Professor T. Gopinathan

Thekkepat Gopinathan was the former Director and Professor and Head of the department of dermatology and venereology, Government Medical College, Calicut. Due to his hard work and dedication, the department of dermatology of Calicut Medical College grew step by step and became a postgraduate training center in the year 1972. He was the recipient of many awards that included Dr. Ambady Oration Award (1980), American Academy Award (1983), Indian Medical Association (IMA) AMS Award (1982), Fellow Madras Medical College Award (1985), Best Doctor Award, Calicut IMA (1997), and Prof. K. C. Kandhari Foundation Award (2001). He was the National President of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists and had been the Honorary Secretary and President of Calicut, IMA. Professor T. Gopinathan was one of the main persons who took initiative in implementing the idea of starting an online journal as he felt that there was a need for better “group-specific communication” among the growing number of young practicing dermatologists in India. This idea later materialized as the Indian Dermatology Online Journal. The legend that he is, he will be remembered and revered by all who ever interacted with him.