Dr. VP and his wife Nirmala, currently serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship based in Timor-Leste. Both are graduates from CMC Vellore in the early 80s. They were part of the team that started Asha Kiran Hospital in Orissa. Following that they moved to Delhi to be part of the Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA). Nirmala was involved in starting the HIV/AIDS care center in Delhi while VP was part of the EHA leadership. Both have been part of the Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India for a major part of their lives in encouraging and supporting medical missions.