I’m happy to become the Director of the Ins tute of Neurology,Madras medical college, Chennai on 2-12-2024 which was started in October 1950 on the auspicious Vijayadasami day, under the leadership of Prof &Dr B Ramamurthi. Dr S.T.Narsamihan brought the first EEG machine and Dr V.Rajagopal in 1953 joined the department as Neuroanesthe st. Prof G. Arjundas was the first neurologist to join our department. In 1966 Stereo tac c surgery was conducted in our institute and in 1980,  C.T. Scan was installed at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. I’m happy to follow the foot steps of my illustrious seniors like Dr.Kamatchi Shanbogue,  Dr. Geetha Lakshmipathy, Dr. A.V.Srinivasan, Dr. V. Natarajan, Dr. V.Sundar, Dr. K. Deiveegan,  Dr. K. Maheshwar,Dr.Gobinathan Dr.K. Bhanu Dr.Lakshmi Narasimhan and Dr S.Balasubramanyam. Golden jubilee celebration was celebrated in 2000 and in 2025 we will be celebrating the Diamond jubilee in the new neurology block. I hope all our former and current students of the Institute of neurology to contribute and a end the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.