K. GANAPATHY M.Ch.(Neurosurgery), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D is a Past President of the Telemedicine Society of India. former Secretary and Past  President of the  Neurological Society of India, former Secretary of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery , Past President of the Indian Society of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery. Formerly Adjunct Professor, at the IIT Madras, & Anna University he is currently  Emeritus Professor at the Dr MGR Tamilnadu Medical University, Chennai. Dr. Ganapathy was formerly Honorary Consultant and Advisor in Neurosurgery Armed Forces Medical Services. In 1990 he became the first in South Asia to get a Ph.D in neuro-imaging.  He is Member of the Editorial Board of  5 International and 3 National Journals in Neurosciences and was the first neurosurgeon from South Asia  to be formally trained in  Stereotactic radiosurgery in 1995 and later in Robotic Radiosurgery in 2008. He is on the editorial board of the American Telemedicine Associational journal and other telemedicine journals.   He was a   Member of the National Task Force on Telemedicine. He started the first formal   Certificate course on Telehealth Technology,  in conjunction with the Anna University. Mentor for MBA scholars from Harvard Business School Yale University and renowned Indian universities During the last 43 years presented 488  papers in national conferences and 174 in International meetings. He has published  about 225 scientific papers &  16 chapters in books, besides about 70 articles in “The Hindu”. On the Board of Directors  of the Apollo Telemedicine Networking  Foundation, the largest and oldest multi-specialty Telemedicine network in South Asia and Apollo Telehealth Services. Member of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council    reviewing research projects for funding. Chairman of scientific committee, of  nine annual international conferences on “Transforming Healthcare with ICT’. Columbia Universityselected ATNF to demonstrate global best practices.