INVITED
SPEAKERS
AT 5TH GAF 2023
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
Dr. John Porter
Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ,LSHTM Clinical Research and Global Health and Development
Prof. Valdis Pirags
Director of the International Institute for Indic Studies and Professor of Medicine at the University of Latvia
Dr. Sandra Szymanski
Chief Neurologist & HOD Dept. of Neurology and Complementary Medicine, Evangelical Hospital, Germany
Dr. Jun Mao
Chief – Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,Kettering Cancer Center,New York
Prof. Thomas Rampp
Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Dr.Santhoshi Narayan
Asso Professor, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitative and Integrative Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cente, USA
Dr. Antonio Morandi
Chairman & Director, Ayurvedic Point, Italy
Dr. Kathryn M Glaser
Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Cancer Prevention & Control Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
Dr. Sintija Sausa
Deputy Director at the International Institute
for Indic Studies at the University of Latvia.
Dr Dilip Ghosh
Director, Nutrionnect, Sydney
Dr Shanthala Priyadarshini
Ayurveda Academic Chair, University of Latvia
Dr. Ish Sharma
Ayurveda Academic Chair, Mauritius
Mr. Charles Elie Nicollerat
President, Federation of Medicine and Therapy in Ayurveda FMTA Chancellor, SwissMed School
Dr. Simone Hunziker
Founding President Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation
Dr Girish Momaya
Director of Maharishi European Research University, Netherlands
INDIAN SPEAKERS
Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha
Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India
Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan
Distinguished Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences Savitribai Phule Pune University
Dr.Vandana Shiva
Founder- Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy (RFSTN)
Dr.Rabinarayan Acharya
Director General CCRAS · Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences
Vaidya. Jayant Deopujari
Chairman, NCISM
Dr. Manoj Nesari
Advisor, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India
Dr. Kausthubha Upadhyaya
Advisor, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India
Dr. Vandana Siroha
Director, Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth
Dr. B S Prasad
President, Board of Ayurveda Studies, NCISM
Dr.K S Dhiman
Vice Chancellor, Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra (Haryana)
Dr. A K Singh
Vice Chancellor, Mahayogi guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University, U.P.
Prof P K Prajapati
Vice Chancellor, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University
Dr Tanuja Manoj Nesari
Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi
Prof Anup Thakur
Director, ITRA, Jamnagar, Gujarat
Dr T D Sreekumar
Director, Ayurveda Medical Education, Kerala
Dr Raghu A
Deputy DG (Ayush), DGHS, MoHFW, Government of India
Dr. Raghuram Bhatt
President, MARBISM
Dr Yelloji Rao Mirajkar
International Convener, Global Indian Scientists & Technocrats Forum
Swami Shankara Amrithananda puri
Amritapuri, Vallikkavu
Dr. Manoranjan Sahu
Former Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda BHU, Founder Director AIIA,NewDelhi
Dr. M A Balasubramanyam
Former Advisor, Community Processes and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
Dr Rajendra Achyut Badwe
Director – Tata Memorial Centre
Dr Mita Kotecha
Former Pro Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur
Vaidya Balendu Prakash
Founder Director – VCP Cancer Research Foundation
Dr P.Sankaran Kutty
Former Director, Ayurveda Medical Education, Kerala
Dr. M R V Namboothiri
Former Director, Ayurveda Medical Education, Kerala
Vaidya G G Gangadharan
Professor – Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangaluru
Dr. Hareendran Nair
MD, Pankajakasturi Herbals, Thiruvananthapuram
Shri Baby Mathew
MD, Somatheeram, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr Arun Chandan
Regional Director, NMPB, Ministry of AYUSH, GOI
Dr. A. K. Manoj Kumar
Registrar, Kerala University of Health Sciences
Dr C V Jayadevan
Principal, VPSV Ayurveda College, Kottakkal
Dr. Jai G
Principal, Govt. Ayurveda College, Kannur
Dr V K Sunitha
Principal, Government Ayurveda College, Kannur
Dr. Narayanan Nambi
Principal, Ashtamgam Ayurveda Chikithsalayam & Vidyapeedham, Vavanoor, Palakkad District
Dr. T Sreekumar
Principal, PNNM Ayurveda College
