Chief Physician & CEO

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Dr.B.G.Gokulan was born to Shri.K.Gopinathan Nair, a Naval officer and Smt.Bhargavi Amma, traditional healer on eyes. He did his 7 1/2 years unique course of 'Ayurvedacharya' ( BAMS) at Coimbatore Ayurveda College managed by The Ayurvedic Trust, under A.V.Ramavarier Educational Foundation of Ayurveda, in the ancient Gurukula standards

In 1988 he joined an all India network called LSPSS (Lok Swasthya Parampara Samvardhan Samithi) for the promotion of indigenous medical culture, as a research fellow and selected the field of Ophthalmology with a strong influence from his mother. Mean time he also had the opportunity to get trained under great stalwarts of Ayurveda like Brahmashree Vaidyamadhom Valiya Narayanan Namboodiri(Late) and Panditaratnam Vaidya bhooshanam Raghavan Thirumulpad by staying at their residences as their Shishya (Disciple).

Dr.Gokulan had the unique opportunity perhaps never before & after for a rigorous training under Padmabhushan Dr.S.S.Badrinath, renowned Modern Ophthalmologist of the time, at Sankara Netralaya (Unit of Medical Research Foundation) Chennai under their MS fellowship program. He was trained in all areas of sub specialties in Ophthalmology with special emphasis on diagnostics and documentation.

Exceptional Achievements

During his training under Netracharya N.V.Kuttykrishnan Nair of Niranam, Thiruvalla, in 1990, he founded a trust by inviting other philanthropists and enthusiasts in different parts of the country for the promotion of Ayurvedic Ophthalmology named Netra Foundation. In 1993 he founded  Sudarshanam Netra Chikitsalayam - for treatment and clinical research in this field of specialty at Thiruvalla Kerala, India. This was perhaps the pioneering & revitalizing effort to uplift the lost glory of Ayurvedic Ophthalmic medicine in the post independent era, thanks to the great vision of LSPSS(Lok Swasthya Parampara Samvardhan Samithi, a national network for revitalization of local health traditions in India) for their scholarship program on gurukula learning system.

Dr.Gokullan has attended number of national and international conferences on Ayurveda and traditional medicine by presenting papers on Ayurvedic Ophthalmic medicine.

In 1997 the first of it's kind eye camp in Ayurveda was conducted at Jaipur in Rajasthan for a period of 4 weeks where Dr.Gokullan treated more than 1200 patients and was rewarded for the same in a function there graced by the presence of Shri. Bali Ram Bhagat, the then governor of Rajasthan.Many regular camps are being organized at Mumbai, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) etc.

Honours & Awards

Dr.Gokulan was lifted to the post of Acharya in Netrachikitsa under Gurukula system of Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth, New Delhi, an autonomous body under dept. of AYUSH, Govt. of India to become the first (BAMS) graduate to be selected to this rank in Netrachikitsa.

Dr.B.G.Gokulan recieved Professional excellence award 2010 instituted by Mannar town JCI.

He became the first Ayurvedic graduate to receive the prestigious life Fellowship of " Ashoka Innovators" for the Public(FAIP) from United states in 1993 for the promotion of Ayurvedic Ophthalmology.

In 1999 he received a prestigious fellowship - for the promotion of deprived children in the world - called CRY (Child Relief & You, based at Chennai,Tamilnadu)

Dr.B.G.Gokullan won the zone Kamalpatra Award for outstanding career development instituted by Indian Junior Chamber for the year 1999.

Dr.Gokulan has appeared in many National & international Television channels including Discovery channel. A documentary on Honey Bees titled Mutant Bees by French Television features Honey therapy of Dr.Gokulan. He has also participated in making of the first feature film on Ayurveda "Ayurveda ,the art of being" released globally in 2002. The same was previewed in many International Film Festivals.

The Centre

Sudarshanam Netra Chikitsalayam - at Thiruvalla and the consulting centres spread over almost 8 towns and outside Kerala (Allepey, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Tripunithura, Edappilly, Alwaye, Trichur, Bengaluru & Mumbai) attracts eye patients not only from Kerala but from other parts of the country as well as abroad.

Dr.Gokullan had conducted many eye camps in the rural areas including multi specialty camps. In 1999 he conducted an innovative project in association with Thiruvalla Junior Chamber and CRY titled 'Project CRY Suraksha' launched in the schools for their comprehensive health care.

Family

Dr.B.G.Gokullan is married to Shanti and they have two children - Ashwin Shankar and Anjana Gokul.