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Board Of Directors
Dr. Pratibha Shah
Dr. Pratibha Shah
BAMS, Masters in Ayurveda, MPH, RAS
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).
Vaidya Meenakshi Gupta
Vaidya Meenakshi Gupta
BAMS, Masters in Ayurveda (Gold Medalist), Panchakarma Specialist, Certified in Nutrition Science and Child Nutrition

Meenakshi Gupta is an internationally renowned Ayurveda expert, classically trained Vaidya, holistic Practitioner, Founder CEO of AyurRoots Ayurveda Wellness in the Dallas area. She is a Brand Ambassador for Unilever Ayurveda hair care brand Indulekha.

She has more than five years of extensive teaching experience at Ayurveda Colleges in India, and more than 18 years of extensive teaching experience in the USA.

Vaidya Meenakshi has more than 20 years of extensive international experience in the design & delivery of various Ayurveda courses. She has authored several papers and writes a regular column in several e-magazines, health magazines, various Radio talks, and newspaper articles.

She serves as a Chair for the Journal club of Council for Ayurveda Research. She is on the editorial board of various Ayurvedic International Journals and ex-coeditor of Ayurveda Mantra Magazine.

She is a prolific speaker, educator, and leader in the field of Ayurveda. With close to 23 years of Ayurveda clinical practice, she is one of the few holistic practitioners who leads the effort of real integration and focuses on client-centric restorative care.

She is a recipient of various awards such as the ‘Charaka Award’ By the Association of Ayurvedic professionals of North America for her work in the field of Ayurveda and was nominated in the Top 15 Women of the Year by Top Pick media for 2019.

Dr. Mahadevan Seetharaman
Dr. Mahadevan Seetharaman
PhD
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).