Dr C Reghunathan Nair
Principal, Sree Narayana Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research
Dr. K.Murali
Chief Editor, Centre for Textual Studies, AVS, Kottakkal
Dr Suhas Shetty
Principal and Medical Director at KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research
Dr A Jayasree
Principal, Pankajakasthuri Ayurveda Medical College
Dr. Brijesh Mishra
Principal & Dean, Shri AyurvedMahavidyalay, Nagpur
Dr Arvind Chopra
Distinguished Scientist Chair, AYUSH
Dr. L Mahadevan
Dr. Y Mahadeva Iyer’s Sri Sarada Ayurvedic Hospital, Kanyakumari
Dr P. Ram Manohar
Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ĀCĀRA)Vallikkavu, Kerala
Dr Subarna Roy
Scientist (Dy Director) Indian Council of Medical Research
Dr. Prasanth A S
Dean, Indian Systems of Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangaluru
Dr P Hemanth Kumar
Professor & Head Shalya tantra, Dean PG studies, NIA, Jaipur
Dr. Jayan Damodaran
Dean, faculty of Ayurveda, Kerala University of Health Sciences
Dr Sujata Kadam
Dean &Professor, AIIA, Goa
Dr Bipin Nair
Dean, Life Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham ,Dean, Amrita School of Biotechnology
Dr. Ganesh Baglar
Professor, IIT Delhi, New Delhi
Dr. Arpan Bhat
Professor & HoD Swasthavrutta and Yoga, ITRA, Jamnagar
Dr. Rajagopala S
Professor &Head,Dept. of Kaumarabhritya, AIIA, New Delhi
Dr P M Unnikrishnan
Professor, University of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences and Technology
Dr Bhupesh R Patel
Professor & Head, Dept of Dravyaguna, ITRA, Jamnagar
Dr. G. Geethakrishnan
Head, Evidence &Learning unit, GTMC, WHO, Jamnagar
Dr. V K Kori
Professor& Head, Dept of Kaumarbhritya, ITRA, Jamnagar
Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi
Professor HoD, Dept. Of Kayachikitsa, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow
Dr Dilip Kumar K V
Chairman SMRITI Former Professor (VPSV Ayurveda College, Kottakkal)
Dr Hafeel
Oxford Medical School and is adjunct faculty at the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences, Bengaluru.
Dr. P Sudhakar Reddy
Professor & Head, Dept of Swasthavritta, JSS Ayurvedic Medical College
Dr. Deep Narayan Pandey
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force), Rajasthan
Dr. T V Sajeev
Chief Scientist and Registrar, Kerala Forest Research Institute
Dr. Vinita Deshmukh
Dy. Director, Integrated Cancer Treatment and research Centre,Pune
Vaidya Vinodkumar T G
Senior Scientist, KSCSTE-JNTBGRI
Dr. V.G. Udayakumar
Former Executive member, CCISM
Dr. Hemalatha Potti
Head, Dept of Kaumarbhritya, Amrita School of Ayurveda
Dr. Dinesh K S
Professor & HOD Dept. of Kaumarabhritya, VPSV, Ayurveda College, Kottakkal
Dr. M Prasad
Director – SunethriAyurvedashram & Research Centre, Thrissur
Dr Shiv Ji Gupta
Professor, Dept. of Shalya Tantra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Dr. S Gopakumar
Professor and Medical Superintendent, Govt.Ayurveda College, Kannur
Dr. Roshni Anirudhan
Professor & HOD Dept. of Kaumarabhritya, Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Sukumar D Sardesmukh
Managing Director, Ayurvedgram, Pune
Dr. Shrikanth Babu Perugu
Professor, BKR Ayurvedic College, Hyderabad
Dr Ajayan Sadanandan
President- CIMH, The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) Ltd
Dr. Rajiva Rai
Senior Vice President-Head R & D-Emami Ltd
Dr. Mohammed Rafiq
Head, Discovery Sciences Group, R&D Centre, Himalaya Wellness Company
Dr. Hrishikesh Damle
Chief Executive Officer-Atrimed
Dr. Ramesh R Varier
Managing Director, AVN Ayurveda
Dr. C Suresh Kumar
Managing Partner & Chief Physician- Triveni Nursing Home, Trivandrum
Dr. Prakash Hegde
Professor, SDM College of Ayurveda, Hassan
Dr.Mahesh Madhav Matpati
Research Associate- Trans-disciplinary University, Bengaluru Visiting Scientist London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Somit Kumar
CSO, The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) Ltd
Dr. Kashinath Samagandi
Associate Professor, Dept of Swasthavritta, NIA, Jaipur
Dr. Rajmohan V
Associate Professor, Government Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Shiv Kumar S Harti
Associate Professor, Dept. of Swasthavritta, AIIA, New Delhi
Dr. Pooja Sabharwal
Assistant Professor, Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan, New Delhi
Dr. Sreeraj Gopi
Co Founder & Director – MoleculesGroup, Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada, Expert professor, Shanghai University
Dr. Indu S
Research Officer, CCRAS
Dr. Ashwath Rao
Surgeon, MBBS MS (Gen Surgery), Bangalore