{"id":171300,"date":"2025-03-22T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=171300"},"modified":"2025-03-22T14:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:09:21","slug":"book-on-cmc-vellore-to-the-seventh-generation-launched-in-chennai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/book-on-cmc-vellore-to-the-seventh-generation-launched-in-chennai\/","title":{"rendered":"Book on CMC Vellore \u2018To the Seventh Generation\u2019 Launched in Chennai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 20, 2025, V.I. Mathan, the former director of Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore, introduced his book \u201cTo the Seventh Generation: The Journey of Christian Medical College Vellore\u201d in Chennai. The first copy was presented to Dr. Vikram Mathew, the current director and haematologist at CMC Vellore, while the second was given to Dr. V.V. Bashi, who directs the Institute of Cardiac Diseases at SIMS in Vadapalani. The book beautifully narrates the historical development of CMC Vellore, including valuable insights from its founder, Ida Scudder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book Launch &amp; Contributors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The book was launched by Dr. V.I. Mathan, former CMC Vellore director (1994-1997).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first copy was received by Dr. Vikram Mathew, the current director.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The second copy was received by Dr. V.V. Bashi, senior consultant and director at SIMS, Vadapalani.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insights on CMC Vellore\u2019s History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The book chronicled CMC Vellore\u2019s journey and its evolution as a medical institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Mathan, who spent 50 years at CMC, was among the few who personally knew Ida Scudder, the founder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 20, 2025, V.I. Mathan, the former director of Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore, introduced his book \u201cTo the Seventh Generation: The Journey of Christian Medical College Vellore\u201d in Chennai. The first copy was presented to Dr. Vikram Mathew, the current director and haematologist at CMC Vellore, while the second was given to Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":171301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5364],"tags":[4935],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-171300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2025","tag-books-and-authors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171302,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171300\/revisions\/171302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171300"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=171300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}