Eminent Ayurveda expert Prof. KC Chunekar won the prestigious Padma Shri Award 2013 for Medicine, announced on the eve of the 64th Republic Day.
About Prof. KC Chunekar:
Prof. K.C. Chunekar, A.M.S., Ph.D., is a Fellow of the National
Academy of Ayurveda, & Professor of Dravya Guna and is the author of
several important books. He retired as Head of the Dravya Guna
Department, I.M.S., Banaras Hindu University in 1988.
Born in August 1928, Prof. Chunekar learned Ayurveda at a young age
from his illustrious Vaidya Sriniwas Shastri who was the closest student
of the illustrious Vaidya of Varanasi, Vaidya Tryambaka Shastri.
Additionally, Prof. Chunekar also had the great privilege to learn
Ayurveda directly from late Vaidya Satyanarayana Shastri, Professor of
B.H.U., and follower of Bengal School of Ayurveda. He has more than 50
years of practical and clinical experience in Ayurveda and is a Visiting
Professor to Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar, India. Furthermore,
he has trained and guided many research scholars in doctorate programs.
Prof. Chunekar is perhaps the most outstanding authority on Dravya
Guna and identification of Ayurvedic herbs today. He worked for W.H.O.
in Nepal and the Scientific Advisory Committee, ICMR Center, CDRI,
Lucknow. He has been nominated as Guru to carry on the Guru-Shishya
Paramparaa by the Indian government and has received the Sri Gyaana
Kalyaana Award in 2000. He is the senior expert of TKDL (Traditional
Knowledge Digital Library) Project (NISCAIR-CSIR) and a member of
ASUDTAB (Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani Drugs Technical Advisory Board),
Govt. of India. (Copied from http://www.vedicbooks.net/medicinal-plants-susruta-samhita-p-13838.html)
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