G. Bakthavathsalam Naidu is the chairman and managing trustee of Dharmaveera K Govindaswamy Naidu Medical Trust, which runs the K.G. Hospital in Coimbatore, India. He was awarded a Padma Shri in 2005. Naidu was born on April 5, 1942 at Annur village of Coimbatore district and graduated with a Masters of Science (MBBS - 1964) from Madras Medical College. He then received his post graduate training in surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago (USA)..

On Nov 10, 2009, he received the D.Sc. (honoris causa) from the MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India. In 2005, He received the Padma Shri (for his work in medicine) from the then President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. He received Dr. B. C. Roy Award in 1984 from Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Seva Ratna Award in 1999 from the Centenarian Trust, Vaidya Ratna Award in 2001 from Sri Adichunchanagiri Maha Samsthana Math, Swamy Seva Puraskaram Award, Life Time Achievement Award from Salem Gastro Centre and “The Jewel of Coimbatore Award” in 2005.

He established the K.G. Eye Hospital, where 85,000 free cataract surgeries have been done for the poor. He has conducted 200 free heart surgeries, 1,500 dialysis free of cost, screened over 300,000 people free of cost for blood pressure and saved 35,000 accident victims.He provided free treatment to 250 bomb blast victims at Coimbatore in 1998 and contributed substantially for the victims of the Kargil War, Gujarat earthquake and the recent tsunami. His nursing college created has produced thousands of nurses who are employed overseas.

On the clarion call given by his father, Dharmaveera K. Govindaswamy, to serve the poor countrymen in the field of healthcare, Naidu returned to India in 1974 to manage the KG Hospital built by his father. Initially, ten beds were put up. It has now grown into a 550-bedded multi and super speciality and post graduate medical center — a "Centre of Excellence" recognized in India and abroad and now treats over 4 million patients under the blessings of his beloved father KG.