"Neither by penance nor by pilgrimage nor by study of scriptures nor by Japa can one cross the ocean of life. One can achieve it only by serving the poor." says a sanskrit verse.

Dr.G.V.S Rau is now the head of the ENT at the medwin hospital at Hyderabd and also heads a research institute called Dr Rau.s ENT research foundation aimed to train post graduates and young ENT surgeons. This research institutes also conducts awareness programmes on ENT through mass media and holding free screening camps.

Dr G.V.S Rau completed his MBBS and also his post graduation from Guntur medical college in the year 1989 and later joined as a consultant in St Gregorious Mission Hospital in Kerala. Under the guidance of Dr Hanumantappa well known ENT surgeons who was his first mentor, he went on to serve the poor and needy.

DR Rau is a regular contributor to various medical journals and has been answering queries of many readers through his columns in the popular national and local dailies and weeeklies. He has served on many national committees for ENT, including as a course director for many a workshop on . "Cadaver temporal Bone dissection and cadaver fess "
His publications include research and textbook chapters. He regularly lectures both nationally and internationally and organises an annual international ENT educational workshop with international guest facility to update surgical knowledge of the practising consultants.

Dr Rau participated in "Wull stein symposium " on cochlear implant in Wurtzburg Germany and also performed a first cochlear implant surgery on a two year male child successfully. Invited as a chairperson in CME on "Vertigo" at Hyderabad with Prof Alan Kerr from UK as principal speaker the delegates were shown how several modern-day surgeries were being carried out.

He also participated in scientific deliberation and CME activities at Delhi and the conference not only deliberated the latest technologies in ENT but also the ways and means to go in for cost-effective treatment and examine if surgery was necessary at all.

Dr Rau is the author of "Guidelines for temporal bone dissection "sponsored by Janssen-cilag and more than 5000 copies were disributed world wide.
Dr Rau visited many countries as a delegate such as Pakistan, China, Nepal ,Singapore, U.K. & West Germany.

Dr Rau firmly believes "In life, health is the greatest wealth. Since ancient times, many Yogis, sages and seers and men of excellence have been making deep investigations into the ways and means of keeping good health. They made great efforts in this direction as they were of the view that man could work for the peace and security of the nation only when he was hale and hearty and needless to say disease has no distinction; it may afflict anybody, be it a pauper or a millionaire".

Dr Rau emphasises that "Doctors are embodiments of the Divine. As such, it is their duty to see that people do not shed tears of grief. They may doubt how far this is possible. Do as much as you can that lies within your power. What happens thereafter need not bother you. Treat 'Duty as God' and 'Work as Worship'. If you carry on your work in this spirit, the world will be a happier place for all.