Growing up in difficult circumstances, Dr. Ganesan used education as a tool to up-skill himself owing to which his research work has been cited in 500  publications to date.  Speaking from his expertise of 45 years as a former scientist and director at UGC-DAE, he sheds light on the unique attributes of Medicaps University.

Dr. V. Ganesan is the Dean of Research Affairs at Medicaps University, Indore. Earlier, he served in the capacity of a Scientist and Former Center-Director at UGC-DAE CSR Indore.

A physicist, Dr. Ganesan conducts his research in a variety of material science subjects including Superconductivity, Low Temperatures and Cryogenics, and Scanning Microscopy.

Ever since joining Medicaps University, Dr. Ganesan has been working on enhancing the quality of research at the institute. He shares that the university has 18+ departments engaged in high-quality research with their 900+ research papers published in reputed journals. Medicaps University offers a variety of research schemes for young students and faculty members to foster research and development.

These schemes include research fellowships and externally-funded projects from institutions like MPCST Bhopal, the DST, and ACRP. The university has collaborated with 100+ institutions across India, and encourages students from different demographic regions to conduct research at their laboratory. Dr. Ganesan feels Medicaps University is fortunate to be surrounded by premium institutions like the IIT-IIM Indore, and UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research - CSR.

Dr. Ganesan also shares that Medicaps also has a technology-enabled centre funded by the DST, and a Ramanujan Fellow working with them, something they feel proud of. He envisions state-of-the-art research facilities for his students in the coming years in the fields of Management, Basic Sciences, Engineering, and other research areas.

Dr. Ganesan shares that they do research across all branches of engineering especially Computer Science, Electrical, Civil and Mechanical engineering. Their PhD program has over 300 research scholars and 30 students have already completed their PhDs. The program sheds light on Research Methodology and Intellectual Property Rights while following the New Education Policy of the government. Dr. Ganesan further mentions that the institute has an open system with easy access to research supervisors and co-supervisors. The students also present their work in conferences and workshops which gives them exposure and keeps them motivated. Furthermore, review of published literature is done and the institute has access to a good library infrastructure and anti-plagiarism software.

Since high-end sophisticated instruments are costly and cannot be provided in every department, Medicaps University has a Central Instrumentation Centre built with the intention of easy access to the technical infrastructure like 3D printing and spot welding machines. These facilities are available in the Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Civil Engineering departments. The university is also on its way to launch a technology-enabled centre and a collaboration deal with Taiwan on semiconductor fabrication.

Reflecting back to his origins, Dr. Ganesan tells us that he comes from Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu and since his ancestors were Sanskrit Pandits, they were good at Sanskrit and Tamil literature. Unfortunately, he lost his parents at a young age which also made him shift from Sanskrit to Tamil literature. Dr. Ganesan was brought up by his brothers and later he functioned independently and completed his studies at Madras University. He also worked at IIT Madras for a brief period.

In his early life, Dr. Ganesan studied in villages near Kanchipuram and later in Chennai, where he got an exposure to how to do Physics experiments with his own hands. He credits this knowledge to his parents who also happen to be his role models. Dr. Ganesan shares that he never aspired to become a scientist, but it became possible due to the inspiration he drew from his teachers.

Dr. Ganesan grew up in difficult circumstances where even having one meal a day was a challenge. He used education as a tool to keep his standards high, giving tuitions as he excelled at mathematics. He says he did that not for money, but for survival. He started freelancing as a 15-year-old, always in search of knowledge and good teachers.

Right from his basics to doing his PhD, Dr. Ganesan has always focused on quality research owing to which he has over 500 scientific citations for which he credits his research students and friends. He remembers those exciting days of producing liquid nitrogen and liquid helium in a 24*7 facility with support of his loved ones. He feels the young enthusiastic researchers and his family have played a major role in his success. Dr. Ganesan feels that society should nurture such great minds so that they become Ramanujans of tomorrow.

Prof. Srinivasan is one of his greatest role models who inspired him to take Physics as a career. His Tamil and English teachers helped him get a command over both the languages. According to Dr. Ganesan, one should have knowledge of both humanities and science along with presentation skills. Combining hard work with intelligence, as taught by Madam Curie, inspires him the most.

Since Dr. Ganesan later shifted to Tamil literature, he also looks up to Subramania Bharati who considered Bharat as Mother Goddess and wrote a Saraswati Vandana. His emphasis on the importance of research inspires him the most. Citing from the Bhagavad Gita, Dr. Ganesan quotes that: You have to make a determination and then go with your destination.

In the end, Dr. Ganesan elaborates that Medicaps is just a 6-year-old university, but its growth has been phenomenal. With 900 publications, 300 registered scholars, and 30 PhDs rolling up, he feels confident about the research infrastructure of the university and seeks the intervention of the government to foster a research mindset among the youth.

Speaking from his 45 years of experience, Dr. Ganesan says that without fundamental understanding and sincere hard work, it is not possible to give birth to innovative thinking and keep success consistent all your life.