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31, Ormes Road, Kilpauk, Chennai 10, Email: [email protected] and [email protected] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veeraswamy-Seshiah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veeraswamy_Seshiah Biography of Prof Dr.V. Seshiah Prof V Seshiah, MD, FRCP. D.Sc (Hony). D.Sc (Hony), D.Sc (Hony). An illustrious Journey of a distinguished diabetologist Prof V Seshiah, Honorary Distinguished Professor for Life, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. Tamilnadu. Entered his 80th year on 10th March 2017 (now 83 yr). Prof Seshiah is a visionary, an astute clinician, a teacher of par excellence, and revered as the Father of Diabetology in India. One must know the length and depth of his work as an author and authority in diabetes, especially gestational diabetes. Day by day, year by year, and decade by decade, his work on diabetes has continuously enlightened clinicians. Path-breaking evidence became the source of guidance and reference not only in practice but also in policy decisions. His topics span all diabetes, especially hyperglycemia in pregnancy, epidemiology, and therapeutics. He is always entirely up to date. Prof Veeraswamy Seshiah was born in Perambur, North Chennai, Tamilnadu, on 10th March 1938 to Mr. V V Veeraswamy and Mrs. Bavanamma (a person with an aura of gold appearance). Prof Seshiah’s father was in Railways, and his mother was a homemaker. Other family members were his elder brother, Prof Dr. V Perumal, and a younger sister, Ms. Gajalaxshmi. His brother served as Director of Drug Control in Tamil Nadu, and his sister has been a housewife. The family lived at (Madras) Chennai throughout. Prof Seshiah, in his childhood, had been a frank and obedient child. Remembering an unforgettable incident, he said he met with an accident when he was five years old. They were asked to vacate and move out of Madras during the Second World Wartime to a village near Tindivanam. Once, he fell when he had a joy ride on a bullock cart with his playmates. His head came under the cart’s wheel, and it was a massive tearing of skin and scalp. It took months to recover from that injury, and that big scar is still present on the right lateral side of his scalp. Humorously, he said that he became very brilliant after that accident! After his intermediate, his father wanted him to do engineering because his elder brother was already in medicine, but he could not get through. His elder brother asked him to appear for Medicine and Engineering the second time. This time, he was cleared for medicine, and his brother backed him to do Medicine only; he says he was destined to do therapy. He joined the Madras Medical College in 1957, and this year, he will celebrate his Diamond Jubilee. In 1962, during the Chinese war, there was a shortage of volunteers joining the army; Prof. Seshiah volunteered to join the Indian army as a Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps. In 1963, he became captain and was posted as a medical officer for the 1/3 Gurka battalion and then for the 7th Bihar infantry battalion in Jammu and Kashmir. In 1965, he took part in the Indo-Pak war at “Uri­ Poonch” Bulge, J&K. In recognition of his service in the war theatre, he was awarded two prestigious awards: “SAMAR SEVA STAR 1965″ AND” SAINYA SEVA MEDAL “with clasp Himalayas. Qualifications Year University M. B. B. S 1963 Madras university M.D (Gen Med) 1973 Madras university D.Sc (Hony) 1987 Colombo university FRCP 2008 Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow D.Sc (Hony) 2008 The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai D.Sc (Hony) 2016 Bharath University Professional Experience March 1963-1967 Armed Forces Medical Services March 1967-1970 Asst Surgeon, Govt Chest Institute March 1970-1972 Postgraduate in Medicine April 1972- 1973 April Asst Surgeon, Govt. Kilpauk Medical College & Hospital, Chennai May 1973- 1976 Feb Asst Prof of Medicine, Kilpauk Medical College & Hospital, Chennai   Feb 1976- 1978 Nov Asst Prof of Medicine & Diabetology Madras Medical College and Govt Gen Hospital, Chennai Nov 1978-1981 May Reader in Diabetology, Madras Medical College, Diabetologist, Govt Gen Hospital, Chennai. May 1981- 1991 Sep Prof of Diabetology, Madras Medical College, Diabetologist, Govt Gen Hospital, Chennai. Aug 1986- 2009 Feb Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Nov 1991- 1996       Emeritus Professor, Dept of Diabetology, Madras Medical College. Present Designation  Founder, Dr. Balaji Diabetes Care Center, and Dr V Seshiah Diabetes Research Institute                Recognitions RECOGNITIONS: He is a pioneer in the field of Diabetes in Pregnancy. In recognition of his work, he has been invited as a speaker/expert member of national and international scientific bodies.