Dr.Sanand Ratnam Thekkayil was born in 1978 in Calicut, Kerala. He hails from the Thekkayil family, one of the oldest Ayurvedic families in Kerala. This family has the reputation of producing brilliant Ayurvedic doctors, going as far back as to his great grandfather.

In childhood, he learned Sanskrit and the basics of Ayurveda from his father. In 2003, at the age of 25, he then went on to be awarded the degree, Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from the Dr M.G.R. Medical University in Chennai.

Following that, he did his post graduate diploma in hospital management from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu. His specialization is in Rheumatology and he was accepted in 2007 as a member of the prestigious British Society for Rheumatology, London..

He has attended many conferences including Rheumatology 2009 at Glasgow,Scotland and International Congress for Ayurveda, Chennai in 2000.

He has his own company producing Ayurvedic medicines. It is called Thekkayil Ayurvedics and Research and is certified by (GMP as a certified company), A lot of research work is being also conducted in this company, under his supervision. He has developed his own herbal medicine for hypertension and it has proved to be very effective. His interest is in curing disease and he is working towards developing medicines for rheumatic ailments, cancer and AIDS,

He is also an executive partner of Sree Subramanya Ayurvedic Nursing Home, a 50 bed Ayurvedic Hospital in Calicut. It is a thriving hospital with capacity for 50 patients. Their reputation goes beyond India as many people are interested in non invasive medical treatment for disease. Consequently their patients arrive from Europe, Middle East and USA as well as India.