Figure 1: The first annual meeting of "The Association of Pre-clinical Teaching Staff in Tamil Nadu Medical Services," Madras 1978. Among others are seen the then honourable Health Minister of Tamil Nadu, R Soundararajan (sitting in the middle) and the founding members, S Gopalakrishnan (sitting row, second from left), S Narayanan (sitting row, third from left), and R Bhagawathi Raj (standing row, fourth from left). Color inset on top left: Portrait of Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan a few months before his demise