Board
Dr. M.V.B. Latha, MBBS., DNB (OPTH)
Chairman
Experience: 24 Years
Ophthalmologist
Dr. K. Ramakrishnan, DPM.,FIPS
Managing Director & Chief Psychiatrist
Experience: 29 years
Consultant Psychiatrist
Managing Director – Athma Hospitals and Research
Chairman – Athma Special School
Executive Secretary – Shanthivanam Home for Homeless Mentally ill
Convenor – National Task Force on Persons with Disability certification, Indian Psychiatric Society
President -2020-2021 Indian Psychiatric Society, South Zone Branch
President 2014 – Indian Psychiatric Society, Tamilnadu State Branch
Patron Member – Indian Red Cross Society.
Advisory member – District Mental Health Committee.
Consultant – Prison & Juvenile Homes.
Resource Person – District Mental Health Program.
Through DNB- Psychiatry programme he and his institute have produced 10 psychiatrists to the society.
Neuro Psychiatry,
Child psychiatry,
Community psychiatry,
Geriatric psychiatry,
De-addiction and Psycho Social Rehabilitation.
-SAMUGA SEVAMANI AWARD for outstanding service in Mental Health by Holiness Kanchi Acharya.
-Dr. V.K.R. AWARD for Humanitarian Services Rendered to the society.
-ACHARYA AWARD.
-HEROES OF REHABILITATION AWARD by World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation.
-Fr. TRIEST (BELGIUM) AWARD for service to mentally ill.
-AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for serving mentally ill by the Collector of Karur – 2019.
-AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for serving persons with disabilities for more than 2 decades by the Collector of Karur- 2020.
-BEST DOCTOR AWARD by Doctors Association for Social Equality, Chennai.
-Honored by American Association for Social Advancement in India (AASAI), Boston, USA.
-Dr. M.S. ASHRAF DOCTORS’ DAY AWARD – 2019 by Indian Medical Association, Trichy.
-AWARD of Excellence by Business People Forum, Trichy.
-Honored by Lion clubs, Rotary Clubs, NGOs, WEAT and many more organizations.
Athma Monthly Issue
Psychiatry- Made Easy
Mental Health Awareness Guide
Suicide Prevention & Awareness Article
Neuro Psychiatry,
Child psychiatry,
Community psychiatry,
Geriatric psychiatry,
De-addiction and Psycho Social Rehabilitation,
OCD,
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Morbid jealousy in Alcohol Dependence
Consultant Psychiatrist for TRUST Shanthivanam
Add. Secretary- Indian Psychiatric Society- South Zonal Branch
Secretary of Indian Psychiatric Society- TN Chapter
Past president of Trichy Association of Psychiatrists,
Secretary of Indian Psychiatric Society – South Zone
Co-author of Psychiatry Made Easy Book
Dr. N. Arunkumar, MD., DNB (Psy)
Director & Consultant Psychiatrist
Experience: 17 Years
Dr.M. Sridhar , MBBS., DPM
Director& Consultant Psychiatrist
Experience: 15 years