Dr. Ram P. Manohar
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Kollam, Kerala, India. Download abstract
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Kollam, Kerala, India. Download abstract
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, received BAMS and MD (Ay) degrees from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru respectively. He has been contributing in the field of Ayurvedic research since the last 24 years.
PROJECTS
He was the Principal Investigator on the Indian side of the National Institutes of Health, USA sponsored research study to scientifically evaluate the efficacy of Ayurveda in rheumatoid arthritis which was conducted in collaboration with the University of Washington, Seattle, University of California, Los Angeles and AVP, Coimbatore under the leadership of Daniel Furst, MD, eminent Rheumatologist. The outcomes of this study was published in Annals of Rheumatic Diseases and Journal of Clinical Rheumatology and won the prestigious Excellence in Integrative Medicine Research Award from the European Society of Integrative Medicine. This study was recommended as a blue print for future studies on CAM by Dr. Edzard Ernst, a vehement critic of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.He has spearheaded the clinical documentation program called RUDRA and also established the first online indexing service for Ayurveda research papers called DHARA. He has served as Principal Investigator on projects granted by the Department of AYUSH, Indian National Science Academy and the Coconut Development Board.
PUBLICATIONS
He has published research papers published in peer reviewed indexed research journals apart from contributions in chapters for books.
RESEARCH JOURNALS
Under his editorial leadership, Ancient Science of Life became the largest PubMed indexed research journal in the field of Ayurveda. He serves in the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal for History of Science published by the Indian National Science Academy. He is also the Chief Editor of Abhinava Dhanvantari, the new edition of the first journal for Ayurveda from Kerala published in the early part of the 20th Century.
RESEARCH CONFERENCES
He has participated in more than 20 major international conferences and over 100 national conferences. He is in the Communications Committee of the 6th International Conference on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH) scheduled to be held at Las Vegas in May 2016. He also serves as Head of the Scientific Committee of International Research Seminar on Ayurveda (IRSA), the second edition of which is being held at Birstein, Germany in September 2015.
AWARDS
He was honoured with the Ayurveda Marga Pravarthaka Award by the L. Mahadevan’s Ayurveda Foundation in 2014 and Vaidya Sundarlal Joshi Smriti Sodha Puraskara by the Mahagujarat Medical Society in 2015. He was co-author and PI on Indian side of the research study on rheumatoid arthritis that won the Excellence in Integrative Medicine Research Award from European Society of Integrative Medicine in 2012.
RESEARCH VISITS
He has made research visits to United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Latvia, Russia, Denmark, Brussels, Switzerland and Sri Lanka for the promotion of Ayurveda.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
He is presently serving as Research Director at Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ĀCĀRA) attached to Amrita School of Ayurveda managed by Amrita University. He also serves as faculty in several institutions that are imparting courses and training in Ayurveda like University of Essen, Germany, Southern California University of Health Sciences, USA European Academy of Ayurveda, Germany, and Ayurvedic Point, Italy. He is an approved guide for the PhD program in Ayurveda at Amrita University.
HONORARY POSITIONS
He currently serves as a member of Scientific Advisory Group of Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Government of India. He served as member of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), Government of India and as Research Advisor (History of Science) for Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Government of India. He has also served as Member, Program Advisory Committee,National Health Systems Resource Centre, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India and Member, Sub-Committee for Public Relations, Scientific Communication and IEC for International Cooperation, Dept. of AYUSH, Government of India.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
He has been featured in the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in USA in a documentary titled “INDIA - A SECOND OPINION” highlighting the scope of Ayurveda in chronic diseases. He was one of the anchors in the documentary on “THE JOURNEY OF AYURVEDA” produced by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. He also made a brief appearance on German TV channel RBB for the documentary “HOW HEALTHY IS VEGETARIAN DIET”. He was interviewed by BBC Radio 4, London on the theme “HERBS, PILLS AND POTIONS”, broadcast and webcast by BBC Radio.