Pratibha Shah, BAMS, Masters in Ayurveda, MPH is the Founder and President of the Council for Ayurveda Research. She is one of the leading Ayurveda experts in the New England area. Her pioneering initiatives in the field of Ayurveda have brought her to attention at the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Consulate General of India, NYC. She is a prolific speaker and educator in the community. She has authored several papers and writes regularly for many e magazines and journals. She is an editor with the Ayurveda Journal on Health and Associate Editor with the Ancient Science journal. She is a senior faculty with the Kerala Ayurveda Academy. Before moving to US in 2004, she was working as Chief Medical Officer with the Central. Government of India, in the ministry of Indian System of Medicine (AYUSH).

Dr. Mahadevan is a Duke Integrative Healthcare Leader, Technology Executive and Founder of AYUSH Living. As an Ayurveda Evangelist and Yoga Teacher, he is striving to provide up-to-data Ayurveda and Yoga related health and wellness information,directory, research, newsand reviews in the West.He serves as the honorary School Director for ĀYU Academy and on the Boardsof the American Academy of Yoga and Meditation (AAYM) and American Association of Ayurvedic Physicians (AAAP). As aco-guest editor, Mahadevan is involved in managing the MDPI Journal MedicinaSpecial Issue on "The Future of Medicine: Frontiers in Integrative Health and Medicine."Besides holding a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, he has done post-doctoral research at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Mahadevan spent four years in India on sabbatical as the CEO and Managing Director of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (I-AIM) and Professor & Dean, School of Health Sciences, Transdisciplinary University (TDU).