Born September 13,1946 is at present Retired from Professor of Kayachikitsa (Internal Medicine) & Head Department of Panchakarma incharge Clinical research J.B.Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata. Schooling at Hari Prasad High School Nalhati, Birbhum in 1961, under-graduate Ayurvedic course at the same college he served in 1966 and stood first . He joined IMS, BHU for MD (Ayurveda) in 1967 under Prof Y.N. Upadhaya. To work on therapeutic uses of Cobra venom (Bengal school of tradition). In 1970 shifted to the Department of Pharmacology for Ph.D research under Prof A.K. Sanyal.. In his 42 years of professional carrier he served different institutions CCIM, CCRAS, ICMR, AYUSH, UGC, DST, BHU, and UPSC in different capacity. On Ayurveda teaching, research, guide and examined BAMS, MD(Ay), Ph.D, MV.Sc, M.Tech (Pharmaceutical technology), M.B.A (Herbal Pharmaceutical Management), BHA. He is member of Academic Committee, School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur university. He represents thirteen generation of traditional family and apprenticed under his father since childhood. His only son Dr. Parikshit Debnath, BAM.S following the same tradition, completed M.Phil Public Health at BIHS, Under Dhaka University. PersuadingM.D(Ayurveda) at SDM Ayurveda College, Hasan, Karnataka. Clinical Research on gastric Physio-pharmacology , Immunomodulatory activity of Ayurveda Rasayan on Stress adaptation and on Pulmonary tuberculosis add on therapy with AT Drugs helped him to work on HIV/AIDS project with NACO, AYUSH and ICMR.. He had worked with more than 50 medicinal plants and published more than 150 research papers. Member several International and National Scientific Organization and Visited European and African countries London, Malyasia , Italy, Cameroon, Bangladesh. Formidable contributions of Professor Pratip Kumar Debnath are on .new drug development, and evidence based medicine on natural products, Makaradhawaja and bhasma preparation. In 1992 he published issues on “Reverse Pharmacology”. Elected President Indian Science Congress Association (Medical & Veterinary) in 2002, appointed expert by Government of India on Traditional Medicine for WHO and AU 2008.Recepient of Uvnas Prize, in the Year 1977 and 1989. Dr. Debnath was felicited with Fellowship on the 15 th Covocation February, 2009, National Ayurvedic Academy. Government of India. Member Technical Committee, Pharmacovigillance on ASU drugs. Elected Fellow of the Indian Pharmacological Society, 1911. Consultant – National Research Institute of Ayurveda for Drug Development, Kolkata Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

Ayurveda

Cuurently working as • Director of Research, Patanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, India, 2007 and • Principal Investigator, Indian Council of Medical Research Center for Advanced Research in Yoga and Neurophysiology, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India.• Director of Research, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, December 2009 – March 2010.Joint Director of Research, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, 2005 – 2009.• Assistant Director of Research, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, 1992 – 2004.• Senior Research Fellow, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, 1991 – 1992. On the editorial board of Medical Science Monitor,Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, World Journal of Medical Sciences and World Journal of Neurology

Yoga and Neurophysiology

Dr. Shekhar Annambhotla, Vaidya (Ayurvedic Specialist) practicing and teaching Ayurveda worldwide since 1988. He commenced his studies in Ayurveda at the age of 17 and earned the degree of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.), a 5 ½ year program from Nagarujuna University, Andhra Pradesh State, India. He continued his postgraduate studies, Doctor of Medicine in Ayurveda (M.D. Ayurveda), a 3-year course of study, from Gujarat Ayurved University, Gujarat State, India. He is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, certified and licensed Integrative Bodywork and Massage Therapist, certified Pranic Healer and is also a faculty member of several Ayurveda schools and colleges throughout the USA and abroad. Dr. Shekhar is the Founding Director of Ojas, LLC (Ayurveda Wellness Center) in Pennsylvania, USA; Founding Director and President of Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America (AAPNA). His passion and love for ayurveda fuels his vision for the development and growth of ayurveda, including creating and implementing high quality ayurvedic education and training programs in the west.

