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Synopsis
Dr. L. Krishna was born on 21st November 1949, in
Channapatna, Karnataka state, India. He completed his MBBS
from Jawaharlal Nehru medical college (JNMC), Belgaum,
Karnataka state, India during the year 1974. He did his MD
OBG from Bangalore Medical College (BMC), Bengaluru, India.
His passion for teaching bloomed when he was an
undergraduate student. Though he was involved in his private
practice and served in Nigeria for 2 years his passion for
teaching brought him back to Kempegowda Institute of Medical
Science (KIMS), Bengaluru, Karnataka state, India. He is
happily married to Dr. Shylaja J who has stood by him
through thick and thin. He has two children. His son, Dr.
Kiran Krishna who did PhD in Philosophy of science has
reached great heights in his field. His daughter, Dr. Kirtan
Krishna toed his path and is fetal medicine specialist
today. In KIMS he climbed his milestone rapidly. He was just
35yrs when he became HOD of OBG. Soon he was made Medical
Superintendent followed by Principal purely because of his
commitment and capability. He was awarded Distinguished
Alumni award from JNMC for being the first Alumnus to become
the Principal. He served BSOG in various capacities. He is
Ex- President of BSOG. He is a recipient of the prestigious
BC Roy award during the year 2000. Later he served as
Medical Superintendent and professor of OBG in Peoples
Education Society Institute Medical Sciences and Research
Centre (PESIMSR), Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh state, India for 12
yrs. In spite of his commitment to administration he
continued to be a teacher, clinician & surgeon. He
sacrificed administrative posts purely because of his
passion for teaching and patient care.
Early Years
Largely considered students' favorite teacher, Dr. L.
Krishna was born on November 21st, 1949, in Channapatna,
Karnataka state, India, to a middle-class family, the sixth
order of eight children. His father was a freedom fighter
and a politician, while his mother was a home maker.
Named after Lord Krishna by his dear Doddamma (Aunt), Dr. L
Krishna wasn't a particularly gifted student, but he'd
always shown himself to be a committed and sincere student.
Mental prowess, for sure, can push any man to go a long way;
take it along with sheer inner motivation, bush-and-street
survival instinct, a lot of wit and charm, and a dose of
encompassing humanity and you have a foolproof formula for
success in any endeavor.
After intermediate, Mr. Krishna got a seat at JNMC, Belgaum,
Karnataka state, India where he managed to stay in the room
cooking for himself to lessen his father’s burden. Though he
was extremely homesick he continued his studies against his
favorite sister’s advice, to discontinue the course. He was
made President of Kannada Balaga by his senior Dr. K. A.
Ashok Pai seeing his leadership quality. He successfully
completed his undergraduation from JNMC, Belgaum, Karnataka
state, India.
Parents
Family
Later years
Influenced by one of his strict teachers Dr. B. S. Kodkani
he was adamant to become a gynecologist despite his father
insisting him to become a surgeon. He did his postgraduation
from BMC, Bengaluru, Karnataka state, India during the year
1977-80. During his postgraduation he used to teach students
day and night which made him a great teacher forever. Even
as an undergraduate he used to teach his classmates
‘Mechanism of Labour’. He was both favorite student and
teacher during his postgraduation. He was also liked by
patients and nurses.
His association with Bangalore Society of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology (BSOG) started even when he was a student. He
struggled hard under the able leadership of Dr.Sulochana
Gunasheela to amalgamate teachers and private practioners on
one platform of BSOG. He served BSOG in various capacities.
He was president of BSOG during the year 1995-96.
He was greatly influenced by moral values of his father and
sister. He stood by his sister in all her good work of
building schools for blind and poor children.
Career
After postgraduation he had to face hardships. He tried
private practice which was never his cup of tea. He was
ambitious to join Government service. But in spite of he
being the only candidate to have applied for this post with
MD qualification KPSC for reasons best known to it preferred
to select fresh MBBS graduates over him. So he was greatly
disappointed which forced him to accept an offer from
Government of Nigeria to work as a senior registrar though
his father’s wish was to serve the poor and needy of his
native taluk. Even in Nigeria he earned a good name as
popular gynecologist and the general public appreciated his
dedicated service. However, he lost his father and he had to
return to India. As per his father’s wish he decided to stay
back in India. He joined Kempegowda Institute of Medical
Sciences (KIMS), Bengaluru, Karnataka state, India and
served the Institution for 23 years from 1983 to 2005. Even
when he was Assistant Professor he was made In-charge HOD.
