FOUNDER
Dr. PTR Thiaga Rajan, MLA
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.
EXECUTIVE CO-ORDINATOR
Dr. S. Aravindan
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
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.
Puhazh Gandhi P
Puhazh Gandhi P – is a New York University educated international lawyer and a qualified UK solicitor having practiced in various parts of the world. Completed his M.Phil in International law from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and was a gold medallist in LL.B program from Kerala University. A strong ideologue on ‘social justice’ and was a former expert advisor for Judge H E Rene Blattmann at the International Criminal Court, The Hague and has extensively worked on cases at World Trade Organization, Geneva. He runs a law firm based out of Chennai, India. Have been part of a number of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Tamil Nadu.