Dr A. Velumani a PhDin Thyroid Chemistry , is the Founder and CMD of Thyrocare Technologies Ltd., a chain of diagnostic and preventive care laboratories. Also founded Nuclear Healthcare Ltd., a radiology diagnostics company. From a landless farmer's son to a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, he built Thyrocare into a billion-dollar behemoth with his grit, focus and discipline with more than one thousand outlets across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Middle East. His risk-appetite and deal with India's first e-pharmacy company PharmEasy in February 2021 was "for a change and better diagnostic business in B2C during the Pandemic"

HIS Contribution to Healthcare Landscape in India ;

* Made healthcare services reachable and affordable.
* His Nuclear Healthcare, Focus TB and Arogyam brands provide cancer-related images,
TB diagnosis and wellness packages respectively at half the cost.
* Gave PharmEasy an opportunity to offer numerous wellness packages directly to customers.
* Pioneered to recruit freshers only who were nowhere considered for jobs without experience. Spent Rs.3500 crore from Thyrocare sales to create jobs for youth.
* In India's battle of two waves of Covid 19, Thyrocare led from the front, processing 35,000 samples a day.
* Introduced "buffet systems" in the diagnostics field.

Laurels Brought to Dr Arokiaswamy Velumani ;

* "Pride of Kovai" Award of the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Metropolis.
* Brig. S. K. Mazumdar Memorial Award in 2001.
* A lifetime member of the society of Nuclear Medicine.

Impact Brought in the Lives of Common Indians ;

Dr. Velumani's mantra of economies of scale and "disruption of the cost, concept and speed with key focus on the customer"transformed the Healthcare World through his Diagnostics and Preventive Care. Long standing queues for tests in hospitals led him to pioneer home collection of samples, processing over nine million samples and 130 million medical tests everyday with many firsts. He transformed intimidating problems into opportunities. An acknowledged motivational speaker, his thoughtful quotes and punchlines for life ignite young minds towards disciplined entrepreneurship.