Jawadhu Hills — Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu

Healthcare Beyond Every Frontier

Traversing 229 villages across the remote Jawadhu Hills with specialist medical camps — bringing the healthcare that was hitherto unavailable for decades to 2,50,000 Adivasi residents.

Our Work Fund a Camp

150Villages Covered
out of 229 accessible

18Specialist Camps
conducted

400+Patients Per Camp

Aug 2023Founded

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Health

Free specialist care in the field

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Aid

Medicine, diagnostics & support

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Hope

Healthier, longer lives for Adivasis

Our Vision

Ethical, Wholesome Care for Every Adivasi

"To provide ethical, wholesome medical diagnoses and specialized treatment to underserved tribal (Adivasi) communities and the underprivileged, lower socio-economic strata of rural Tamil Nadu."

Beyond Frontiers Trust is a registered non-profit, non-religious NGO founded by Dr. S.C. Chandilya and supported by a loyal group of senior, experienced, philanthropic doctors. Since August 2023, we have conducted 18 specialist medical camps — treating nearly 350–400 patients in each camp.

We are a full-fledged team of 8–12 doctors and 12 nurses, 2 pharmacists. Our core team of 10 specialists, 2 diagnosticians, and pathologists all work on a voluntary basis.

Registered NGO Non-Religious 80G Tax Exemption Volunteer-Led 8–12 Doctors per Camp

The Ground Reality

The Jawadhu Hills — A Region Left Behind

Stretched across 200 kilometres of the Eastern Ghats — from Vellore, Yelagiri and Thirupattur to Thiruvannamalai — the Jawadhu Hills region encompasses 326 villages across three districts. More than 90 of these villages sit in rugged, remote mountains, unreachable by roads and untouched by modern healthcare.

With a population of 2,50,000 individuals, not a single specialist doctor was found practicing in the entire region. Primary health centers lack basic equipment. Several diseases — allopathically curable — are mutely accepted as permanent suffering by the Adivasi residents.

Junior doctors assigned here treated it as an undesired posting. Paediatricians, Gynaecologists, Physicians and Surgeons are all absent — and inaccessible, logistically and financially, to the people who need them most.

326Total Villages in Jawadhu Hills

90+Villages in Remote Mountains

2,50,000Adivasi Population in the Region

0Specialist Doctors Available Before BFT

Mission Statement

Traverse, Treat & Transform 229 Accessible Villages

Our mission is to traverse and treat all 229 accessible villages of the Jawadhu Hills with specialist medical camps over three years. Through this effort, we endeavour to provide the local Adivasis with full-fledged medical support — integrating them into an evolving healthcare system and providing them with the ability to lead healthier, longer, and more mobile lives.

To achieve this, we formed a group of senior, well-qualified specialists across multiple streams of medicine — participating in bimonthly 'specialist medical camps' to perform baseline investigations for non-communicable diseases (NCD), diagnose unsolved health issues, and build a comprehensive database health registry for each cluster of villages.

"As of today, we have served 150 out of 326 accessible villages — documented, tested, and treated. The work continues until no village is left behind."

Four-Point Plan

How We Deliver Healthcare on the Ground

Each initiative is designed around the realities of remote hill terrain, cultural sensitivity, and the specific disease burden of the Jawadhu Hills Adivasi communities.

Flagship

Specialist Medical Camps

Senior superspecialists — Internists, Gynaecologists, Paediatricians, Ophthalmologists, ENT specialists — attend bimonthly camps set up in remote regions to diagnose diseases endemic to these communities, with basic diagnostic tests and treatment.

Gross anaemia & Protein-Calorie Malnutrition (PCM)
Diabetes, Hypertension, Thyroid disorders
Cervical & Breast cancer screening
Cataracts & correctable eye diseases
Neurological anomalies (e.g. from consanguineous marriages)

Awareness

Outreach & Community Awareness

Identification of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that can be averted through education. Health and hygiene lectures, structured Audio-Visual programmes for children and adolescents — in local languages.

Patient health education & hygiene lectures
AV health videos for children & adolescents
Long-term goal: Permanent Nutrition Kitchen for anaemia and PCM
Permanent outpatient medical centre in the hills
Ambulance transport for emergencies, surgeries & caesarean referrals

Documentation

Health Registry & Local Training

Through bimonthly medical camps, we maintain a REGISTRY of sick patients — digitally documenting test reports, prescriptions, and follow-up requirements.

Village-level patient health registry database
Training local youth as Community Health Inspectors
Digital reporting of test results to trained health workers
Identifying acutely ill patients for urgent referral
Coordinating transport to higher centres with proper references

Follow-Up

Follow-Up, Monitoring & Government Integration

Working shoulder-to-shoulder with other institutions and government schemes to ensure continuity of care and maximum reach for every patient.

