INTERNATIONAL YOGACON USA, JUNE 2021

Akshay Anand graduated from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). After obtaining his post doctoral training at Department of Immunopathology in the same Institute he joined the University of Kentucky as Scientist II. After serving there for two years, he returned to join faculty of Department of Neurology PGIMER. Dr Anand is a research improvement specialist who is interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration utilizing invitro, invivo, alternative and biotherapeutic approaches. His other researchinterests range from analyzing the role of genetic and other risk factors that modify ALSand AMD to screening of novel drugs for memory enhancement. He has also been involved in the discovery of animal model of AMD published in Nature Medicine. Dr Anand wasselected of ICMR Amrut Mody Unichem Prize- 2012, Annual PGI faculty award-2013, 2014, Sardar Vallabhabhi Patel Foundation9th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award, 2014, Scopus Young Scientist Award Runner up, National Academy of Sciences India, New Delhi, 2012, ICMR Shankuntla Amir Chand Award (2010), Young Scientist Award from DAE (2005), Retina Research Foundation / Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Award (2003), served as Judge at ISEF, USA (2002-3), obtained over 2 dozen International travel awards besides mentoring PhD students to lead the Swacch Bharat campaign for which the team was awarded the Bharat Nirman Award in the Behavioral change category by Ministry of Science and Technology(2017).

Sree N. Sreenath, Ph.D., MNO, is a tenured full professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He is the Director of Case GEMNI (Graduate Engineering & Management National and International) Program. His research and educational interests are in complexity, with applications in Systems Biology (leukemia, prostate cancer and hydrocephalus), Global Issues, and, Sustainable Development. He served the Co-Director of UNESCO GENIe Program – an international network of educational institutions (1996-2006), and as the Director of the Complex Systems Biology Center (2007-2016) at Case. He consults with many developing countries on issues of water, energy, and policy development.
He has received many scholarships and awards including the Best Undergraduate Teaching Award, Who’s Who Among Teachers in America, and the NIH Research Career Award. He published a technical treatise on Global Warming in 1990 and was a member of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the 1990’s. He served as a scenario panel member of the World Water Commission (1998-2000); a member on the UN World Water Assessment Program; and many National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) committees. He has lectured in 25 countries, and has organized more than 40 workshops, symposia, and conferences. He is the inductee to the 2019 class of Cleveland International Hall of Fame.
Since 2009, he is the President of Sewa International (www.sewausa.org), a Hindu faith-based charitable nonprofit working in the areas of disaster recovery, education, and, development. Sewa has 43 Chapters across the USA and serves regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. He is also the Executive Committee member of NAVIKA – a national cultural organization.
Professor Sreenath is a practitioner of Vedic Math – ancient Indian Math for over 30 years and has developed a curriculum to educate children. He lives with his wife Shobha in Solon, Ohio, and has two adult children Apurwa and Abhijit.

Dr. Basu Ray has two primary sets of research interests. He is involved in clinical research in cardiac electrophysiology which includes atrial fibrillation, VT ablation, and cryptogenic stroke. Dr. Basu Ray has been meditating since the age of six. His research centers on the use of meditation and yoga in modern medicine, particularly heart diseases. He is also one of the top ten cardiologists chosen by the American Heart Association to write the world’s first scientific statement on the use of meditation in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He has also been invited to present at grand rounds at many medical schools in the United States and abroad.  Dr. Basu Ray is the author of numerous research articles and book chapters in cardiology. He is also the Editor in Chief for Cardiac Electrophysiology for Stat Pearl.

Professor & Head of CVTS, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Academic Block, “C” SGPGIMS Main Hospital Building, Raibareli Road, Lucknow, India

MBBS 1982, MS (General Surgery) 1986, MCh (CTVS) 1989 Delhi University
Marian Ionescu Fellow in Paediatric Surgery, Leeds. UK 1991-1993
Higher Cardiothoracic Surgical Trainee in West Midlands UK 1993-1996
Senior Registrar Coventry UK 1996-97
Assistant Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. 1997
Cardiac Surgeon, St Anthony’s Hospital, London. 1998-2000
Associate Professor, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, SGPGIMS, 2000-2002
Additional Professor & Head, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery SGPGIMS, April 2002-2008
Professor and Head, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery SGPGIMS, April 2008-present

Dr. Mahadevan is a Duke Integrative Healthcare Leader and an Ayurvedic Health and Nutrition consultant who graduated from the AADP-Accredited Ayurvedic Nutrition Study Program. He is also certified as a Yoga Teacher by Yoga Alliance International.