Ayurveda

Dr. Olga Golubnitschaja has studied journalism, biotechnology and medicine and was awarded fellowships for biomedical research in Paediatrics and Neurosciences (Medical Centres in Austria, Russia, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland). She is well-cited in the research fields of “gene hunting” and “subtractive hybridisation” applied to predictive prenatal & postnatal diagnostics published as O.Labudova in years 1990-2000.
Dr. Golubnitschaja is an expert in molecular diagnostics actively publishing in the fields of perinatal diagnostics, Down Syndrome, Diabetes mellitus, hyperhomocysteinemia, cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration, cancer. She is the author of fundamental works in the integrative concept of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine. She is Secretary-General of the European Association for Predictive, Preventive & Personalised Medicine (EPMA, Brussels), Editor-in-Chief of \"The EPMA-Journal\", BMC, London, Book Editor of \"Predictive Diagnostics & Personalised Treatment: Dream or Reality\", NSP, New York 2009; Book-Series Editor \"Advances in Predictive, Preventive & Personalised Medicine\", Springer.

Integrative concept of predicitive,preventive and personalized medicine

Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed, currently working as Director, Central research Institute of Unani Medicine, Hyderabad, India published many research paperson Unani medicine in International and national journals and attended national and International conferences. Presented more than 40 papers as author and around 20 papers as co-author. Vitiligo being his topic of interest, enormous contribution is done by Dr. Waheed concerned with Vitiligo in delivering lectures, conducting workshops, contributing research papers and also got knowledge on remedies dealing with vitiligo.

Unani Medicine, Vitiligo

Dr. Deshpande was born on 19th December 1959 at a remote place called Akola but graduated in Pune. He started his Ayurveda practice from Dhanori- Vishrantwadi, a place near Pune and also at Gokhalenagar Vadarwadi’s slum area in Pune. After completing his MD (Ayurvedic Medicine) he started working as an Ayurvedic consultant. As Head of Department, at Jnyana prabodhini (Pune) he undertook many activities of social importance like Public meetings to create awareness about Health , Interdisciplinary Research on Diabetes mellitus .Simultaneously he was also working in Famous Pathology Laboratory in Pune as Assistant Doctor of Dr.Ramesh Godbole. Dr. Deshpande indeed is a beloved Ayurveda teacher and also his professional honors and awards are immense. Best teacher award, Vaidya V. V. Kolhatkar Research Award and most importantly he is the youngest recipient of Late B.R. Gholap Award by Pune District Association for the outstanding contribution in the field of Education, Research and medical practice.Dr.Deshpande has produced a series of quality books on Ayurveda, which are highly acclaimed by scientific community. His books range from Marathi, Hindi, English and in German language too. Local publishing houses like Proficient, Anmol, Shantanu, Manakarnika prakashan, Delhi’s Chawkhamba Publication and even German Ukhan Fisher are publishers of Dr. Deshpande’s list of 48 books and the number is yet increasing.One of the important contributions in the field of Ayurvedic research is the development of a very popular website www.ayurvedresearch.in. This website is a brainchild of Dr. Deshpande. This website provides database of past researches in Ayurveda through MD (Ayurveda) or MS (Ayurveda).

Ayurveda

Dr.Gaurang Joshi,International Ayurveda Consultant, expert Ayurveda skin specialist, Director-Atharva Multispeciality Ayurveda Hospital, Panchakarma and Skin Care Hospital, President-International Psoriasis Foundation, has run an exclusive Ayurveda Panchakarma Treatment center for the last Sixteen years. He focuses on and treats Obesity; Skin disorders, including Psoriasis and Leucoderma; Cancer, Mental disorders, Diabetes, Arthritis, Bronchial Asthma and All types of chronic diseases by enhancing immunity. He has conducted various collaborative research projects and is currently doing research to evaluate the efficacy and safety of polyherbal powder for patients with Vitiligo. He Has Published more than 12 Papers in National and International Conferences on Dermatology and Oncology Research, also written a Book “Ayurveda-The Science of Life” Published By LAP-Germany. Was invited by University of Indonesia, Dept.of Pharmaceutical Sciences as a guest speaker in International Symposium, September 2011.

