Bhushan Patwardhan

Bhushan Patwardhan is a National Research Professor designated by the Ministry of AYUSH currently located at Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University. He was Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi and Chairman (Additional Charge), Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi until March 4, 2021.
He is a biomedical scientist who is Fellow of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medical Sciences India. Currently, he is Chairman of the Interdisciplinary R&D Taskforce on Covid-19,Ministry of AYUSH and also member of National Board of Examination. He was Director, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University. He has worked as academic head of Manipal Education Group; Director, Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bengaluru; Vice Chancellor, Deemed University in Pune, and visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. 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, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences and Indian Council of Medical Research. He has worked on several policy making committees and Taskforces of National Knowledge Commission, Planning Commission. He has made original contributions in evidence-based Ayurveda especially in Ayurvedic biology, ethnopharmacology, natural product drug development and integrative approaches to improve public health system. His pioneering work on novel concepts such as Therapeutic Adjuvants, AyuSoft, AyuGenomics Reverse Pharmacology, Network Pharmacology are widely recognized. He is founder Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine published by Elsevier and is on Editorial Boards of many reputed Journals. He is recipient of many orations and awards including Sir Ram Nath Chopra Oration, Waldemar Haffkine Oration, Dr C. Dwarkanath Oration, Dr P.K. Devi Oration, and V K Joag Best Teacher Award. The WHO, Geneva awarded him a study on role of traditional medicine in public health. His recent scholarly books ‘Integrative Approaches for Health’ and ‘Innovative Approaches to Drug Discovery’ both published by Academic Press Elsevier have received excellent reviews. His World View article on predatory journals published in NATURE has been widely appreciated. It is noteworthy that his 25 articles have been cited more than 100 times. He has received several research grants and has guided 20 PhD students and holds 8 Indian Patents, 2 US Patents with over 9500 citations.
He was Vice Chancellor of Symbiosis International University. His domain of work has been research in Ayurveda, Prakuti/Biotype, and clinical trials. He is working in the field of evidence-based Ayurveda.