NameKishorPatwardhan

DesignationReader

QualificationBAMS, MD(Ay), PhD

Area of specializationAyurveda Physiology, Ayurveda Education

Publications:15 papers in peer-reviewed journals

5 Chapters in books

3 Other articles

2 Books authored

1 Book edited

FellowshipsVaidya-Scientist fellowship awarded by ITD-HST, Bengaluru

MembershipsAll India Sharir Research Institute,

Indian Academy of Yoga

Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India

Phone:9415290426

Email:

Date of First Appointment:23rd of January 2004

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Articles in Scholarly journals

  1. KishorPatwardhan.The history of the discovery of blood circulation: unrecognized contributions of Ayurveda masters. Advances in Physiology Education (2012).Vol.36, Issue 2, Page 77-82.
  2. KishorPatwardhan.Medical education in India: Time to encourage cross-talk between different streams.Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2013;4(1):52-55.
  3. KishorPatwardhan,SangeetaGehlot, Girish Singh, H.C.S. Rathore. Ayurveda education in India: How well are the graduates exposed to basic clinical skills?Evidence Based Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2011, Article ID 197391, 6 pages.
  4. KishorPatwardhan,SangeetaGehlot, Girish Singh, H.C.S. Rathore. Global Challenges of Graduate Level Ayurvedic Education: A Survey. International Journal of Ayurvedic Research Vol 1, Issue 1, 2010. Page 49-54.
  5. Piyush Kumar Tripathi,KishorPatwardhan, and Girish Singh.The Basic Cardiovascular Responses to Postural Changes, Exercise, and Cold Pressor Test: Do They Vary in Accordance with the Dual Constitutional Types of Ayurveda?Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2011, Article ID 251850, 10 pages.
  6. Himanshu Joshi, Girish Singh, KishorPatwardhan. Ayurveda education: Evaluating the integrative approaches of teaching KriyaSharira (Ayurveda physiology). Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2013;4:138-46
  7. KishorPatwardhan.How practical are the teaching reforms without curricular reforms?Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. Volume 1, Issue 3, 2010. Page 174-176.
  8. KishorPatwardhan."Ayurpathy" - The pharmaceuticalization of Ayurveda.AYU 2011;32:594-5
  9. SushmaTiwari, Shinjini Singh, KishorPatwardhan, SangeetaGehlot and I.S.Gambhir. Effect of Centellaasiaticaon Mild Cognitive Impairment and other common age-related clinical problems.Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. Vol.3, No.4, December 2008, Page 215-220.
  10. KishorPatwardhan,SangeetaGehlot, Girish Singh, H.C.S. Rathore. Graduate level Ayurveda Education: Relevance of Curriculum and Teaching methodology. Journal of Ayurveda, NIA, Jaipur. Vol.3, No.2, 2009. Page 73-82.
  11. SushmaTiwari, AK Sinha, KishorPatwardhan,SangeetaGehlot, I.S. Garnbhir, S.C.Mohapatra. Prevalence of Health Problems among Elderly: A Study in a Rural Population of Varanasi.Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine. Vol.41, No.3 and 4, 2010.
  12. KishorPatwardhan,SangeetaGehlot, H.C.S. Rathore. Problems in Graduate level Ayurvedic education in India.University News. Weekly Journal published by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. Vol.47, No.49. December 07-13, 2009. Page No.19-21.
  13. KishorPatwardhan,Suresh Kumar. A proposal for the revival and advancement of Ayurveda education. J. Res. Educ. Indian Med., July- Dec. 2014; Vol. XX (3-4) : 137-140
  14. Kishorpatwardhan, R. Galib, PratapThakur, Suresh kumar. Peer-reviewed journals of ayurveda : An appraisal J. Res. Educ. Indian Med., July - Dec. 2014; Vol. XX (3-4) : 141-152
  15. Sunil Rapolu, Manoj Kumar, Girish Singh,KishorPatwardhan. Physiological variations in the autonomic responses may be related to the constitutional types defined in Ayurveda.TANG-Journal of Humanitas Medicine. (In press)

