About our foundation
M.S.Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation is a Non-Governmental, Secular, Non-Profit, organization registered as a Trust under Indian Trust Act. It was founded in the year 1992 by Dr.C.Ramasubramanian, Consultant Psychiatrist, Madurai.
Our Vision & Mission
Mental Health for All
To promote mental health through holistic care that is affordable and accessible to all
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Respect
Commitment
Professionalism
Passion
Respect
About our founder
Dr.C.Ramasubramanian., M.D., D.P.M., Ph.D.,
About the founder
Dr.C.Ramasubramanian (also known as Dr. CRS) has more than four decades of experience in mental health. Hailing from Madurai District he is the first person to have been awarded with a Ph.D in Community Psychiatry (in 2012), under the Madurai Kamaraj University, which is one of the prestigious universities of Tamil Nadu. Dr.C.R.S originally completed his under graduate (M.B.B.S) and post graduate degrees (M.D in Psychiatry & DPM) from the Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu. His primary areas of interest are in the fields of community psychiatry and psycho social rehabilitation.
The lived experience of caring for a brother with mental illness and the resulting stigma and discrimination experienced by his family, and the dire need for mental health services in India, sowed the seeds of his vision of comprehensive mental health rehabilitation services. In his distinguished career.
His Accolades
- Dr.C.R.S has been appointed as State Nodal Officer consistently for the past five years on Extension of service to Co-ordinate the Mental Health Programmes of Tamil Nadu. This is a first of its kind in Tamil Nadu when a retired Govt. Official has been provided with extension of services for about five years for his yeoman service towards the welfare of Mentally Different (Disabled) persons
- Under his able guidance, the District Mental Health Programme is currently being implemented in sixteen districts of Tamil Nadu which is the highest in any State of our country.
- His District Mental Health Programme – Madurai has been adjudged as the best programme in the entire country.
Awards & Recognitions
Vocational Excellence Award - 2015
Visakha Psychiatric Society Oration Award - 2011
Visakha Psychiatric Society
V.R.Krishna Iyer Award - 2016
SOCO Trust, Madurai
State’s Best Doctor Award - 1998
Govt. of Tamil Nadu
Lifetime achievement award in mental health care - 2022
Rotary International (District 3000) , in collaboration with Vijay Television
Outstanding Doctor Award - 2018
Mananalam maamanithar award - 2019
Leader of Excellence Award - 2020
Dr. K.S. Sanjivi Lifetime Achievement Award - 2013
IPSOCON 2021 Life Time Achievement award from office bearers of IPS South Zone - 2021
Prof AVR oration award - 2021
District Best Doctor Award - 2003
Madurai District
Best Social Worker Award - 2013
Abdul Kalam Seva Ratna Awards - 2015
Abdul Kalam Vision India movement
Award for Professional Excellence in medical field - 2023
Thiru M. Subramanian, Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamilnadu
Positions Held
- State Nodal Officer, Mental Health Programme, Tamil Nadu.
- Nodal Officer, Government Institute of Psychiatric Medicine, Research and Rehabilitation at Theni, Tamil Nadu.
- Nodal Officer, Establishing Mental Hospital at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
- Expert Advisor, Mental Health Programme, National Rural Health Mission, Tamilnadu.
- Technical Consultant in National Rural Health Mission –Tamil Nadu for its Special Project of “Development of a Comprehensive Programme for Children with Developmental Disorders”- Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu.
- Principal Investigator, National Mental Health Survey by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of India.
- Principal Investigator in Developing the Need based model on Community Mental Health in India under Asia Pacific Community Mental Health Development. It is a collaborative programme of India and Australia.
- President, Indian Association for the Blind, Madurai.
- Member, Welfare Board for the Disabled, Government of Tamil Nadu.
- Member, Academic Council of NIMHANS (Deemed University), Bangalore.
- Member, Executive Council, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry.
- Chairperson, Community Psychiatry, Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS).
- Chairperson, Rehabilitation Psychiatry Specialty Section, Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS).
- Secretary, District Mental Health Society, Madurai
- Founder member, of M.S.Chellamuthu Trust & Research Foundation (MSCTRF), Madurai.
Timeline
Timeline and History of Trust
1995 
1994 
1992 
1997 
1998 
1995 
2000 
2007 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2013 
2015 
2018 
2020
2018 
2021 Testimonials
Some testimonials from our customers
“It was a difficult period of my life but Dr.CRS and Chellamuthu Trust were there to handhold me through months of treatment, rehabilitation therapy and counselling,”
Our Leadership Team
Meet our leadership team
Rajkumari Ramasubramanian
Latha Gurubharathy
Janardhan Babu
Our Team
Meet the team behind the success of
the organization
Rajkumari Ramasubramanian
S.Premalatha
Palaniappan
Vinothini Arun Shanker
Dr.Selvi Kumari
Dr.Selva Kumari
Awards & Recognitions
Championing Change
Nation’s Best Institution Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities -2007
Awarded by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, New Delhi
Nation’s Best Individual Award -2008 (PWDS Category)
Awarded to Mr.Bharathi alias Arjunan by the National Trust, New Delhi.
Nation’s Best Employee Award – (1999-2000)
Awarded to Mr.Manoharan by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
District Best Non-Governmental Organisation (1996 – 1997)
Awarded by the District Collector, Madurai.
State’s Best Non-Governmental Organisation (1996 – 1997)
Awarded by the Government of Tamilnadu
Parivartan Award for best practices in mental health (2017)
Awarded to Chellamuthu Trust
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