Rate My Professor Kanagarathinam D V

His research centers on the social history of medicine in colonial South India, encompassing indigenous systems like Siddha and Ayurveda, their revitalization, professionalization, print culture, and interactions with Western medicine. Notable publications include "Rise of Siddha Medicine: Causes and Constructions in the Madras Presidency (1920-1930s)" co-authored with John Bosco Lourdusamy in Medical History (Cambridge University Press, 2023); "Competing Narratives: History and Tamil Siddha Medicine in Colonial Times" in Asian Medicine (Brill, 2022); "Revitalisation of Ayurveda in Colonial Tamil Region and Contributions of Pandit Srinivasa Narayana Iyengar: A Historical Perspective" in Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (Elsevier, 2020); "Dr. Koman’s Report and Response of Native Physicians: A Discourse on Indigenous Systems of Medicine" in Indian Journal of History of Science (2019); and "Indigenous and Western Medicines in Colonial South India: Nature of Discourses and Impact" in the same journal (2018). He has contributed chapters such as "Reports of Tamil Physicians" in The Usman Report of 1923 (2022) and presented at international conferences in Switzerland, Sri Lanka, and Ireland. Dr. Kanagarathinam serves as a peer reviewer for Indian Journal of History of Science and has delivered lectures at national and international forums.