Padma Shree Kurudamannil Abraham Abraham is an Indian interventional cardiologist and a medical writer. He is a former Chief Cardiologist at the Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai, and Chief Medical Director of the Southern Railways, where he worked for 25 years.
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Aleyamma Kuruvilla, who was the Dean of CMC’s College of Nursing from 1961 to 1979, was the first Indian to hold that position in the institution. In 1981, the nursing section of the Directorate General of Health Services recognised her outstanding contributions to the nursing profession and awarded her with the ‘National Award for Nursing Personnel – 1981’. The Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) conferred on her the Dr. D. W. Mategoankar Award for her outstanding services in the healing ministry, in 2009.
Ms. Kuruvilla, was born on 7th February, 1922 and hails from Eraviperoor, Kerala. After schooling she did B.A in Zoology from the Women’s Christian College, Chennai and worked as a teacher in a high school in Kerala, She joined Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1944 to undergo General Nursing and Midwifery training and went on to pursue B.A Sociology from Indore and M.A in Nursing Education from Columbia University, USA.
She worked in many capacities in the Nursing services and in the School of Nursing. She taught nursing subjects
and sociology. She held various administrative positions as Deputy Nursing Superintendent, Assistant Dean and as the Dean from 1961 to 1979.She was responsible for reorganising the nursing services introducing the integration of nursing service and nursing education.She was instrumental in starting the Post Diploma programme in Nursing, Post Certificate B.Sc. Nursing and M.Sc. Nursing programme.
Besides her contribution to nursing within the institution, she introduced the semester system in the basic B.Sc. Nursing programme and was instrumental in initiating the Board of studies in Nursing in Madras University. She held the position of President of Trained Nurses Association of India and as the first Nurse President of Christian Medical Association (CMAI), President and Secretary of Board of Nursing education, South India Branch, Nurses league of CMAI. She had contributed immensely to nursing education in the Universities of Madras, Bombay, Kerala, Bangalore and in the Indian Nursing Council.
She retired from CMC in 1982 but continued to contribute to nursing education working in various capacities in mission hospitals. She was bestowed CMC’s Alumni Award in 2003 for her contributions to the Alumni Association and for the welfare and image of nurses in the society.
Ms. Aleyamma Kuruvilla was an eminent nurse educator, efficient administrator, authentic leader and developer of people. Her contributions brought immense value for the growth of nursing education in India. Humility, service and commitment are some of her outstanding characteristics that one observes from her life.

Ajit Varki, physician scientist and distinguished professor of medicine and cellular and molecular medicine is co-director of the Glycobiology Research and Training Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and co-director of the UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA).
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Anna Gupta trained at CMC first as a nurse, and then a mid-wife. She was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus, and subsequently was a recipient of the prestigious Clark Award, for outstanding voluntary service to the University of Windsor. Anna worked at the University for many years, going on to become the Director of the School of Nursing for two terms.
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Ashok Dyalchand, who has been campaigning for equal rights for girl children and against child marriage, for four decades now, received the World’s Children’s Prize, known as the Children’s Nobel Prize, for the year 2019.
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Binayak Sen is an Indian paediatrician, public health specialist and activist. He is the recipient of several awards including the Jonathan Mann Award, and the Gandhi International Peace Award.
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Chitra Bharucha MBE is a former consultant haematologist and former vice chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She became the first woman and first South Asian (“Asian” in British English) to head the BBC.
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Dayalan Devanesan worked as Director of Aboriginal Health in Australia & was awarded the Order of Australia as well as the Indo-Australian Award for Outstanding Achievement.
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Daleep Mukarji, the first Programme Director of CMC’s Rural Unit for Health & Social Affairs (RUHSA), was the recipient of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions as Director of Christian Aid as well as the Dr. B. C. Roy award for socio-medical relief.
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Divya Iyer IAS, currently serving as the sub-collector of the capital city of Trivandrum, Kerala, graduated from CMC.
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Ernest Lall received the Nazriya Pakistan Council 2010 Award for his service to the people of Pakistan since  September 1957.
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T Jacob John, after completing his MBBS in Trivandrum, Kerala, came over to do his DCH (Diploma in Child Health) in CMC Vellore, followed by an MRCP in Edinburgh. A recipient of the prestigious Dr. B C Roy award, he served as the chief of Virology services at CMC from 1967 to 1995. During that time, he also spent 10 years as chief of the National HIV/AIDS Reference Centre and 15 years as chief of the Centre of Advanced Research in Virology.
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Dr. Job was the earliest scientist to use electron microscope in medical research in India, which was installed at CMC-Vellore in 1963

