The restless Dr. A Velumani, the Thyrocare acquisition, and the future of diagnostics
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Toss a strand of hair and trap a mountain! If you gain you gain a mountain. Or else you lose just a strand of hair. The legend that is Dr. Velumani The journey begins in a small village in Tamil Nadu. A boy is incentivized to go to the government school driven by the mid-day meal scheme. Back home his mother supports a family of 5 children from the income she makes from her two buffaloes. What the young boy lacked in resources however, he more than made up for in confidence and drive. At the age of 20, he came to Bombay (now Mumbai), got a job at BARC, got his PhD while working with the firm, and left the firm after 15 years of service to begin his own business.
The restless Dr. A Velumani, the Thyrocare acquisition, and the future of diagnostics
The restless Dr. A Velumani, the Thyrocare…
The restless Dr. A Velumani, the Thyrocare acquisition, and the future of diagnostics
Toss a strand of hair and trap a mountain! If you gain you gain a mountain. Or else you lose just a strand of hair. The legend that is Dr. Velumani The journey begins in a small village in Tamil Nadu. A boy is incentivized to go to the government school driven by the mid-day meal scheme. Back home his mother supports a family of 5 children from the income she makes from her two buffaloes. What the young boy lacked in resources however, he more than made up for in confidence and drive. At the age of 20, he came to Bombay (now Mumbai), got a job at BARC, got his PhD while working with the firm, and left the firm after 15 years of service to begin his own business.