Dravidian Professional Forum

Dr. PTR Thiaga Rajan – is a third-generation politician. Grandson of  Shri P T Rajan- one of  the  founders  of  the  Justice  Party  and  a  former  Chief  Minister  of Madras Presidency and son of Shri PTR Palanivel Rajan, former minister and speaker of Tamil Nadu  Assembly. Dr Thiagarajan, a leading  economist,  is  an  MBA  from  MIT  and Doctorate from State university of New York  at  Buffalo.  Earlier,  He  was  the  Managing  Director  at  Lehman brothers and  Standard  Chartered  Bank  before  he  become  an  MLA  representing  Madurai Central Constituency.  Currently,  he  is  the  Secretary  of            DMK’s IT Wing.

Dr Aravindan, Co-founder, Executive Director & Chief Orthopedic surgeon of Kauvery Hospitals – has done his MBBS from Stanley Medical College, Chennai & Masters in Orthopedics from Gujarat Univ. and was awarded with DA Patel Gold Medal. Practiced Orthopedics surgery in world best hospitals (like Kings College Hospital, Guys and St Thomas hospital) in Ireland and UK for 15 years from 1996 to 2010. After  returning  to  India  with  the  aim  of  setting up of world class  hospital   in Chennai  and thus the Kauvery Hospital was born. The  clinical  results  they  produce  are  better  than  most of  the  hospitals and he presented the result of his comparative study  at  the British Counsel  General,  Chennai. He  has  been awarded  ‘Best Doctor’  by  Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR  Medical University and ‘Pride of Tamil Nadu 2018’ as an emerging achiever in Healthcare.

Dharanidharan S – was a  ‘Leading  for  Impact’  Fellow  at  the   University  of  Oxford.  At Oxford, he  graduated  with  an  MBA  with a  specialization in  Financial  Economics. He  is  also  an  alumnus  of  Paris  Institute  of  Political  Studies (Sciences Po) and NIT.  He  has  been  a  Youth leader and regular panelist to United Nations conferences and World   Democracy   Forum.  He  has  operated   two   successful   companies   that   aim  at  solving   some of  world’s   most   pressing   challenges,  directly   contributing  to   UN’s  Sustainable  Development Goals (UN SDGs). Recently, he has co-founded Oxford Policy Advisory  Group, to advise governments  on  Policy-making,  along  with  fellow Oxford  colleagues.   He   has   been   inclined   to  the  Dravidian movement and social justice since childhood.