He was the youngest HOD. He efficiently discharged his duty.
Soon he was elevated to higher administrative posts Medical
Superintendent followed by Principal for eight continuous
years. Despite his busy schedule he never went away from
teaching and patient care. He used to start his classes for
students as early as 7.30am. Many students across the city
from other colleges used to attend his classes. He is a very
innovative teacher always experimenting something new in the
teaching field. He makes all postgraduates write 10
obstetrics and 10 gynecology clinical cases with discussion
apart from their dissertation. He used to make postgraduates
attend even undergraduate classes just to brush up their
undergraduate memory and also to inculcate teaching skills
in them. He was very much against postgraduates getting
deviated during the course by marriage and conception. He
conceptualized the postgraduate CME programme. He continued
the programme for seven long years which was well attended.
He honored many of his teachers including Dr. B.S. Kodkani.
He organized many workshops and conferences.
He had to move to PESIMSR, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India in
the year 2005 due his personal commitment. He served as
Medical Superintendent and Professor of OBG in PESIMSR for
12 yrs. Despite his commitment to administration he
continued to be a teacher, clinician & surgeon. He
sacrificed administrative post purely because of his passion
for teaching and patient care. He is now Professor and HOD
of OBG in PESIMSR, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh state, India.
Department of OBG is a pride of PESIMSR, Kuppam. The
departmental Museum is unique. It has been appreciated by
one & all who have visited the department including Medical
Council of India (MCI) inspectors and External examiners. He
is inclined towards serving the under privileged sector of
the society. He always designs his candidates’ dissertation
topics in such a way that both student and our deprived
women will get benefited mutually. He adopted surrounding
villages, provided antenatal care to those poor women and
strengthened referral system so much so that it
significantly brought down maternal and perinatal mortality
and morbidity. He is honoured and respected by local people
though he doesn’t belong to this region basically. His
desire of PG CME programme which was dormant for many years
took new shape in Kuppam again. He has successfully
conducted PG CME programme for six long years in this rural
remote place, well attended and appreciated by everyone.
OBGYAN, a unique CME programme for postgraduates is his
brain child. It is a five days programme which is unique in
its contents and he has succeeded in bringing together great
teachers on one platform. Within a short period of time
PESIMSR OBG Department has gained so much of popularity
mainly because of teaching. The entire credit should go to
this great committed team leader Dr. L. Krishna.
He is actively involved in enhancing and improving the
knowledge of both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
However, in his opinion he always remains a student. He is
very humble. He welcomes new ideas, encourages youngsters
and brings out the best in them. He is an empathetic
clinician. He is interested in vaginal surgeries and High
Risk Pregnancy.
Awards and achievements
He is recipient of many awards, to name a few – BC Roy
award, Distinguished Alumni award from JN Medical College
for being the first Alumnus to become the principal of a
medical college (KIMS, Bengaluru, India). He was awarded
FICOG for his credible contribution to the field of
obstetrics and gynecology. He is Ex-Vice Chairperson of
FOGSI conference held at Bengaluru, 6th – 9th January 2003
and of Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, September 5th to 10th of 2002. He has been
awarded “Best Teacher Award” by BSOG at Gnanavarsha 2015 and
he dedicated it to his father, sister, teachers, patients
and students. It shows his humility. He was honored by the
chairman of PES institutes, Dr. M. R. Dore Swamy for being a
Best Teacher during the fourth OBGYAN in the year 2014. He
was also honored in the year 2016 by honorable chief
minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu for
his dedicated service. He is a guest speaker in various
national and international conferences. He has many
publications to his credit.
He has also received recognition from
various Rotary club and Lions clubs for his dedicated
service.
He strongly believes in practicing
evidence based medicine and that has been the reason for
bringing out Obstetrics Protocol book, very popular amongst
students, teachers and consultant Obstetricians. Students
and patients are his world. On retirement, he wishes to do
free community health service and continue enjoying books.
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