Besides holding a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, he has done post-doctoral research at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Foundation. During those years, he also pursued a Master’s in Science & Technology Entrepreneurship at the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management.

In 2005, Dr. M joined a startup as part of the senior management team and helped grow the company to over 650 people globally where he currently serves as an Executive Vice President. In addition to entrepreneurship, he is interested in sustainable grassroots development activities, and served as the President of the Minnesota chapter of the Association for India’s Development (AID), a non-profit.

Dr. M spend 4 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). Apart from advising and mentoring various clinical and research faculty, he served as a member of the University Board of Management, Scientific Advisory Board, Academic Council, Graduate Committee and Institutional Ethics Committee. Dr. M has also recently helped Isha Foundation set up an Integrative Healthcare Centre in India.

Dr. Susheel Sharma is a board cetified cardiologist at Washington Medical Center in Maryland, USA. He is also a fellow at the American College of Physicians. He has served for 25 years as cardiologist and currently focussing on cardiac wellness and stress reduction techniques like Yoga and Pranayama.

Dinesh G. Patel M.D. is Emeritus Chief of ArthroscopicSurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and is Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University.
Dr. Patel is a founding member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Association of Arthroscopy.

In 2001, he established Asia’s first Psychomotor Skills Lab at BJMC COLLEGE/paraplegia center in Ahmedabad to train surgeons and students in India and Southeast Asia in the field Arthroscopic surgery.
Dr. Patel has been in U.S. news and World reports as one of the best doctors. In February 2002, Boston Magazine voted him by his peers as one of the top doctors in the field of orthopedics.
He was Chairman of the Board of Registration in Medicine in Mass as well as a Board member of the Board of Directors and the Strategic Planning and Executive Committees of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).
In April 2003, the FSMB honored Dr. Patel with the John H. Clark, MD Leadership Award.
That same year, he was also named Commissioner of the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation by the Bush Administration.
Dr. Patel was Commissioner at Catastrophic Illness for Children’s Relief Fund in Massachusetts State.
In Oct 2005, he was appointed Chair-man of the Dubai Health Care City Board of Licensure. He was a member of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Credential Committee and former member of Massachusetts State Dispute Resolution Committee. He was a member of the leadership council of Harvard school of public health. Dr. Patel was a member of the Harvard Medical School admission committee.In November 2003 he was honored/ an award given by Governor Weld as one of the best new immigrants in Massachusetts.
Dr. Patel was given the Vishwa Gurjari award in 1988. In Jan 2004, he was given a very prestigious Gujarat Garima Award by the Prime Minister of India Mr. Vajpayee and chief minister Mr Narendrabhai Modi in Ahmedabad. He was one of the founding members and president of Imane and was chair of CME and equipment donation committee for AAPI in 1989.
He has received many social and professional awards locally and internationally for his work in Arthroscopy education -training and public service most recently being Rotary international Paul Harris fellowship award.Recently retired from clinical practice .
He lives with his wife Kokila in Lexington Mass.

Head of department of Neurosurgery, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE

He Studied M.B.B.S at R G Kar Medical College, Calcutta, India, Studied MCh Neurosurgery at SCTIMST, Studied Neurosurgery at National Board Certification He is working as Senior Consultant and Head of department of Neurosurgery at Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah Former Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at SUT hospital pattom Former Doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital Former Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Trivandrum Former Senior Consultant and Head of Neuroscience at SUT Hospital , Pattom Former Assistant Professor at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology

Mr. Appen Menon, Esq. is a corporate attorney and a partner at Condon & Forsyth LLP, a law firm based in New York. He has been practicing corporate and banking laws for over 28 years. He has been actively associated with organizations that promote trade and commerce between United States and India. Appen Menon was an advisory member of the US Trade Mission organized by the US Department of Commerce in 2007. Previously, he was a Director and General Counsel of US Indian American Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he is associated with a number of for-profit and non-profit corporations. He advices various corporations and banks on legal matters.

Mr. KV Kumar is the Chairman of KMF Investment Group, LLC.

KV Kumar is the epitome of volunteerism. He has served as a volunteer for over 147,000 hours or more than 16 years of volunteer work. He has served tirelessly and continue to serve the small businesses, entrepreneurs, mentorship, people with brain injury, women and youth advancement and service to the community organizations and individuals with need for help.

