Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan
Director Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Pune, Pune, India. Download abstract
Director Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Pune, Pune, India. Download abstract
Professor Bhushan Patwardhan brings over 30 year experience in research and development in the area of evidence based Ayurveda, ethnopharmacology, drug discovery & development and integrative medicine.
He is a Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) and visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.
He is present Chairman of Academic Planning and Development Committee of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research.
He has worked on Boards of several Universities and member of important national committees of the University Grants Commission, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Department of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology, and Indian Council of Medical Research.
He has worked on several policy making bodies and also has worked on Taskforces of National Knowledge Commission and Planning Commission. He was invited as temporary consultant to Commission on Intellectual Property Innovation and Public Health of the World Health Organization Geneva.
He has been academic head of Manipal Education Group, Director, Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bengaluru and was Vice Chancellor of a deemed University.
He is on the research advisory committees of national institutions including Regional Medical Research Center Belgaum, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and TIFAC.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine published by Wolters Kluwer and is on Editorial Boards of many reputed Journals.
He is recipient of many orations and awards including Sir Ram Nath Chopra Oration, Waldeimar Haffkine Dr C. Dwarkanath Oration, Dr P.K. Devi Oration, KLE University Oration, Dr P M Mehta Oration, Parkhe Award for industrial excellence and Dewang Mehta Award for education excellence, Shri Gopaldas Parikh Award and Harihar Mukherjee Memorial Award.
He has delivered invited lectures at many national and international bodies including Indian National Science Academy, Indian Pharmacological Society, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, American Chemical Society, National Institutes of Health, American College of Rheumatology and reputed Universities including UCLA, Johns Hopkins, George Washington among many others.
He has attracted substantial research funding from national and international agencies.
He has authored many books and chapters with reputed publishers including Elsevier, Academic Press, Wiley, Pharma Press, InTech and Research Signpost.
His recent scholarly book ‘Integrative Approaches for Health’ published by Academic Press Elsevier has received excellent reviews.
He has guided 19 PhD students, 8 Indian Patents, 2 US Patents and over 120 research publications with Scholar h-Index 37 and over 5250 citations.