Rajaratnam Abel (1945-) was born in Prakasapuram a small village near Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India. He grew up from age 4 to 14 in Srilanka. Since returning to India in 1959 he has lived primarily in India. He studied in India's best medical college. He started his medical career in Nepal.
He completed his Masters in Public Health in Johns Hopkins University with the world's best public health school, which honored him with the Delta Omega award for his work in rural health and development in India. Subsequently he completed his PhD.
God has endowed him with the skill of writing, drawing lessons from his experience living and working in a village for more than 25 years. He has widely travelled giving lectures and presentations in different countries. He has contributed significantly through a number of scientific journals.
His first book was entitled 'Sustainable Health and Development: RUHSA's Experiences. His next was an ebook entitled ‘Teen Sex Daring Not So Cool.’ Based on feedback this was shortened as ‘Living in the Cloud: Empowering teens and twenties toward responsible sexual behavior.’ It will be available shortly through anew publisher.
His most current book is entitled, ‘Businessmen for the Poor: Reducing poverty by creating small businessmen and small businesswomen among the poor.’ It is currently available through Amazon.com.
God willing, more books are in preparation. As they become available, information will be provided through his blogs. You can like and follow his blog in www.rajaratnamabel.blog.
He has one daughter and son with four grandchildren. He is currently retired and lives with his wife in Chennai, India.
