations Faculty Achievements And Awards The Dawn Of New Chapters Out Reach Services Scholars In The Making Talentia - 2013 Other Highlights Spot Light - General Medicine SSSMCRI IGIDS KGNC
A Hearty Welcome P.02 P.05 P.07 P.09 P.16 P.22 P.22 P.24 P.29 P.32 P.35 P.38 P.40 P.44 P.52
Dr K.R. Sethuraman, joined as the Vice Chancellor Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University on 05.04.2013. He has completed his undergraduate (1966-72) and postgraduate (1973-76) Medical Education in Internal Medicine at JIPMER, Pondicherry. Later, he underwent training in Cardiology at SCTIMST at Thiruvananthapuram for three years, from 1978 to 1981. He joined JIPMER as a Lecturer in Medicine and served there for 25 years (1981-2006). He was promoted as a Professor of Medicine in 1991, as the head of department of Medical Education in 2000 and as the Director-Professor and Head of Medicine in 2003. He took voluntary retirement in 2006 and moved over to Malaysia as the Dean of Medicine at AIMST University for 7 years. During this period, he was also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic and International Affairs from 2008. His interests are varied and wide. He is an eminent educationist and has over four decades of experience in Medical Education. Contd Page - 2