Currently doing research project titled “Clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Polyherbal powder in patients with vitiligo.” with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. Invovled in one more research project titled “An open label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of polyherbal formulations in patients with mild to moderate psoriasis” with the Department Of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Saurashtra University,Rajkot.

Born in rural family, rank holder of matriculation ,12th equivalent and topper of 1973 all India joint entrance examination ,with an intent to provide best possible health care to rural needy I joined MGIMS, Sewagram for my undergraduate course after deserting my career at IIT telecom. I post graduated in Internal medicine from Nagpur university and super specialization in Endocrinology and metabolism from AIIMS ,Delhi. During the tenure at various medical institution I acquired various academic qualification. During my clinical practice with a quest to achieve integrated solution to bioregulate the body system studied all most all sciences of medi care. Being at various designation I remained always in search of safe cure for diseases like- Poisoning, epilepsy, paralysis, migraine, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ,psoriasis, lithiasis, diabetes mellitus, diarrheal disease ,eosinophilic lung and other respiratory diseases. Published and presented more than 200 original paper in national and international medical journals incluiding Current therapeutic research, USA, IJM today. Presented paper at national and international medical conference and also being associated with various medical journals as an editorial member or editor. I authored books like- • Hand book of poisoning , an unique composite of its kind and reviewed globally , • Synopsis of treatment , quotes an holistic approach of healing for various disease. • Longevity , a comprehensive composite to remain healthy. • Pharmacological basis of indigenous therapeutics ( in press 6 volumes) Presently I am also heading organization like- • Leucoderma foundation of India, • India Epilespsy Forum, • Society for Endocrinal and Metabolic disease, • Punarjeevan Bihar – organization working for creating awareness and research in breast cancer through our intiative PINK CHAIN headed by my son Dr Abhishek Shankar , Oncologiest at AIIMS and training to update the knowledge of grass root practitioner for better rural health care.

Sharique is the President of Holistic Health Care & Research Organization, India. He is the professor of Unani Medicine with teaching and Training Experience of 21 yrs. Visiting Faculty for the Unani Medicine in the courses of M.Sc. Bioanalytical Sciences and Herbal Sciences in some Institutes at Mumbai. He also worked as Principal & Superintendent of Dr. M. I. J. Tibbia Unani Medical College & H.A.R.K. Hospital Mumbai. He is Chief Editor of \"Holistic Healthcare & Research\" an International quarterly peer reviewed journal of health sciences. He is a guide of M.D. students in experimental and Clinical Research. His research interests are Unani medicine, Ayurveda, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, clinical protocol designing and supervision in research programs on Herbal Medicine; designing of experimental models on pharmacological activity of natural drugs on animals; pharmaceutical preparations and standardization of natural (plant, animal & mineral) drugs and their compound formulations; psychopharmacological research and Aromatherapy with natural aroma oils. He has been awarded by many International organizations for his contribution in Unani Medicine and Research. He wrote a Book on Unani Medicine and many of his books are under process of Compilation. Special interest in writing, compilation and editing of books; holistic concepts of nutrition, recipes, sports medicine and physical education, energy medicine, holistic psychology. He has presented many Research Papers in the National and International Conferences and also attended so many conferences as a Chair and Key Note Speaker.

Unani Medicine

Dr. Rajesh Barve is a medical practitioner by profession. After completing his M.D. in Homeopathy, he is working as Head, Repertory Department of Virar Homeopathic Medical College, Maharashtra and runs his clinic in Mumbai. Dr. Barve’s main interest is to use herbal medicines in the nanoparticles size in alcohol medium to treat the patients. He has published several original peer reviewed papers and contributed his work in the book chapers of international repute. He is also on the Editorial board of Homeopathic journal of medicine.

