Pakkiam Vaikundam Arulanandam Mohandas is an Indian orthopedic surgeon from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[2] He is the founder[3] and Mentor of Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, known as MIOT Hospital.[4] He is a former assistant professor of Orthopedics at Stanley Medical College and former professor at Madras Medical College and Kilpauk Medical College, three of the known medical institutions in Chennai.[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[6][7] He is married to Mallika who is the chairman of the MIOT Hospitals.[citation needed]