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Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore — Faculty

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Government Vellore Medical College

Faculty

Faculty & academic leadership

The institution publishes a department-wise teaching roster. The tables below retain names, qualifications and roles, omitting biometric attendance and registration identifiers. The roster is undated; entries are not a deduplicated or independently confirmed current headcount.

Anatomy · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Suresh Kumar ThangaduraiProfessorM.D
Dr. Sundar GurunathanAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Minurekha BalaramanAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. K G GopikrisshnaAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Santhini SubramanianTutorM.D
Mr. Shanmugam ATutorM.Sc

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Physiology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Adikesavan BalaramanProfessor HODM.D
Dr. Suguna SAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. R. HemavathyAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Aravindhan VenkatachalapathiTUTORM.D
Mr. Periyasamy PerumalTUTORM.Sc
Dr. Shalini SudarsanamTUTORM.D
Dr. Aarti N STUTORM.B.B.S

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Biochemistry · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Komala GovindharajuluProfessorM.D
Dr. Gayathri Priya DhanaveluAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Neethu VargheseAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Roopa RAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Santhini SankaranAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Kalaivani RajaramTUTORM.D
Dr. Sureka N RTUTORM.B.B.S

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Community Medicine · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Parthiban PeethambaramAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Vidhyashree M DAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Abhilash B.AAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Archana BakthavatchalamAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Monica KrishnanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. S MeeraAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Jasmine Priya SelvamonyTUTORM.D
Dr. Manimegalai DhanapalTUTORDPH
Dr. Mir Mohib AliTUTORM.D
Dr. S LoganathanTUTORM.D

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Forensic Medicine & Toxicology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Kalaiselvi L TAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Balaji NarayananTUTORM.D
Dr. Jeevagan ManivannanTUTORM.D
Dr. Navin C DuraiTUTORM.D

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Microbiology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Gowri VeligandlaVice Principal and ProfessorM.D
Dr. Bhaskar MProfessor HODM.D
Dr. Padmavathi EllappanAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. R Prabagara VarthananAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. A S ArumaiTUTORM.D
Mrs. Chandraleka ChakkaraiTUTORM.Sc
Dr. Vennila RagunathanTUTORM.D
Dr. Anandha Chitra JTUTORM.B.B.S

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Pathology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Muruganantham ArunagirinathanProfessorM.D
Dr. Mohan RamakrishnanAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Radhika A RAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Archanadevi SankaranAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Magesh PushparajAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Nandhitha NAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. R JayapreethyAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Baskaran BalasubramaniTUTORDCP
Dr. Durgadevi NagarajanTUTORM.D
Dr. J DeepakTUTORM.D
Dr. Sivaraman JeevarathinamTUTORDCP
Dr. Umasankar ThirugnanamTUTORM.D
Dr. Vanitha MadaswamyTUTORDCP
Dr. Venkateswaran STUTORM.D

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Pharmacology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Narendra Babu SadhasivamAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Rameshkannan SAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. V J SharmiAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Punitha RangarajanTUTORM.D

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General Medicine · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Sathi VajaraveluAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Gowrishankar BalakrishnanAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Maaran A TAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Anandaraj. JAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. AkilaAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Anitha MoorthyAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Balachandar SivarajAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Saravanamoorthy MAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Sathishkumar ThandavarayanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Srinivasan GovindanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Vijaykumar PandiyanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Parthiban DayalanSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Pavithra ThamilvananSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. PonmudiSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Pradeep Kumar KrisnamoorthiSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Shanavaz BaboonSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Vinothkumar NSenior ResidentM.D

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Paediatrics · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Ezhilarasu RamalingamProfessorM.D
Dr. G Thannoli GowthamiAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Manikandan N CAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Selvakumar ShanmugamAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Deenadayalan MunusamyAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Jaya Karthika RamasamyAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Mathiana BAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Megaladevi ParamasivamAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. P SailakshmiAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Rajarajan ChokkalingamAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Sharanya RAssistant ProfessorDNB
Dr. Bhuvaneswari BaluSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Ezhilan NambiSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Krishna KumariSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Mamatha P MSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. N R Praveen KumarSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Nandhini NatarajSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Naveenkumar KrishnanSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. P SangeethaSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Shanmugam SriramanSenior ResidentM.D

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Respiratory Medicine · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Keerthi BaskaranAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Priya SAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Prabhakar AngamuthuSenior ResidentDTCD

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Dermatology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. R VasaanthamoorthyProfessorM.D
Dr. PrakashAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Yoganandhini ChandrasekaranAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Arunkumar MuthuSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Sarankumar SSenior ResidentM.D

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Psychiatry · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. JaikumarAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Karthik MAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Murali SAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Rathika PAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Sobana EswaranAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Lakshmanan SrinivasanSenior ResidentDPM
Dr. Rajalakshmi ASenior ResidentM.D

