P. V. A. Mohandas

Pakkiam Vaikundam Arulanandam Mohandas is an Indian orthopedic surgeon from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.^[2] He is the founder^[3] and Mentor of Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, known as MIOT Hospital.^[4] He is a former assistant professor of Orthopedics at Stanley Medical College and former professor at Madras Medical College and Kilpauk Medical College, three of the known medical institutions in Chennai.^[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.^[6][7] He is married to Mallika who is the chairman of the MIOT Hospitals.^{[citation needed]}