Dr G.S.K. Velu, Managing Director
A man who dreams of making India a self sufficient nation, in terms of medical technology, expertise and quality healthcare.

A first generation entrepreneur of over 22 years of experience in healthcare segment, who changed the way the medical technology and diagnostics industry works today, bringing them within the reach of medical practitioners across India.

Entrepreneurship Profile:

Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, MBA from Loyola Institute of Business Administration and a Doctorate from IBAM, Kolkata he worked with different global organizations gaining experience in medical technology.

In 1997, Trivitron was founded by Dr.Velu and tied up with several world leaders in medical technology to cater to over 20 medical specialties across India. He also established the Trivitron Medical Technology Park, South Asia’s first state-of-the-art medical technology manufacturing facility and the Trivitron Innovation Center, a center of excellence for biomedical research & development and design at IIT Madras.

A visionary, Dr. Velu changed the diagnostics field from a highly fragmented industry that served as purely backhand function, into one that plays a leading role in healthcare today. His efforts united leading diagnostics laboratories across the country under the Metropolis banner to set the highest standards of service.

His latest venture Medfort is a chain of single specialty ambulatory care hospitals across the country that will soon link some of the nation's best doctors and technicians with cutting edge technology and international accreditation ensuring that patients get the very best care while continually setting the bar higher in terms of consistent healthcare delivery.

Positions Held

Awards for his individual contribution to healthcare industry

Sameer D Saral , Director Operations
An M.Sc (Tech) in Instrumentation from BITS, Pilani, he has more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and technical service of all diagnostics products throughout the country. Earlier the Head of Technical Support Division of Ciba Corning Diagnostics / Chiron Diagnostics (South Asia region), Sameer was one of the founders of Trivitron Group and possesses enormous market knowledge of the Indian Diagnostics Industry. Sameer heads the Diagnostics division of Trivitron and also doubles as the Deputy Managing Director and official spokesperson of the group.

Prema. R - Group Financial Controller
A post-graduate in commerce and finance management with more than 20 years experience in financial accounting and management of operational accounts, she has worked with reputed Indian companies like the Butterfly Group (Home appliances), Dharani Group (Cements, Finance, Sugars and Hotels) and the K.G. Group (Textiles). She has been with Trivitron for the past 9 years.

Sameer Bhat, CEO, Trivitron Dental Technologies & Advisor, Alliance Medicorp.
An engineering graduate with post graduate diploma in marketing and international business from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies and Program on Product Policy and New Product Management from IIM-A, has an experience of over 13 years in sales and marketing of dental products.

Has developed a tremendous network in medical technology industry and built strong relationships amongst thought leaders, key influencers of trends in medical technology.

Key specialization in Dentistry, Dental implants, Bariatric & Metabolic surgery, Minimal Access Surgery and Natural Orifice Surgery. Focus areas in Trivitron Dental Technologies will gaining leadership in key dental business segments using Innovation, R&D , Manufacturing, partnerships and JVs and distribution contracts.

Has been awarded with Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) certified by J&J Business Excellence Academy, Dentist Friendly Award, 2007 by Indian Dental Research and Review for significant contribution to Dentistry and Continuing Dental Education in India.

Chandra Ganjoo - General Manager, HR & Admin.
Ms.Chandra, a Post Graduate in Business Management & International Marketing joined Trivitron in 1999.She has rich expertise in Medical Systems and Diagnostics Healthcare sector working in HR, Administration and Marketing departments. She has been strategically supporting Trivitron with proper HR endowment and deployment to achieve corporate vision and creating an edge over competition in the Medtech industry. During 12 years with Trivitron, she has been instrumental in creating a robust team of professionals across sales, service and support departments. Chandra has significant exposure in wide range of HR and administration roles including international Joint Ventures

P Perianayagam, General Manager, Customer Support
Leading a team of 100 Customer support Professionals at Trivitron Healthcare, Perianayagam has rich experience of over 23 years rendering customer support service in medical technology space in leading multinational as well as lndian medical technology companies. His experience also includes technical support, business management, service franchise operations, spare parts supply chain management, healthcare project management, construction management etc. His strength has been talent pool creation, building team, training and development and delivering high quality services at affordable cost for customer delight. He has successfully managed service business with P&L responsibility through a team of 120 professionals and over 60 application specialists across South Asian markets including Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He has also served as Project Manager for International Healthcare project under Dutch aid. At Trivitron, he is also responsible in building and supporting the Middle East and African market business initiatives.

Nitin Sawant - General Manager, Diagnostics Division
An Research Post Graduate in Biochemistry, he has worked for 10 years in Clinical Research Laboratory. Later he joined Chiron Diagnostics, USA for Nucleic Acid Diagnostics. He has also worked in Bayer Diagnostics. Nitin joined Trivitron in 2000 as National Technical Manager handling responsibility of Application and Service support for Diagnostics. Later he started handling responsibility of Product Management also. With his experience in laboratory and in various segments of diagnostics, he currently heads the Diagnostics division.

Paul Stephen, General Manager, Imaging Division
Paul has rich experience of over 23 years in healthcare industry. He has worked with one of the leading MNCs, Philips, from 2000 to 2009 holding various functions like Regional Sales Manager East, Flow products manager, Channel Manager, Business Manager ( Operation Theatre Lights), Sri Lanka country manager and Business Manager - Ultrasound. He was a part of Black Belt team on Channel Management championing channel management for Philips. He has also worked with BPL telecom for 12 years as Branch Manager Kerala and
Regional Manager - East

Ramesh Verkot, Director-Sales, Devices
A science Graduate from Bangalore University. Has about 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and Business development with pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Industry across South Asia. Started my career with pharmaceutical companies like Kopran, Ranbaxy and Emcure and then moved Medical devices industry with Boston Scientific International heading the south India business and later moved into Medtronic - Vitatron Pacemaker division heading South Asia business. Has a good understanding of Medical devices and pharmaceutical market in South Asia. Currently heads the Medical Devices division - (Markets Boston Scientific Range of cardio, CRM, Neuro and Endo products) of Trivitron.

C.G.Sriram, General Manager, Manufacturing
A graduate in Electronics & Tele Communications Engineering, from Madras University. He has over 20 years of experience in the Electronics manufacturing industry. Started his career as a Design & Development engineer with a MNC and has held various senior positions in Production & Engineering in the Healthcare Manufacturing Plant. He has rich experience in medical technology manufacturing space and has undergone Extensive training in Sanyo Electric Co Ltd Factories in Japan & Malaysia on Manufacturing.