Co Chairman of American Academy of Yoga and Meditation

Manish Shrivastava is a co-founder and the General Secretary of AAYM. Manish settled in the USA for last 20 years and considers himself to be a global citizen. Manish is a seeker of the ultimate truth and reality. He is an active practitioner of Advaita Vedanta and uses self-inquiry method consistent with the teachings of Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi and J. Krishnamurthy. He is also a proponent of bringing ancient knowledge, yoga, and mediation together with modern science for the benefit of people and the planet; he knows that the only way to end all conflict and suffering is to raise individual consciousness to a point that it becomes one and the only one with the universal consciousness.
By profession, Manish is an IT Leader at Johnson and Johnson and holds an Executive MBA Degree from The University of Memphis as well as an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from India.

Dr. Bhanu Duggal is a professor and Head of Department at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India. She was in the past also a professor and Head of Department at the Grant Medical College and Sir JJ group of hospitals. She is a recipient of many awards, including the Diversity Travel Support Award in April 2013. Dr. Duggal is an internationally famed cardiologist with research in utilization of stents in clinical practice in India.

Vice chairman of Community Relations & Fund Raising of American Academy of Yoga and Meditation

Research Analyst Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Gaurav is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, Bharat. He obtained his master’s degree in Microbiology from Bidhanangar College, Salt Lake, Kolkata, Bharat, and bachelor’s degree in Microbiology (H) from the University of Calcutta. His area of interest includes Immunology, Virology, Nanotechnology, Microbiology, Ayurveda, and Medical Microbiology.

Gaurav’s research uses bacterial application as a research method to investigate how agricultural wastes can be converted into wealth. His investigation focuses on the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass from agricultural waste into valuables. This research has a multidisciplinary approach encompassing nanotechnology, immunology, waste management, enzymology. He is a member of the Think India (forum for Students and faculties of Premium Institutes of India) and worked for various NGOs locally.

Neena Vachaspati is a licensed Occupational therapist, who has practiced in United Kingdom, Canada and in United State.  She served as a guest Lecturer teaching work simplification, energy conservation and management of oncology patients to Occupational therapy students at UTHSC and Concord.

She is also trained through London Polytechnic on “Relaxation for Living.”

As yoga and relaxation enthusiast she gives talks at local churches and support groups on management of Lymphedema to Oncology clients.

She is a member of AAYM

Tech Head of American Academy of Yoga and Meditation

Dr. Natarajan graduated from the Nilratan Sircar Medical College in 1991. He works in Southaven, MS and 6 other locations and specializes in Child Neurology, Neurology and Psychiatry. Dr. Natarajan is affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto and Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown.

Damodar Reddy Kumbala, MD.FASN.FASDIN, is an interventional nephrologist specializing in the routine and complex care of vascular accesses. This includes minimally invasive image-guided procedures. He earned his medical degree at BLDEA Medical College located in Bijapur, India, and completed his internship and residency at Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati. He went on to complete a nephrology fellowship at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. Dr. Kumbala has participated in numerous clinical studies for both the cardiology and nephrology fields and has published extensively in peer reviewed medical journals.

Ritesh Verma is a Data Warehouse architect by profession. He is also an Artificial Intelligence specialist, and Full-Stack AI Consultant. He has done some proof of concept related to AI in Medical Diagnosis (to identify diseases with supervised (clinical data, EMR) and unsupervised data (image chest x-rays), Medical Prognosis and Medical Treatment using Tensorflow, python and R programming language.

Ritesh Verma obtained a Master Degree in Physics and ranked 2nd in University from NIT Jamshedpur.

As Yoga and meditation enthusiast, he has been associated with AAOYAM.

Ramanand is a scholar of humanities and prior to this appointment has served in several capacities in academics and research field in India. He was fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation New Delhi. He is alumnus of University of Pune, Pune. He is alumnus of the prestigious Law Institute, University of Virginia School of Law, USA. Based on his expertise in the field of humanities he has also served in advisory capacity with state governments in India. He is a proven orator at the national and international level and significantly contributed in the form of research papers, monographs, chapters in the books, research article in the acclaimed international journals and publications etc. He was esteemed panelist of Loksabha and Rajyasabha TV, Government of India to deliberate issues of national and international significance. Apart from his academic interests Ramanand also explores travel photography (wildlife, architecture and cultural). Some of his artwork is showcased in national and international exhibitions.