28 December, 2016

Remembering the beginning!

Dr. P Zachariah, former professor of Physiology at Christian Medical College was the one who conceived the idea of having an international consultation at CMC Vellore once in ten years for strategic thinking and collective engagement on priorities for the institution. 

The four such consultations have guided the institution through its different stages of development in the last four decades. 

At the fifth consultation which was held in October, Dr. Ajit Bhatt who was one of his students, while presenting a momento, said this of  his mentor, 'there are only a few people who walk with you all the way... Dr. Zac is one such rare mentors'!

I thought that was an apt tribute to him. While working at CMC, I was a regular visitor to his home. Those conversations and reflections gave a lot of insight into the early years of  mission of CMC! Dr. Zac is brilliant in generating thoughts that are wholesome, creative and pathfinding. He is active and is connected to realities as before. He writes in newspapers to create a dialogue!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)

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