Homeopathic Medicine

Dr Sumita Sarang Satarkar, a qualified , skilled medico established Aarogya Santulan in 1997 with an aim to provide painless relief to patients. She is recognized & celebrated Acupuncture expert , having achieved Gold Medal at her M.D. for her skills & expertise in the science of Acupuncture. she has been honored with a. MOTHER TERESA AWARD- for the kind of service & cure given to the patients,c. RASHTRIYA ACUPUNCTURE RATNA – For the contribution & service rendered in the field of Acupuncture,d. HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD from Indian Board of Alternative medicines and Maharashtra Rajyastariya purskar for working in the field of alternative medicines & promoting it for common people.

Acupuncture

Dr.Bhavna Joshi (M.D.Ayu.Onco.Gold Medalist, Gujarat Ayurved University),Consultant Cancer Physician and Director-Atharva Multispeciality Ayurveda Hospital, Cancer Research Center,Rajkot,President-International Cancer Foundation . She Has Published more than 10 Papers in National and International Conferences on Oncology Research I.E. ASCO-PAN Asia Conference at New Delhi In Feb-2002 .Poster Presentation at GCRI-Ahmedabad in AROI National Conference Dec-2005. International Conference on cancer at NCI- National Cancer Institute, Betehesda, USA. Dec. 2007,Dr.Bhavna is the only ayurveda oncologist in India. She has done her M.D. in ayurveda oncology and successfully doing her practice in ayurveda oncology.

Side effects of radiotherapy. Increase the effect of radiotherapy in advance head & neck cancer and cervical cancer with radiation and plant product. Head & Neck cancer.

Dr. Ashok Kumar Panda has done MD in Ayurvedic Medicine in 1998. He has 8 years of experience in teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate colleges of Ayurveda & 6 years experience as a Research officer in CCRAS, Dept. of AYUSH, GOI. He has published more than sixty research papers National and International Journals , news letters etc. He has also Published one book on Fundametals of Ayurveda.

Ayurvedic Medicine

Dr. Karichedu Joshi Hanumanthachar born on 5th march 1975 at Bellary , completed his doctorate from Guru jabmheshwar University of science and technology, Hisar, Haryana, India. His research interests are neuroscience, behavioral psychopharmacology, herbal psychotropics, standardization of phytopharmaceuticals, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Published more than 136 research papers in scientific journals and presented in various national and international conferences. He has published number of general articles on traditional medicine, Ayurveda rasayanas and phytomedicine. Editorial board member for international and national journals. Recognized as the most valuable reviewer by Lancet, BJPR, neuroscience journal. Reviewer for 43 international and national journals, scientific boards, Viz. Alzheimer’s disease international, UK, Alzheimer’s Association, USA, USA-ISRAEL Bi-national Science Foundation, Israel, etc. Received Sanshodhana deekshit award, young scientist award, young investigator scholarship award, travel grant/ fellowship awards from National institute of health, National institute of aging, Alzheimer’s association, USA, Alzheimer’s drug discovery foundation, UK, International brain research organization, Geneva, etc. Received 6 best research paper awards at international / national conferences. Authored three books on management and treatment of behavior disorders, MCQs for medical and pharmacy students, microbiology and biotechnology. Resource person for various conferences, symposiums, workshops, in India and abroad. Former Visiting faculty, Frankfurt University, Germany , Chicago state university, Governor’s university, USA , Has worked as research associate, Cadila health care ltd., Ahmedabad. He is currently working as professor and principal, Sarada Vilas College of Pharmacy, Mysore . Countries visited – USA , Germany , Gulf, Hong Kong , Nepal, Spain, canada . He is married to Dr. Sandhya who is a professor and an active researcher in medical data mining. They are blessed with a son Mr. Anirudh. His hobbies include medical astrology, classical music, and sports.

Traditional Medicine, Ayurveda, Herbal Psychotropics, Preclinical drug development, Pharmaceutical biotechnology