Dr C K Ramchandar embarked on his career in Occupational Medicine as Factory Medical Officer, M/s E.I.D. Parry Ltd, Ranipet from 1948 to 1975 and continued as Medical Advisor to the EID Group till is passing away in 1980.
He was the founder member of the Indian Association of Occupational Health, Tamilnadu Branch and was a member of Society for the Study of Industrial Medicine.
Dr C K Ramchandar travelled to the UK in 1955 to study the medical centers which provided services to industrial workers and later in 1968 travelled extensively in Europe, Eastern countries and was invited as Guest Lecturers to Occupational centers in various countries in Europe and Asia.
He was the Secretary General for the 2nd Asian Conference on Occupational Health held at Calcutta in 1959. He was an active member, International Permanent Commission of Occupational Health from 1958. To his credit, he was presented several scientific papers on various aspects of occupational health, hazards, pollution, environment and he always encouraged his colleagues to present papers.
Dr C K Ramchandar was Chairman, Occupational and Health service Committee of Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi. His greatest contribution to this specialty was bringing awareness to other disciplines of medicine the importance of occupational health and pollution. His dream was a Post Graduate training course in Occupational Medicine.
His favourite saying was “In the ultimate analysis, it is the man who produces and not the machine and that man’s health care is a priority of Employers, including worker family healthcare programme.” He brought Occupation Health specialty close to management, various Government agencies, private agencies, and teaching institutions.
He travelled extensively in India visiting various industries, medical departments of State and Central Government.
In his honour, every year the Indian Association of Occupational Health presents Dr C K Ramchandar Memorial Award and Oration, (instituted by IAOH, TN Branch in his memory). At the state level Dr C K Ramchandar Award is presented to the Company with the best maintained Medical Center at the site of work.
Dr C K Ramchandar was the founder member of National Society of Health Administrators, Bangalore. His manuscripts, his collection of articles and journals which were very precious to him have been donated to National Institute of Occupational Health, Bangalore. His passionate commitment and involvement in Occupational Health is still remembered by all those who knew him.
| Sl. No. | Year | Organisation | Medical Officer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1976 | Parry & Co., Ltd., Ranipet | Dr. C..K.Ramachandar |
| 2 | 1977 | B.H.E.L., Trichy | Dr. V. Sadananda Murthy |
| 3 | 1978 | Britannia Industries Ltd., Chennai | Dr. G. Arjundas |
| 4 | 1979 | Simpsons Medical Centre, Chennai | Dr. G. Gopalraj |
| 5 | 1980 | Lucas T V S Ltd., Chennai | Dr. P.P.Santanam |
| 6 | 1981 | The Mettur Chemicals & Industrial Corporation Ltd., Mettur | Dr. C.G. Natarajan |
| 7 | 1982 | T V S Hosppital., Madurai | Dr. R. Vennkataramana Rao |
| 8 | 1983 | Wimco Ltd., Chennnai | Dr. C.S. Ramachandran |
| 9 | 1984 | Textools Ltd., Coimbatore | Dr. D.S. Boopathy Vijayakrishnan |
| 10 | 1985 | NCL Ltd., Neyveli | Dr. G.Jeyaraj |
| 11 | 1986 | Madura Coats Ltd., Madurai | Dr. R.D. Murugesan |
| 12 | 1987 | Southern Railway, Chennai | Dr. J. Nagarathnam |
| 13 | 1988 | EID Parry Ltd., Nellikuppam | Dr. K.S. Krishnagopal |
| 14 | 1989 | Hindustan Motors Ltd., Tiruvallur | Dr. D.P. Appa Rao |
| 15 | 1990 | Aruna Sugars. Pennadam | Dr. R. Jayalakshmi |
| 16 | 1991 | Lakshmi Tools Ltd., Tiruvallur | Dr. D.S. Boopathy Vijayakrishnan |
| 17 | 1992 | Madras Refineries Ltd., Chennai | Dr. V. Swaminathan |
| 18 | 1993 | ITC Ltd., Tiruvottiyur | Dr. S.Krishnan |
| 19 | 1994 | Brooke Bond Lipton (I) Ltd., Ambattur | Dr. N. Jayanandhan |
| 20 | 1995 | ICF, Chennai Dr.M.N. Balakrishnan | |
| 21 | 1996 | The India Cements Ltd., Sankar nagar, Tirunelveli | Dr. K. Krishnan |
| 22 | 1997 | Whirlpool, Pondicherry | Dr. S. S. Majumdar |
| 23 | 1998 | Dupont, Pondicherry | Dr. K. V. S. Raju |
| 24 | 1999 | The Hindu, Chennai | Dr. Mary Varman |
| 25 | 2000 | Sundram Fasteners Ltd., Chennai | Dr. R. Parthsarathy |
| 26 | 2001 | Sundram Clayton Ltd., Chennai | Dr. Nayan Rai |
| 27 | 2002 | Hyundai MotorIndia Ltd., Chennai | Dr. Ram Mano |
| 28 | 2005 | Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceutials Ltd., Chennai | Dr. H. Rajagopalan |
| 29 | 2006 | Delphi TVS, Sriperumbudur | Dr. S. R. A. Rao |
| 30 | 2007 | Hardy Expoloration & Aban Offshore Ltd., Pondicherry | Dr. Rajendra Uppin |
| 31 | 2008 | Tube Products Of India Ltd, | Dr. T. Parthasarathy |
| 32 | 2009 | TVS Motor Company, Hosur | Dr. Rajan Babu |
| 33 | 2010 | PPN Power Generating Company, Thrukadaiyur | Dr. V. K. Sivakumar |
| 34 | 2011 | Tea Estate Hospital, Ayarpadi | Dr. Jyoti Singh |
| 35 | 2012 | Tafe Power Source Division, Chennai | Dr. S R A Rao |
| 36 | 2013 | Wheels India Ltd | Dr. S. Sivashanmugam |