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It gives me immense pleasure to present Arunai Medical College and Hospital for the society. The purpose of establishing Arunai Medical College and Hospital is to give Society is long dependent on education to provide the necessary stepping stone on one's path towards individual growth, which contributes directly to the growth of a society and country as a whole.
Er. E.V.KUMARAN, Vice Chairman of the Trust, with a Master degree in Engineering. He is a dynamic person with immense vision, meticulous planning and speedy execution of trust projects. He has supported to chairman in all his endeavours that has helped the group progress within a short span since establishment. His experience in the field of education will help for getting affiliation and approval from the concerned universities and regulatory bodies. He manages Granite Exports, Garment Exports, Barite Exports and other business apart from the educational institutions.
Decided by the Jeeva Educational Trust.
Dr. D.Gunasingh MBBS, MD(Ped.), DCH, is posted as Dean and Principal of an upcoming institution named Arunai Medical College & Hospital, under Jeeva Educational Trust at Thiruvannamalai Dist., Tamilnadu.
Dr. Gunasingh is a renowned Paediatrician, having acquired his Post Graduate degree from the Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College in 1990. He worked in Tamil Nadu State Medical Service as Assistant Surgeon and progressed to Faculty in Pediatrics at the Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, and Madras Medical College. He served as Dean of Government at Kanyakumari Medical College in 2014. On Superannuation, he has been appointed as Professor of Pediatrics, at SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. Later, he served as a Professor of Pediatrics at TRIHMS [Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences], which is the first State-owned Medical College of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
Dr.D. Gunasingh has extensive experience in teaching and research. As National Facilitator, for Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI), he trained approximately more than 2000 primary health service doctors and more than 1500 undergraduate and post-graduates. As National Facilitator, for Facility-based - Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (F-IMNCI) trained more than 350 doctors from secondary health services and more than 500 post-graduates.
Dr.D. Gunasingh conducted more than 50 workshops on “ Infant and Young Child Feeding” for doctors, nurses and Anganwadi workers.
Dr.D. Gunasingh is an AHA (American Heart Association) approved BLS/ACLS course instructor. He has conducted many BLS/ACLS workshops at Arunai Medical College. He served as National Vice-President, of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He also served as President and Secretary, of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Tamilnadu State Branch. He has done various activities to promote breastfeeding.
Jeeva Educational Trust is happy to appoint Dr. D.Gunasingh as Dean and Principal of the Arunai Medical College & Hospital, established in Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvannamalai Dist., Tamilnadu.
The Hospital Administration is managed by Medical Superintendent under the guidance of the Dean and advices from Medical Director, Vice Chairman and Chairman. Dr.P.Kuppuraj, M.S, M.ch – General, Pediatric and Laparoscopic Surgeon has been appointed as Medical Superintendent. He is a dynamic Surgeon and practicing in the field of surgery with 28 years of experience in performing General, Pediatric, Laparoscopic surgeries and endoscopic procedures. He is also well conversant with administrative skills needed to manage the Teaching Hospital as he has served in various administrative posts in Tamil Nadu Medical service, Government of Tamil Nadu.
He graduated from Chengalpattu medical college, Chengalpattu in 1986 affiliated to Madras University, later received his master degree in 1993 from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University after completing General Surgery post graduation in Stanley Medical College, Chennai. Further he undergone Super specialty course in Pediatric Surgery in Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore and received M.ch – Pediatric surgery from The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR.Medical University in 2001.
He joined The Tamil Nadu Medical Service, Government of Tamil Nadu in 1989 and served in various Rural, Semi urban, Urban and Metropolitan areas as Medical officer in Primary Health Centers and Assistant Surgeon, later Civil Surgeon and then as Chief Civil Surgeon in Taluk and District Headquarters Hospital in clinical and administrative posts. Upon inception of Government Thiruvannamalai Medical College and Hospital at Thiruvannamalai in 2012 he served in Department of General Surgery as Teaching Faculty and also in charge of administrative posts as Deputy Medical Superintendent and Medical Superintendent. He got relieved from Government service in 2020 upon superannuation.
Postgraduate in M.D. Community Medicine with extensive experience in Public Health Research and Medical Education Research, he is serving as an Editor and Reviewer for both national and international journals and has held numerous academic roles, including Professor and Head, MEU Coordinator, IEC Member, IRC Coordinator, and Ex-Treasurer of the IAPSM Professional Association, Tamil Nadu State. Additionally, he has served as General Secretary of TADCOM. Currently, he is the Vice Principal, Professor and Head of the Department of Community Medicine at Arunai Medical College & Hospital, Tiruvannamalai.
He was awarded the Expert Speaker Award at an International Conference on World Cancer Day, organized by Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute. In 2023, he received the Best Author Award from Innovative Publications for his first Family Adoption Program article published in JCHM. In September 2022, he was honoured with the Award of Excellence in Innovative Teaching at the ASSAN Awards, organized by the Indian Medical Association, Tambaram (MSN, JDN, and TNSB). Additionally, he received the Best Physician Award on Doctors' Day in July 2022 for his contributions to community medicine research and academics, presented by the Indian Medical Association, Odisha branch. That same year, he was recognized with the IAPSM National Level Presidential Appreciation Award for his significant work in community medicine as a faculty member. Earlier, in April 2022, he received the Best Researcher Award in recognition of his 18 years of professional and academic excellence, which included the publication of over 120 research papers and 7 books. This honor was presented at the INSO Awards during the Pondicherry National Conference. In 2021, he was also honored with the Outstanding Scientist Award for his contributions to the field of medicine. His achievements include being the first author and mentor of a National Award-winning research paper on Community-Based Research, which received the Pyare Lal Sharma Memorial Award at the 47th Annual National IAPSM Conference in January 2020.
He received a Gold Medal for two consecutive years (2019 and 2018) as a reviewer at AMEE, the Association of Medical Education in Europe. In 2018, he designed and published a validated Selfie Addiction Scale. He also authored and guided research articles that received the IJRULA Title Awards in 2018, 2019, and 2020 from IJRULA, an initiative by Idamas Learning Center, Malaysia. His leadership in the Swachhata Pakhwada Programme at Tagore Medical College and Hospital's Department of Community Medicine in 2020 was recognized with a nomination and shortlisting for a Central Government award. In 2017, he was honored with the Best Doctor Award from Tagore Medical College and Hospital.
Over the years, he has published more than 100 research articles in various national and international NMC-approved and indexed journals and presented over 55 research papers at national and international conferences. He has guided over 200 undergraduate, postgraduate, faculty research papers and theses, authored four PG MCQ books, and edited two others.
Additionally, he contributed a chapter to the book Current Aspects in Pharmaceutical Research and Development Vol. 9, published by B P International, London, UK.
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