Combining local innovation & frugal engineering.
In 1970, there was no kindergarten in Chinnalapatti, a small town in Dindigul, but S Gomathy Babu, a librarian and a socialist at heart, wanted to send his two-and-a-half-year-old son to school. So, the boy joined Class I with where the other children were double his age. The early start must have helped his journey to where G S K Velu is today: at the helm of Trivitron Healthcare, a group with a turnover of 3,500 crore.