Collaboration with Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme
Making government aid more accessible to Adivasi villages
Digital review consultations with test report documentation
Mobile medical unit with MBBS doctor and nurse for symptomatic treatment
2 villages served per day through the mobile unit

Dr. S.C. Chandilya MBBS · MD · FRCP (Glasgow)

Founder's Profile

A Life of Service

Dr. S. C. Chandilya

Senior Consultant Physician · Internal Medicine & Diabetology · Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

With over 48 years of service in the medical field, Dr. Chandilya began his journey in 1976, graduating from Stanley Medical College, Chennai, followed by an MD in General Medicine from Madras Medical College. He holds an FRCP from the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow, and a PGD in Diabetology.

For over 31 years, he has served at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai — including 5 years in Critical Care, 5 years as Head of the Department of Medicine, and a distinguished 7-year tenure as Chief Physician at Apollo Hospitals, Colombo — where he served as Physician to the President of Sri Lanka, and later to the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

Even amidst a soaring professional career, Dr. Chandilya ran a clinic in Chennai for nearly 15 years — charging just ₹2–₹5 per patient — serving the economically challenged and slum dwellers. He consistently consulted one-third of his patients for free. He organised Free Camps in Jaffna for war victims through Apollo Hospitals, and worked in Batticaloa during and after the 2004 Tsunami.

Over recent years, after extensively visiting Kolli Hills, Seevarayan Hills, Anamalais, Gudalur and other tribal regions, Dr. Chandilya committed to serving the Jawadhu Hills — the tribal expanse closest to his heart — founding Beyond Frontiers Trust in August 2023.

Stanley Medical College, 1976 MD — Madras Medical College FRCP, Glasgow PGD Diabetology Apollo Hospitals, 31+ Years Physician to President of Sri Lanka 48+ Years in Medicine

Medical Leadership

Guided by Experience.Driven by Service.

Beyond Frontiers Trust is supported by a multidisciplinary panel of senior medical professionals across internal medicine, paediatrics, neurology, gynaecology, pathology, and occupational health.

Their collective experience strengthens the Trust’s mission to deliver accessible, community-focused healthcare interventions across underserved regions.

From preventive care and specialist consultation to long-term rural outreach, the initiative is guided by decades of medical expertise rooted in service, responsibility, and continuity of care.

Dr. S.C. Chandilya

Founder Trustee

Sr. Consultant Physician - Internal Medicine & Diabetology

Dr. V. Sukumaran

Sr. Paediatrician

Dr. K. Pandian

Sr. Paediatric Neurologist

Dr. Radha Bai Prabhu

Sr. Gynaecologist

Retd. Director - Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dr. Shanthi Gunasingh

Sr. Gynaecologist

Retd. Director - Institute of Gynaecology

Dr. Shanti Vivekanandan

Gynaecologist

Dr. Saathappan

Occupational Health Physician

Dr. Sare Paul

Chief Pathologist

Dr. Sukumar.S

Physician

Healthcare access becomes meaningful when expertise reaches where it is needed most.

Our Impact So Far

Numbers That Tell a Human Story

150

Villages Covered

Out of 229 target villages in the Jawadhu Hills range — documented, tested and treated.

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Specialist Camps Held

Bimonthly camps conducted in remote tribal settlements since August 2023.

400⁺

Patients Per Camp

Each camp treats 350–400 patients, including specialist consultations and diagnostics.

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Volunteer Specialists

8–12 doctors and 12 nurses per camp — all contributing their time voluntarily.

In the Field

Moments from the Jawadhu Hills

A glimpse of our volunteer specialists, the Adivasi communities we serve, and the camps that are slowly, steadily changing lives in one of Tamil Nadu's most remote regions.

Support Our Mission

Fund a Camp, Reach a Village

Your donation directly funds a specialist medical camp — medicines, diagnostics, transport, pharmacist and volunteer support — bringing care to Adivasi families who have never seen a specialist doctor.

Donations to Beyond Frontiers Trust are eligible for 80G income tax exemption.

Get in Touch

Join Our Mission

Whether you'd like to volunteer as a doctor or nurse, organise a camp, support us through corporate CSR, or simply learn more — we would love to hear from you.

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Region Served

Jawadhu Hills — Vellore, Thirupattur &
Thiruvannamalai Districts, Tamil Nadu

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Email

info@beyondfrontierstrust.com

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Phone

+91 98403 12416
+91 98403 58459

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