Rajagopalan Krishnan Vaidyan (17 November 1932 – 10 January 2015) was an Indian ayurvedic practitioner from the Indian state of Kerala and the president of the Association of Ayurvedic Physicians of Kerala.^{[1][2][self-published source?]}

Early life and education

He was born in a family of traditional physicians to M. P. Krishnan Vaidyan and P. Kalyanikutty Amma, both practitioners of Ayurveda, and is a graduate of modern medicine (MBBS) and Ayurvedic medicine (DAM), which he passed with first rank from the Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram.^[3] Krishnan, who started his career at his family clinic and later worked at the Panchakarma Clinic in Cheruthuruthi, maintained his practice at his clinic in Kollam.^[3]

Associations

He was associated with many healthcare institutions in Kerala such as

• Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal,^[4]
• Ayurveda Pharmacy, Aluva and Ayurveda Samajam Hospitals, located at Thiruvananthapuram and Shornur, either as a consultant or as an advisor.^[3]
• He was an examiner of ayurvedic courses conducted by University of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University, University of Madras and Bharathiar University
• He also worked as the Dean of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit. He is also a member of the Central Council of Indian Medicine
• He was an advisor on Indian medicine to the Government of Kerala.^[3]

Awards

He is a recipient of Bhrihatrayee Ratna (1977) and Vaidya Vachaspati awards and has received the Fellowship from the Government of India.^[3]

He was honored by the Government of India, again in 2003, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.^[5]