Rajagopalan Krishnan


Rajagopalan Krishnan Vaidyan was an Indian ayurvedic practitioner from the Indian state of Kerala and the president of the Association of Ayurvedic Physicians of Kerala.

Early life and education

He was born in a family of traditional physicians to M. P. Krishnan Vaidyan and P. Kalyanikutty Amma, both practitioners of Ayurveda, and is a graduate of modern medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, which he passed with first rank from the Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram. Krishnan, who started his career at his family clinic and later worked at the Panchakarma Clinic in Cheruthuruthi, maintained his practice at his clinic in Kollam.

Associations

He was associated with many healthcare institutions in Kerala such as

Awards

He was honored by the Government of India in 2003, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award, Padma Shri.