EMINENT PLASTIC SURGEON K MATHANGI PASSED AWAY

* NOTABLE PLASTIC SURGEON DR K MATHANGI RAMAKRISHNAN PASSED AWAY ON 27TH OCTOBER 2025.

* BORN IN - 1934 

* SHE IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MADRAS (IIT MADRAS). 

* SHE  BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN FROM TAMILNADU TO GETS Mch In Plastic Surgery 

* PRESIDENT AT NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 

NOTABLE WORK - 

* SHE IS CREDITED TO DEVELOPING COST - EFFECTIVE BURN TRETMENT 

- INNOVATIVE USE OF PLACENTA TISSUE IN 1970 

AWARDS & HONOUR - 

* 2002- PADMASHRI 

* DR B C ROY AWARD 

* 2014 -  AVVAIYAR AWARD 

* 2009- The G WHITAKER INTERNATIONAL BURN PRIZE (ITALY) 

* DSC DEGREE FROM TAMILNADU 

* SUSHRUTA GOLD MEDAL