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Gagandeep Kang, the first Indian woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London, is Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at CMC, and currently the executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.She is a leading researcher with a major research focus on viral infections in children, and the testing of rotaviral vaccines.
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Padma Shri Ganesh Kumar Mani, who passed his MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery from CMC Vellore in 1979, is an Indian cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, reported to have performed over 20,500 Coronary artery bypass surgeries. He is considered as a pioneer of a technique known as Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass with autologous blood with minimal to nil usage of homologous blood transfusion.
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Prof. Dr. George Chandy Matteethra, former Director and Head of the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, CMC Vellore has been a pioneer in the field of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation in India.

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Karna Dev Bardhan was a gastroenterologist who received the Order of the British Empire for his contributions.
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Renowned Telugu novelist who wrote about the nation’s social problems, hailing from Andhra Pradesh state in India.
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Padma Shri Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw was a prominent personality in the field of Indian medicine and played a significant role in the evolution of modern cancer care in India, and the development of effective radiation therapy.
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Padma Shri Lucy Oommen was a gynaecologist. After graduating from CMC Vellore, she joined St. Stephen’s Hospital as a surgeon in 1942 and went on to become the director of the hospital in 1961, the first Indian to become the director of the institution, and held the post till her retirement in 1988.
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Mabelle Arole, born 26 December 1935 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India is a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership along with her husband, Raj Arole for the award-winning Comprehensive Rural Health Project.
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Padma Shree Mammen Chandy was involved in the setting up of the first sustained bone marrow transplant programme in the country and also performed the first bone marrow transplant for Thalassemia in India, at CMC Vellore. He was also awarded the prestigious Dr. B.C.Roy Award in recognition of his outstanding and pioneering work in the category of ‘Eminent Medical Person’.
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Padma Shri Mary Puthisseril Verghese was a paraplegic hand surgeon who headed the country’s first department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with an inpatient facility, at CMC, and expanded its services with the establishment of India’s first inpatient rehabilitation institute.
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M. Mohan Rao, Order of Australia, performed the first kidney transplant in India.
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Dr V.I.Mathan started the Gastroenterology Clinic and gastrointestinal endoscopy services in 1974. In 1977, he established a formal teaching course leading to an exam – first with the National Academy of Sciences and later with Madras University. Dr George Kurian, who joined the department in 1977, was the first student.

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Nitin Verma received the Order of Australia for work among the aboriginal people.
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Rajnikant Shankarrao Arole, who was born in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra State, India to school teacher parents, received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1979. He also received the Padma Bhushan and the Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice.
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Ramesh V Penumaka or P V Ramesh, as he is generally known, has been the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) on the Board of REC (formerly, the Rural Electrification Corporation) since January 5, 2017. Prior to joining REC, Dr. Ramesh was the Special Chief Secretary and State Development Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh Government, apart from being the Ex-Officio Special Chief Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister. Dr. Ramesh graduated as a physician from CMC Vellore.
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Gynaecologist who was voted Asian Woman of the Year 2006 (Asian Achievers Awards, UK).
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Padma Shri Stanley John is an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon who was one of the pioneers of cardiothoracic surgery in India. Apart from the Padma Shree, he has also received the esteemed Dr. B. C. Roy award.
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