Octogenarian physician awarded Doctorate

Thiruchirapalli

Dr G Ganapathy who retired as Joint Director of Medical Services, Government of Tamil Nadu in 1997, obtained his MBBS degree in 1964 and his MD from Madurai Medical College in 1968. He has served in the headquarters hospital of every district of his days and possesses valuable experience as a Physician. During his service as a medical Physician in NIT Tiruchy he was motivated by the research carried out in NIT, Tiruchy in the bio-medical field. He sought enrollment for the Doctoral Programme in 2015 and the senate of NIT, Tiruchy approved his candidature as a special case. Dr G Ganapathy has coupled his vast experience in the medical field with the latest Engineering Tools, viz., Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks and developed predictive tools for health care. Dr G Ganapathy converted his research experience and the urge for learning into an interdisciplinary work.