Government & Public Service
Eminent administrators, policymakers and public servants
Bharat Ratna Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Former President of India · Chairman, DRDA & Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister of India
Scientist, Visionary and the "People's President" — one of India's most celebrated recipients of the KG Foundation Award.
Dr. B. Ramamurthy
President, World Federation of Neuro Surgery & Dean, Madras Medical College
Mr. T.S. Bhattacharyya
Managing Director, State Bank of India
Mr. Madhavan Nair
Chairman, ISRO & Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India
Mr. Vivek Kulkarni
Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Karnataka
Mr. Subir Raha
CMD, ONGC
Mr. M.B.N. Rao
Chairman, Canara Bank
Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
Chairman, Indian Bank
Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian
Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi
Prof. Dr. A. Rajasekaran
President, National Board of Examinations
Dr. Justice A.R. Lakshmanan
Chairman, Law Commission of India & Supreme Court Judge
Dr. Bipin Batra
Executive Director, National Board of Examinations, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr. Girdhar J. Gyani
Director-General, Association of Healthcare Providers (India)
Dr. J. Amalorpavanathan
Convenor, Cadaver Transplant Programme, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Shantha Ram
Vice Chancellor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
Dr. K. Tamilmani
Director General, DRDO, Bangalore
Ambassador T.P. Sreenivasan
Indian Foreign Service Officer
Dr. Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi
Chairman, Experience Foundation · 30 years, UNIDO, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. C. Amarnath
Professor & Head of Radiology, Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai
Professor A. Rajagopal
Head, Indian Statistical Institute
Sri. Dr. J. Radhakrishnan, IAS
Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu
Educationists & Social Leaders
Chancellors, vice-chancellors, spiritual leaders and legal luminaries
Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy
Chancellor, Annamalai University
Dr. G. Viswanathan
Chancellor, VIT University, Vellore
Dr. P. Venkat Rangan
Vice Chancellor, Amrita University
Dr. T.R. Pachamuthu
Chancellor, SRM University, Chennai
Dr. Adikesavalu
Trustee, Balaji Temple, Tirupati · Vice Chancellor, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences
Rajyogi B.K. Mruthyunjaya
Brahma Kumaris, Mount Abu
Shri. Mithreshiva
Founder, Dhakshina Foundation
Mr. T.S. Raghavendran
Eminent Advocate in Income Tax Laws
Industrialists & Business Leaders
Entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and philanthropists from India's premier institutions
Mrs. Sudha Narayana Murty
Infosys Foundation · Renowned Philanthropist, Author and Social Worker
A towering figure in Indian philanthropy, recognised by the KG Foundation for her transformative contributions to education and healthcare.
Mr. N. Ram
The Hindu
Mr. R.K. Krishna Kumar
Vice Chairman, Tata Sons
Mr. Sankar Annaswamy
Managing Director, IBM India Limited
Mr. Nandan M. Nilekani
Co-Chairman, Infosys · Founding Chairman, UIDAI (Aadhaar)
Mr. Athimoolam Naidu
Chairman, Augustan Group of Companies, USA
Mr. R. Vijayakumhar
Managing Trustee, SNR Sons Charitable Trust
Mr. Ragavan Dhandapany
Vice President (Sales & Marketing), Siemens AG
Mr. Kamal D. Shah
Co-Founder & Director, NephroPlus, Hyderabad
Mr. Vikram Vuppala
Founder & CEO, NephroPlus, Hyderabad
Mr. Sandeep Gudibanda
Co-Founder & Director of BD, NephroPlus, Hyderabad
Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman
Founder & CEO, Matrimony.com
Eminent Doctors — India
Pioneering clinicians, surgeons and hospital leaders from across India
Padma Vibhushan Dr. Prathap C. Reddy
Chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals · Founder of Modern Corporate Healthcare in India
Widely regarded as the architect of India's private healthcare revolution — a beacon of medical entrepreneurship and patient-centred care.
Prof. B. Soma Raju
Chairman, CARE Hospital
Dr. Sudhansu Bhattacharyya
Cardiac Surgeon, Mumbai
Dr. Anil Tendolkar
Cardiovascular Surgeon, Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai
Dr. K.S. Iyer
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi
Dr. Ramakanta Panda
Cardiovascular Surgeon, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai
Dr. Anil Kumar
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Narayana Hrudayalaya
Dr. Manish R. Pandya
Prof. & HOD (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), CU Shah Medical College, Gujarat
Dr. Manish Agarwal
Consultant Orthopaedic Oncologist, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai
Dr. Mohan M. Rajapurkar
Director PG Studies & Research, Dept. of Nephrology, Muljibhai Urological Hospital, Nadiad, Gujarat
Dr. Bidhan Das
Managing Director, Octavo Solutions Pvt. Ltd. & Chairman, Technical Committee of NABH
Doctors from Abroad
International medical luminaries from USA, Japan, South Africa, Sri Lanka & beyond
Dr. Christian Barnard
World-Famous Heart Transplant Surgeon · South Africa
Performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967 — a defining moment in the history of medicine. An extraordinary honour for KG Foundation to recognise this legend.
Prof. Dr. Tetsuo Kanno
President, World Federation of Neurological Surgeons, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Laligam N. Sekhar
Neurosurgeon, Washington State, USA
Dr. V. Jeevanandam
Cardiac Transplant Surgeon, University of Chicago, USA
Dr. Krishnan Suthanthiran
President, Best Medical Foundation, Kentucky, USA
Dr. Shivakumara Palaiahnakote
Visiting Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Computer System & IT, University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Ram Mohan Vadapalli
Head, MR Research, Asiri Surgical Hospitals, Colombo, Sri Lanka