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Emergency Medicine · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Srikanth RangaiahProfessorM.S
Dr. Chitradevi SAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Ketharan S KAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Ajisheen BorgeoSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Bharrath ASenior ResidentDNB
Dr. Jeeva Rani ArumugamSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Koushik KanakarajSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Muthuselvan MurugesanSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. R SujithaSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. JananiCasualty Medical Officer
Dr. Rallapalli Reddy Praveen ChoudaryCasualty Medical Officer

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General Surgery · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Manikannan SubramaniyanProfessorM.S
Dr. Anbalagan PoongavanamProfessorM.S
Dr. A Gowri SankarAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. K V SaravananAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. Sureshkumar BalakrishnanAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. Alex Franklin KulandaiswamyAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Deniraja BalajiAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Prakash Kumar JAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. SakthivelAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Saravanakumar SankaralingamAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. SaravananAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Vinoth RAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Amerjeeth J DSenior ResidentM.S
Dr. Hari DhananjayanSenior ResidentM.S
Dr. K SilambarasanSenior ResidentM.S
Dr. Manigandaprabu KSenior ResidentM.S
Dr. Ram Thilak Ram ManoharSenior ResidentM.S
Dr. Shanmuga Srinivasan VeluSenior ResidentM.S

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Chithra AnnamalaiAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. J Betty AgnesAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. Vaishnavi V SAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. Vijayalakshmi VAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. A. NarmadhapriyaAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Devi DhamodiranAssistant ProfessorDGO
Dr. Selvi RengarajAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Vennila SAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Akila RamajeyamSenior ResidentDGO
Dr. Mythri B SSenior Resident
Dr. Sankaranandhi SSenior Resident
Dr. Tamilselvi RSenior Resident
Dr. Uma MaheswariSenior ResidentM.S

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Orthopaedics · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Mohan Gandhi V PProfessor HODM.S
Dr. Mohana KrishnanAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. Senthil Kumar ArunachalamAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. G Raman KumarAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Gopinath Thoppa GoundarAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. S K SaravananAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Sriram BakthavatchalamAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. Balakrishnan ASenior ResidentM.S
Dr. M Nithin JohnSenior ResidentM.S

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Anaesthesiology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Gomathi MProfessor HODM.D
Dr. Deepa DavidAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. RanjiniAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Subha P DAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Thendral Arasu IswaranAssociate ProfessorM.D
Dr. Balabaskar DAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Deepa GopalAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Karthik Narayanan ViswanathanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Karthikeyan GAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Rajan RamanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Revathi ThulasiramanAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Vinoth G SAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Arul Prem Sai S MSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Gomathi SrinivasanSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Jonathan Joseph Susai LourduSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Kamalesh PunniakottiSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. M Md IsmailSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. Mohamed Shahid Humayun KabeerSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. P HemalathaSenior ResidentM.D
Dr. VeerappanSenior ResidentM.D

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Ophthalmology · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Vijay ChopraProfessorM.S
Dr. Sharmila Devi VAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. AjeethaAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. D. KamalakannanSenior ResidentM.S
Dr. Lalitha VSenior ResidentM.S

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Ent · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Kumaresan SProfessor HODM.S
Dr. KalidassAssociate ProfessorM.S
Dr. Praveenkumar K NAssistant ProfessorM.S
Dr. G ThilakavathiSenior ResidentDLO
Dr. KrishnamaniSenior ResidentM.S

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Radio-Diagnosis · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Kanaka Rameswara Kumaran ShanmugamProfessor HODM.D
Dr. Manikandan SAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Sivatha BAssistant ProfessorM.D
Dr. Karthick Narayanasamy RajeshwariSenior ResidentM.D

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Neurosurgery · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Pallavan PanchatsharamAssociate ProfessorM.Ch
Dr. Ganeshkumar RajendrakumarAssistant ProfessorM.Ch
Dr. Sathishkumar GAssistant ProfessorM.Ch
Dr. Raveendra Reddy SanguAssistant ProfessorM.Ch

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Dentistry · roster
NameRoleQualification
Dr. Appadurai RProfessorM.D.S
Dr. Balachandar KAssistant ProfessorM.D.S
Dr. Vasanthakumar VanmathiAssistant ProfessorM.D.S
Dr. R P VaralakshmiAssistant ProfessorM.D.S
Dr. Kavitha KSenior ResidentM.D.S

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Evidence context: existing college material reviewed 2026-09-24. Added institutional context reviewed 15 October 2026. Individual tables retain their own source years; no new historical series is implied.

Understanding the qualification and evidence

01

Understand the teaching institution behind the course title

Affiliation identifies an academic relationship. Those institutional facts help place the medical programme in context, but they do not provide a current list of teachers or the number of filled posts. A verified teaching roster would need its own dated institutional disclosure, with departments and roles stated clearly. This update does not invent a dean name, headcount or student–teacher ratio. It can still explain the kinds of academic work a medical student needs to understand: foundational teaching, laboratory learning, clinical instruction, assessment and support with progress.

