1. SIRKALI

7. E.R.HIGH SCHOOL
St.JOSEPH’S COLLEGE

8. RANK HOLDER
INITIALLY WISHED TO
JOIN THE ICS
1938 JOINED MBBS –
MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE

9. BEST OUT GOING STUDENT
JOHNSTONE GOLD MEDAL
1943

10. Great Surgical Teachers
Lt Col G R McRobert
Prof N S Narasimha Iyer

14. FRCS IN 6 WEEKS !!!
DELIVERED THE
PRESTIGIOUS
“MOYNIHAN LECTURE
1991

15. TRYST WITH NEUROSURGERY
Two roads diverged in the wood and I---
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference
Robert Frost

16. TRYST WITH NEUROSURGERY
January 1949
Newcastle upon Tyne
U K
G F ROWBOTHAM

17. VISITS TO CANADA, US AND
EUROPE IN 1950

18. STARTING OF NEUROSURGERY
Service
October 24th 1950
Vijayadasami
Unit of
Prof.Sangam Lal ,
Professor of
Surgery

20. Surgical Milieu in the 50s
Many amongst the staff of
the
general surgical department
who
helped and encouraged

21. Neurosurgery was separated from
the Department of
General Surgery
3 years later
with the creation of the post of
Lecturer in
Neurosurgery

27. THE MADRAS SCHOOL OF STEREOTAXY

39. PROUD TO BE A BRIGADIER

42. 1978

43. 1991

45. FEBRUARY 2003

49. Hony President of the WFNS with the
First Lady

51. PUBLIC EDUCATION

53. A SUPERB TEACHER

54. NATIONAL BOARD OF
EXAMINATIONS
Was the President and Vice-President
for many years
Tried hard to get the Royal Colleges
to recognise the NBE as equal

55. RESEARCH

59. DEEPLY RELIGIOUS

64. LOVED TO USE HIS CAMERA

71. HUMOUR