On this edition of the changemakers we have on board Dr. Malika Mahalingam, Executive Chairman and Managing Director Shakti Sugars and Chairman and Managing Director of Shakti autocompanies Ltd. He is also also the chairman of the Governing Council of Dr. Mahalingham College of Engineering and Technology and Nachimuthu Palatetechnic College Polachi and Vice Chairman of the Governing Council of Kumar Guru College of Technology. Kimberly Dr. Monika is also the correspondent for five other educational institutions. Mr
@changemakers · 0:18
You have been part of building and expanding a business group that has diverse interests and a legacy of being the forerunner in each of the domains it has operated in. How would you describe your journey over the last several decades, from Imbibing Nurturing to now leading
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 5:00
And right now we are one of the top ten Foundry groups in India. We were also able to develop foundries overseas and in view of the pandemic, we have decided not to proceed with the overseas ventures and we have now focusing on the Indian operations and we're expanding the Indian operations almost by 40% at this point of time. In 1989 I was given the task of building a person producing edible grade protein for the first time in India and this was commissioned and is functioning well
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Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 0:47
In 2018, we started a clinic with alternative medical methods to treat different diseases like cancer, heart diseases, liver disorders and autoimmune disorders. This has been running now for two years and we have treated more than 1000 patients with very good results. So we hope to make this more available to the public at large and hopefully we'll be able to give good care at reasonable rates and with a very good care rates for the people
@changemakers · 0:31
It's very fascinating to hear about the forays that you have led the group into the sort of very expansive forays and very diverse. And the question that comes to mind is when you're part of a legacy, it might be difficult to embrace change. And that can come on as the biggest challenge at times and inspire others around you to kind of walk the path. How did you deal with with that process
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 2:33
You find in management when the new generation or the next manager takes over. If he tries to copy the style of his predecessor, either the previous generation or the previous manager under whom he trained, it really doesn't work well. You need to play your own natural game. You need to understand what the requirements are and what the challenges are. Once you've understood that, then you start formulating strategies based on your perception of it
@changemakers · 0:17
True change is the only constant in life, as they say. Thank you for sharing these fantastic insights. Moving on. I'd like to know, how does your typical day unfold? Can we hear a bit more about a day in your life
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 2:53
So it's quite an interesting change. I'm quite enjoying it. In fact, last one year has been really a lot of time at home. I've traveled just for about two to three times, and it's time maybe a day or two out of the house. So it's a different paradigm. And I'm still learning how to run with this
@changemakers · 0:56
That's very, very true. What you say about how COVID has impacted our day to day lives and how we go about our work, how we go about with our decisions and perspective. In this light. I also wanted to ask you some of us have been realigning our goals and looking at the larger picture in terms of where we want to get to ultimately, what would really make an impact, how we could do things that are more meaningful and contribute to the larger purpose of life
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 5:00
And that's where I actually had doubt in my mind whether the modern medicine is really doing what it should be doing, because when we started looking at cancer and what are the kind of treatments that we want, nobody really had an answer. And most of the doctors were actually talking about probability of survival and how to prepare for the eventuality and things like that. I'm a statistician by qualification
@changemakers · 0:32
I read an article that you had penned for the Outlook Magazine, the link of which I'm sharing here for the benefit of our listeners. You mentioned that Vitamin C has taken center stage in the article. It seems to be at the core of of the human body's ability to handle infections. What are the various therapies that are being offered at Miracle that help harness the power of Vitamin C? What is its connection with the mitochondria? And what are the Ailments that it has been able address
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 4:48
One of the theories of life is that mitochondria was a bacteria which went into eucalyptic cell and then created life as we know it today. So the way mitochondria works is in something called the crib cycle, where ATP is produced adenosine triphosphate and that is sent out into the cell. And then the cell takes an electron from the adenosine triphosphate and makes it adenosine diaphosphate. That electron energy is what the cell is using and this ATP goes back into the mitochondria, converts into ADP and comes out
@changemakers · 0:26
Could you please elaborate a bit more on cancer patients? Those who have come into Miracle to treat cancer. What is the success that you have had with such cases? And I don't. What stage does a patient suffering from cancer need to walk into Miracle to be able to have some hope and get on the recovery path
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 5:00
Similarly, there are a lot of patients who have come with stage two, stage three, stage four. And we have treated cancers like lung cancer, breast cancer, liver, Cologne, kidney and pancreatic. So these are all various cancers that we have dealt and also leukemia. So there was a patient with leukemia who came in on a stretcher and he was partially paralyzed with the after effects of his treatment. He could not speak
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 1:27
He was advised for a liver transplant and he couldn't afford it. And he just came to us to see what we can do. We started treating him in about two to three weeks. We had complete reduction in the Gal bladder stone and also the kidney stones and the liver actually has come back to a normal size with irregular liver, which is a big jump. So we are seeing a very good progress
@changemakers · 0:19
You spoke about how the Miracle Drink is helping a patient with Parkinson's. Can you elaborate on how the Miracle Drink would be possibly working to help the body deal with this neurological disorder? I've shared the link to the Miracle Drink website here for our listeners
Manickam M
@miraklemanickam · 1:29
And she was taking just one pack a day. They reported this to me. And then I did some search and found that vitamin C dust reduce the tremors of Parkinson's disease. And one of the interpretation is that Parkinson's actually could be due to deficiency of vitamin C. So this is quite an interesting observation. And we are taking it up further. And the medical literature does support with a lot of case histories of vitamin C helping to control the Parkinson's disease