This year, the winner of The Dr Arundhati Tambwekar Award For Excellence in Pathology at CMC, Vellore, is Dr. Janani P.
Dr. Janani grew up in Kancheepuram. She was a NTS scholar in school, and was awarded Rajya Puraskar Award for Scouts and Guides in 2010. She joined Government Medical College, Vellore, for her MBBS. After finishing her internship in 2018, she worked at CMC, Vellore in the Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology. The next year, she enrolled for MD in Pathology at CMC, Vellore. She is currently a senior resident at JIPMER, Pondicherry, and wants to further pursue a DM in Hematopathology or Clinical Hematology in the near future.

Dr. Janani nurtures other interests outside the field of medicine. She likes to listen to Carnatic music, reading fiction (historical and sci-fi), and loves gardening and cooking.

Congratulations, Dr. Janani ! We wish you the very best ahead in your pursuit of excellence.

After a gap of 2 years, it is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Dr Arundhati Tambwekar Award for Excellence in Pathology. Last year, due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Christian Medical College (CMC, Vellore) was not able to conduct the annual graduation ceremony.  This year, luckily, the graduation ceremonies were conducted for both the 2020 and the 2021 batches!

… And the award goes to …

For Year 2020 : Dr. Kannan Sivaraj  ( MD Pathology )
For Year 2021 : Dr. Ashwin Kumar ( MD Pathology )

Both of them have an outstanding record all through their undergraduate and graduate studies, and have also nurtured other interests outside of their profession.

Dr Kannan’s humble opinion is that “Pathology” is the only aspect of medicine that can quench the thirst for knowledge of every seeker who has the elementary question “what causes the disease and how?”, and he aspires to be such a seeker throughout his career.

Dr Ashwin is passionate about helping people, to serve in love, and to achieve excellence in patient care.

We congratulate them on their stellar performance, and we hope that the Award inspires them to always strive in the pursuit of excellence.

Here are pictures from the graduation ceremony.

At the recent Convocation of Christian Medical College Vellore, Dr. Immanuel Paul Thayakaran was awarded this year’s Dr. Arundhati Tambwekar award for Excellence in Pathology.

Dr. Immanuel, who completed his MBBS degree from Sri Venkateshwara Medical College and research centre Pondicherry has many stellar achievements. A graduate from Pondicherry University, he has secured the University first place in OBG, second in Anatomy an Microbiology, third in General Medicine and fourth in Pediatrics. He has presented several papers in various conferences and forums in Pathology. His fields of interest include Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology, Clinical Hematology and Medical Research.

Dr. Immanuel also shows a keen interest in singing and loves to play the guitar.

Dr. Immanuel wrote to us, “After being informed that I was the recipient of the Dr. Arundhati Tambwekar award, I wanted to know more about Dr Arundhati. I came to know how she was a thriving and vibrant soul and had impacted people she came in touch with! I was so amazed at her laurels and accolades and more than that, the legacy she left behind. How good a person she was and how to be a good person loved by all, honoured by everyone and extremely missed ! I have been asking people she worked with and it is amazing to hear about her. She is an inspiration.”

We wish Dr. Immanuel all the very best for his future and hope winning this medal inspires him to continue the pursuit of excellence in both his professional sphere and personal life.

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This year’s award goes to Dr. Aswathy Ashok Menon, MD Dept of Pathology at CMC Vellore.

Dr. Aswathy has had a stellar record all through her career as a doctor. She did her MBBS from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, in 2013. During the course of her undergraduate degree, she won Gold medals in Pathology, Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and also the Amrita Kiran award for all round excellence in MBBS course.

While doing her MD and residency at CMC Vellore, Dr. Aswathy also won the first prize for paper presentation at Annual Research Day 2016 at CMC, Vellore.

Congratulations, Dr. Aswathy! The Pursuit of Excellence never ceases. Continue to strive for excellence, keep your values and passion intact. We wish you the very best !

Under the aegis of our Aabha initiative, The Arundhati Tambwekar Gold Medal for Excellence in Pathology for 2015 was awarded to Dr. Vishnu Chandra Kumar A.

Dr Vishnu was chosen on the basis of his academic performance, his contribution to the work in the Department of Pathology, and his sincerity in his work.

Dr Vishnu completed his MBBS from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala. And then, his post graduation in General Pathology in April 2015 from Christian Medical College, Vellore, TN. At present, Dr Vishnu is working as Assistant Professor in the department of General Pathology, CMC, Vellore, TN. Vishnu’s hobbies include gardening, painting, vocal music, bicycling, trekking, and Tamil Literature.

The Arundhati Foundation wishes Dr Vishnu Chandra Kumar a bright , safe and healthy future!

Here are some pics from the Graduation Ceremony held on 9 Nov 2015