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A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
Born 14 October 1887
Died 15 April 1974 (aged 86)
Madras, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Madras Christian College
Relatives Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar (brother)
Awards Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan
A. L. Mudaliar
Statue of Lakshmanaswami in the Senate House, University of Madras

Sir Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar , FRCOG, FACS (14 October 1887 – 15 April 1974) was an Indian educationist and physician. He was the identical younger twin brother of Sir A. R. Mudaliar. Initial education was in Kurnool and they moved to Chennai in 1903.

He pursued his education from the Madras Christian College. He later went on to become the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of Madras University (for 27 years) and principal of Madras Medical College. He was also the Deputy Leader of the Indian delegation to the First World Health Assembly in Geneva in 1948. He was elected as the chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board in 1949 and 1950, was Vice-President of the Eighth World Health Assembly in 1955 and President of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly.

Awards and honors

  • He was knighted in the 1945 New Year Honours,
  • Awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1954 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1963.
  • He was the General president of 46th Indian Science Congress held in 1959.

Textbooks

  • Clinical Obstetrics first edition 1938; later revised as Mudaliar and Menon, 10th edition, ISBN: 81-250-2870-6
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