02

Anatomy and physiology address different scientific questions

Anatomy concerns the structure and relationships of the body, while physiology examines how its systems function. For a beginning medical learner, the distinction helps explain why different teaching activities can be needed. A structural explanation, a demonstration and an interpretation of function do not ask the student to do exactly the same thing. A prospective student can ask how their batch's formal teaching and supervised practical sessions are organised. The useful faculty enquiry is about how learning is supported, not just how many names appear in a list. It also helps separate the role of a scientific department from approval for a postgraduate qualification in that subject.

03

Laboratory teaching involves process as well as a correct answer

Subjects associated with laboratory learning introduce ways to observe, handle information, recognise limitations and communicate findings. A student's work in a teaching laboratory is different from an independent professional report in a clinical service. A useful discussion with the academic office can identify which learning arrangements belong to the named programme and batch. This page does not certify a current equipment inventory, unrestricted laboratory access or a particular supervisor. It explains why the teaching process, practical organisation and feedback are meaningful questions when comparing an academic setting.

04

Clinical instruction and hospital staffing are related but different

The existence of a hospital connection does not by itself reveal how a student's clinical teaching is scheduled, who supervises a particular activity or how competence is assessed. A hospital staff figure, if one were published, also would not necessarily equal the teaching-faculty total. Administrative, clinical, technical and academic roles can serve different purposes. A prospective student should therefore ask about the educational arrangement for their qualification rather than turn a service directory into a staff–student ratio. An intake reference and a service inventory each measure something different from a dated institutional teaching roster.

05

Academic support is more useful when its process is clear

A student may need help with a difficult subject, practical preparation, assessment feedback or an uncertainty about the next stage of study. Those are different needs, and they may involve different academic contacts. A useful enquiry asks how the college directs a learner to the appropriate person and how progress-related questions are addressed for their batch. It is an explanation of what a practical teaching-support enquiry can establish. The public profile does not need to publish private staff numbers or personal contact details to be helpful. The institutional academic office can identify the authorised route for a specific programme-related question.

06

Compare teaching evidence without creating a popularity score

A dated roster can identify professional names, qualifications and roles. A timetable can show an academic arrangement. A research publication can describe a defined piece of work. A student review may describe one person's experience. These records should not be compressed into an unsupported teaching-quality number. A learner comparing colleges can focus on the programme they intend to join and the form of teaching evidence available. No professor rating, endorsement or faculty achievement is invented to lengthen this page, and an academic title alone is not treated as a guarantee of an individual student's learning experience.

07

Language of instruction and academic communication

A language-of-instruction statement can be useful to a prospective learner, but it does not establish how every individual discussion, practical demonstration or patient interaction is conducted. A student can ask how their batch receives course information, written instructions and academic feedback. Those are concrete learning questions rather than a judgement about a teacher based on language alone. The record also should not be used to assume that a student has already developed the communication skills needed for clinical learning. Building an explanation, asking for clarification and discussing uncertainty are parts of academic participation that remain important alongside understanding the scientific material.

Related educational context

01

Read professional roles without turning them into a headcount claim

An academic directory can list names, qualifications and positions, but those fields need their document period and institutional context. A hospital-service role, an administrative role and a teaching appointment are not necessarily the same category. A reader should therefore avoid counting every clinician mentioned in a service document as a member of a verified current faculty roster. The institution’s MBBS intake also cannot supply the missing staffing number. The profile keeps that headcount unverified while explaining how a dated institutional disclosure could be read. The purpose is to identify what a record actually establishes, rather than produce a student–teacher ratio from two unrelated figures that happen to appear under the college's name.

02

Ask how a learning task receives feedback

A student can learn from understanding what an academic task is intended to develop and how their work is reviewed. Written explanations, practical observations and discussions can reveal different aspects of learning. The relevant arrangement belongs to the actual qualification and batch, not to a general description of medical education. A prospective learner can ask how progress questions are directed to the appropriate academic contact and how feedback is communicated. This page does not assign a this institution mentor or certify a particular remedial timetable. It explains a useful way to investigate teaching support without relying on a long name list as though the list alone described the student's educational experience.

03

Understand research as a defined learning activity

A research interest becomes more concrete when the learner can describe a question, a feasible scope and the kind of methodological help needed. A publication by someone associated with an institution would not, on its own, establish that a supervisor is available for every new student project. The relevant academic process and any applicable review requirements need to be understood through the authorised institution. No this institution project, award or research appointment is created in this update. The educational point is that developing a question, seeking supervision and completing a piece of work are separate stages. They should not be combined into an unsupported claim about a college's output or an individual learner's opportunity.

04

Use the institutional contact process for a specific academic question

A prospective student does not need a private staff telephone number to ask a useful course-related question. The enquiry can identify the qualification, batch and issue, such as the appropriate office for a practical-learning or progress matter. The institution can then direct it through its authorised process. A public profile should not invent a personal contact or imply that a named professional has agreed to advise the reader. This keeps academic research distinct from an unsolicited approach to an individual. It also supports clearer answers: the question concerns an actual programme and need, rather than an undefined request for every teacher's opinion or a fabricated endorsement of the college.

Updated 30 October 2026. Figures retain the document periods stated beside them.

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