Commonly known by the name of Arimalam mani Iyer, which is actually the name of his father Subramaniyan, Shri. Ramakrishnan was born on the year of 1917. He belonged to a lineage of Siddha physicians. It was customary to learn from the parents. His father was his guru. He established himself as a reputed Siddha physician at Arimalam, a small village in pudhukottai district. This year 2017 falls to be his centennial; birth anniversary. It has been decided to instill an award in his name for excellence in contribution of Indian system of medicine.
Award was decided on feedback and assessment from ground level. Few genuine contributors were short listed from both Siddha and Ayurveda system of medicines. Tamil Nadu residence/ origin was decided as an important criteria for the award. Dr. Thiru Narayanan ,Dr. L. Mahadevan, Dr. Sri Ram, Dr. Siva Raman were the final shortlisted names. After careful discussion, we are happy and proud to inform that the inaugural 2017 edition 'Arimalam Ramakrishna vaithiyar award for excellence in Indian medicine' shall be given to Siddha physician Dr. Thiru Narayanan.
Award function will be held at Arimalam, in the presence of various important personalities, on july 15 th of 2017.
Profile of Dr. Thiru Narayanan
Dr.T.Thirunarayanan, an alumnus of the Govt. Siddha Medical College, has 28 years of experience in different spheres of Indian Systems of Medicine including teaching, training, clinical and industrial research.