Research and Teaching

• Ph.D research on yapparunkala viruthi -research and published (1987 – 1992)
• Yappu in folklore songs. (Research funded by UGC)
• Varmakkalai – utkoorugal (Research funded by UGC)

17 M.Phil and 4 Ph.d Researches has been guided by me.

University level contributions

• Bharathiyar university, Coimbatore.
• Manonmaniyam sundranar University, Nellai
• Madurai Kamarajar University, Madurai.
• Bharathithasan University, Trichi.
• Periyar university, Salem
• Chennai University, Chennai.
• Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Manipal academy for higher education- medicine, Karnataka.
• Jawaharlal Nehru University, Newdelhi.

I have trained more than 5000 multi specialist doctors and 5000 non doctors in the field of varmam.

Students who have trained under me are from various states of the country.

• Tamilnadu
• Kerala
• Pondicherry
• Andhra
• Telangana
• Karnataka
• Orissa
• Gujarat
• Madhya Pradesh
• Punjab
• Chhattisgarh
• Bihar
• Haryana
• Uttar Pradesh
• Assam
• Kashmir
• Himachal Pradesh
• Maharashtra

And from various other states the doctors learnt and practicing Varmam

Doctors from foreign countries such as

• America
• England
• Australia
• Uganda
• Arabia
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• German
• France
• Japan
• Srilanka

and various other countries had learnt trained and are practicing varmam.

Work Shop

• Teaching varmam to the doctors of Tamilnadu government hospitals and doctors practicing Indian medicine. (G.O)
• Colloborated with DRDO on the research of Mani varmam
• Ayurveda
• Ministry of ayush