Background
Shamasundar, Channapatna was born on November 30, 1935 in Channapatna, India. Son of Harokoppa PutteGowda and Puttalingamma Lingappa.
Shamasundar, Channapatna was born on November 30, 1935 in Channapatna, India. Son of Harokoppa PutteGowda and Puttalingamma Lingappa.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, Government Medical College, Mysore, India, 1961. Diploma in Psychological Medicine, Conjoint Board, London, 1972.
Fairlight lieutenant, medical officer Indian Air Force, Allahabad, Bangalore, Agra, India, 1963—1968. General practitioner private practice, Mandya, India, 1968—1969. Registrar in psychiatry St. Wulstan's Hospital, Malvern, England, 1969—1971, Napsbury Hospital, St. Albans, England, 1971—1974.
Senior registrar in psychiatry Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water, England, 1974—1975. Assistant professor to professor National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1976—1995. Visiting professor psychiatry KempeGowda Institute of Medical Sciences, India, since 1996.
Fellow: Indian Psychiatric Society (life LGP Achar Memorial Oration 1996, Eminent Psychiatrist award 1992). Member: Royal College Psychiatrists.
Married Prema SubbannaHegde, June 18, 1964.