K.GANAPATHY M.Ch.(Neurosurgery), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D is a former Secretary
and Past President of the Neurological Society of India and a former Secretary of the Asian
Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery. An Adjunct Professor, at the IIT Madras,
Tamilnadu Medical University & Anna University, Chennai Dr Ganapathy was formerly
Honorary Consultant and Advisor in Neurosurgery Armed Forces Medical Services. A
former examiner & Inspector for the National Board of Examinations Ministry of Health,
Govt of India he was also an overseas examiner to the Universiti Sains Malaysia and the
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. In 1990 he became the first in South Asia to get a
Ph.D in neuroimaging. Member of the Editorial Board of 4 International and 3 National
Journals in Neurosciences he was the first neurosurgeon from South Asia to be formally
trained in Stereotactic radiosurgery in 1995 and later in robotic radiosurgery in 2008 . A
pioneer in introducing Telemedicine in India Dr Ganapathy has been working relentlessly
from 1999, for the growth and development of Telemedicine in India. A Member of the
National Task Force on Telemedicine he is a Co Founder of the Telemedicine Society of
India. He was a mentor for MBA scholars Harvard Business School and for the Ross
Business School Univ of Michigan, in the field of mHealth He has presented 350 papers in
national conferences.140 in International meetings and published 200 scientific papers & 10
chapters in books. President of the Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation the largest
and the oldest multi speciality Telemedicine network in South Asia he is an immediate Past
President of the Telemedicine Society of India and currently President of the Indian Society
of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery. He has been on the faculty for several World
Federation of Neurosurgical Societies educational programmes and recently facilitated the
first multi point ( 8 centres) video broadcast of such a programme. As a member of the hi
power Programme Advisory Committee of the Dept of Science & Technology Govt of India
he reviews research projects for major funding. Full CV available at http://
www.kganapathy.com