Dr. Kamala Selvaraj

Right in the heart of the city of Chennai is Dr. Kamala Selvaraj’s dream project, the “Fertility Research Centre”, pioneering Assisted Reproductive Technology with a state-of -the -art IVF laboratory. She is the daughter of the famous yesteryear cine star late Mr. Gemini Ganesan. After graduating from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Dr. Selvaraj completed her DGO and MD from Madras Medical College Chennai. She got trained in ‘In vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer’ techniques in Monash University in 1985 followed by several training programmes in Singapore and Monash University. Dr. Kamala Selvaraj commissioned the FIRST TEST TUBE BABY of South India in August 1990 and since then had many achievements to her credit. In 2001, she was awarded PhD for her thesis on “Premature Ovarian Failure and its management”.
Some of her other achievements are:
1992 – First Gamete Intrafallopian Tube transfer (GIFT) twins in South India
1992 – First Pronucleus Stage Transfer (PROST) baby in South India
1994 – First Surrogate Baby of India
1994 – First test tube baby to a 50-year-old woman put on HRT in India.
1994 – Test tube baby to a patient with premature ovarian failure donor oocyte programme with HRT
1995 – Programmed and delivered the first baby in India with the Fallopian Replacement of Oocyte with Timed Insemination (FROOTI) Technique invented by her.
1997 First pregnancy in a Single Woman in India
1997 – First Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) baby of South India
1998 – South India’s First baby (triplets) from frozen embryo
2001 – Asia’s First (twins) born to a patient with Mayer-Rokintansky-Kustner-Hauser-Syndrome through a surrogate in January
2008 – India’s first frozen oocyte baby – male
2009– India’s first twin baby by vitrification method – 2 male babies
2014 – South India’s First test tube turns India’s first mother – female baby through Normal
Conception
2014 – South India’s first twin babies resulting from pre-implantation genetic screening of
cleavage stage embryos
o She has published many papers in National and International journals.
o She has also attended many National and International conferences.
o She has received many national awards, to name a few.
o 1991 – Rajiv Gandhi National Unity Award
o 1993 – Best Lady Doctor Award
o 1995 – Mahila Shironmani Award
o 1995 – Rajiv Gandhi Memorial National Integration Award
o 2001 – Seva Ratna Award
o 2005 – The latest being Jeeva Bharathi Award on International Women’s day by LIC of India for her achievement in medical field.
o 2007 – Mademoiselle of the year 2007
o 2009 – Best women achiever’s award – Mega TV
o 2009 – Life time achievement award – Music Connoisseur’s Club
o 2009 – Paramacharya Award –by Call Teachers – Chennai
o 2011 – Vocational Excellence Medicine Award – Rotary Club of Chennai Towers
o 2011 – Woman Empower Award – Central Government Welfare Association
o 2011 – Woman’s Achiever Award – Lions Club of North Chennai
o 2011 – Best Motherhood Award – Ajanta Fine Arts
o Life time achievement award – The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University on 5/9/2011
o 2011 – Best Woman Entrepreneur Award – TIE organization
o 2012 – Sigaram Thotta Pengal Award – Vijay TV
o 2012 – Woman Achiever award – Rotary Club, Porur
o 2013 – Woman of Excellence – Jaya TV
o 2013 – Penniyam Award – Dhinamalar
o 2013 – Life time achievement award –Dr. MGR University
o 2014 – Women Extraordinaire award – Only Success – 12/2/2014
o 2014 – Life time achievement award – 7/3/2014
o 2014 – Women Achiever award – Rain drops – 9/3/2014
o 2015 –Eminent Women Achiever Award – Rajalakshmi Engineering College -10/3/2015
o 2015 – Best Doctor Award – Women and Child Foundation – 1/7/2015
o 2016 – Femina Super mom and daughter Award – 13/2/2016
o 2016- Jeppiaar Icon award – 25/2/2016
o 2017 – Life time achievement award –Academy of Clinical Embryologist (ACE) 2017, Hyderabad
o 2017 – Best Healthcare provider for GG hospital – Provoke award – 20/12/2017
o 2018 – Sakthi Life time achievement award – Puthiya Thalamurai – 3/3/2018
o 2018 – Life time achievement award –eroFERT 2018, Sudha hospital, Erode – 24/06/2018
o 2018 – Life time achievement award –YUVA ISAR 2018, 28/7/2018
o Last but not the least she has achieved more than 17,000 pregnancies and 25,000 babies delivered through test tube baby method.
o She is also the president of TAPISAR (Tamilnadu and Pondicherry Chapter of Indian society of Assisted Reproduction)