[1][2] He is an honorary professor at the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati and has contributed chapters to books including Diseases of the Spinal Cord, published in 2012.
Uthamaroyan in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Velmurugendran graduated in medicine (MB BS) from University of Madras and followed it up with the degrees of MD and DM from the same institution,{.Prof & Head, Neurology Dept: Inst of Neurology, Madras Medical College & Govt Gen Hospital, Chennai 1985-98, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Inst, Chennai 1999-2016; Prof Emeritus, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical Univ, Chennai 1999-; Hon Prof, Sri Venkateswara Inst of Medical Scs, Tirupati 2002-; [5] Moving to the World Health Organization (WHO) and after working for one year during 1974–75, he joined the faculty of Neurosciences at the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R.
He continued there till 1999 to superannuate as the Professor Emeritus and joined the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute.
[citation needed] In between, he also served as the Faculty Selection Committee of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, (1994) and Banares Hindu University (1996–1998).
[6] He was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 2006,[7] and was awarded the civilian honour of the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2008.