Books Authored / Edited

  1. KishorPatwardhan.Human Physiology in Ayurveda. Book published by ChaukhambhaOrientalia, Varanasi First Edition: 2005. 3rdReprint edition: 2013. ISBN: 978-81-7637-098-1.
  2. KishorPatwardhan,SangeetaGehlot, HCS Rathore. The quality of Ayurveda education in India: A survey.Publisher:Lulu. Com. ISBN: 978-1-304-48764-3.
  3. BM Singh, SangeetaGehlot,KishorPatwardhan, NS Tripathi, PS Upadhyaya(Editors).Pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and management of the disorders of PranavahaSrotas (Respiratory System) in children.

Chapters in books

  1. KishorPatwardhan.Governance of higher education in Indian systems of medicine: Issues, concerns, and challenges. In: Perspectives on Governance of Higher Education (Issues, concerns and challenges). Published by: BhartiVidyapeeth Deemed University and Centre for Social Research and Development, Pune. ShivajiraoKadam (Editor). Page 127-139 (2010). ISBN: 978-81-910455-1-2.
  2. KishorPatwardhan.The concepts of Human Physiology in Ayurveda.In: Sowarigpa and Ayurveda published by Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies. Edited by Pabitra Kumar Roy (2008), Page 51 -73. ISBN: 978-81-87127-76-5.
  3. Shanmugapriya M and KishorPatwardhan. Uses of Date Palm in Ayurveda. In: Date: the Genus Phoenix: Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group. Editors: A. Manickavasagan, M. Mohamed Essa, EthirajanSukumar (2012). ISBN: 1439849455, 9781439849453. Page: 377 – 385.
  4. KishorPatwardhan and SangeetaGehlot. Physiology of Hemopoietic System in Ayurveda.In: Vedavijnanabhasvati,Published by Department of Veda, Faculty of SVDV, BHU, and VijnanaBharati. Chief Editor: H.R. Sharma (2007). Page 163-165.
  5. Abha Singh, SonamAgrawal, Deepti Singh, KishorPatwardhan. A physiological appraisal of the concept of Srotas with special reference to Respiratory Physiology. In:Pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and management of the disorders of PranavahaSrotas (Respiratory System) in children. Pages: 51-66, Publisher: ChaukhambhaOrientalia, Varanasi.

Other articles

  1. KishorPatwardhan.Physiology of Cardiovascular system in Ayurveda.JñānaSrotas, Quarterly Journal of All India Sharir Research Institute. Volume-1, Issue-1, April 2004, Page 14-15.
  2. KishorPatwardhanandRashmi Sharma. Prakriti: A self assessment questionnaire. JñānaSrotas, Quarterly journal of All India Sharir Research Institute. Volume -1, Issue -5, April 2005, Page11-16.

Other major activities:

  1. Involved as a member in the Subcommittee of Planning Commission for proposing the plans related to AYUSH education to be implemented during 12th Five-Year Plan.
  2. Involved as consultant expert in several projects
  3. Completed two-year part time Vaidya-Scientist Fellow program organized by ITD-HST, Bengaluru.
  4. Working as a reviewer for several international and national level journals such as J-AIM, JREIM, ASL and AYU.
  5. Working as assistant editor for the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine.
  6. Member in the Editorial Advisory board for the International Journal Humanitas Medicine of the College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul.
  7. Involved in developing innovative teaching methods and curricula in Ayurveda.
  8. Authoring a blog on Ayurveda Education, available at:
  9. Prepared and uploaded several presentations related to Ayurveda in general and to the subject KriyaSharir in particular. Available at:
  1. Delivered an invited lecture series at NPO Japan Ayurveda Institute, Tokyo in 2012
  2. Participating as a resource person in several workshops on research methodology and scientific writing.

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