Sunday 18 September 2016

Velumani, Journey of a Scientist to Entrepreneur


A.Velumani is the MD and CEO of Thyrocare Technologies Limited.  He started  his life from a  farmer family.  Velumani marked his signature in healthcare sector.  He started this company with 2 lakhs.  Now it is a 3,300 crores company with IPO as equipped strength.  He is an inspiration for healthcare based entrepreneurs.  Though we know many stories about e-commerce startup heroes and family business icons.  He is different by throwing his Baba atomic research Centre job, started his entrepreneurship journey. 

Beginning of his career, he struggled to get job because lacking of English skill.   He believes in knowledge of candidate rather than language skill.  This is the reason he gives more preference to fresh candidates in his concern.  Presently thyrocare has a network of more than 700 franchises that conduct more than 20,000 investigations daily.  But its laboratory locates in Navi Mumbai.  This confidence and ideology brought success in this industry.   It conducts medical diagnostic investigations to detect various disorders, including thyroid disorders, growth disorders, metabolism disorders, infertility, and various infectious diseases.

He holds graduation in Science from the University of Madras and post-graduation in Science from the University of Bombay.  He also holds a doctorate in philosophy (science) from the University of Bombay.

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