Dr. Manikandhan Ramanathan is the Professor & Director of cleft & craniofacial unit at Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai. He has developed a well established cleft centre at Meenakshi Ammal University in 2003; supported by the Cleft children International, Zurich, Switzerland, where as much as 600 cleft patients and 50 craniofacial anomalies has been treated yearly. He has many national and international journals to his credit and has been keynote speaker in various national and international conferences.