Dr Jachin Velavan

Dr. Jachin Velavan, MBBS, DNB Family Medicine, MRCGP(Int), MA in Distance Education, FAIMER Fellow (Philadelphia, USA)

Dr Velavan is a Family Physician, with a special interest in Primary Healthcare in Rural areas and Innovations in Medical Education. She has worked for over 10 years in many rural Mission Hospitals in India. She is currently Faculty in the Distance Education Department in Christian Medical College Vellore and has been involved in developing and delivering need-based Distance Education courses.

For the last 15 years, she has been involved in teaching General Practitioners and Government doctors across India and in other developing nations through Blended Learning Programs in Family Medicine, as well as nurses and community lay-leaders in basic Primary Healthcare delivery. She and her husband Timothy are blessed with two adult children.