CRAV Gurus for 2025-26 Subject-wise List

he Central Research in Ayurveda and Vidyapeeth (CRAV) plays a crucial role in preserving and promoting the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda in India. Each year, distinguished experts and institutions across various Ayurvedic disciplines are selected as CRAV Gurus, contributing significantly to the field of traditional medicine. The list of subject-wise selected Gurus for 2025-26 reflects the depth of knowledge and regional diversity in Ayurvedic practice.

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Subject-wise CRAV Gurus for 2025-26

1. Bala Roga (Pediatrics)

Dr. N. Krishnaiah – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

2. Danta Chikitsa (Dentistry)

Dr. Jaysukh R. Makwana – Rajkot, Gujarat

3. Prasuti Tantra & Stree Roga (Gynecology & Obstetrics)

Dr. L. Sucharitha – Bengaluru, Karnataka

4. Asthi & Marma Chikitsa (Bone and Joint Therapy)

Dr. N.V. Sreevaths – Palakkad, Kerala
Dr. Vijayan Nangelil – Kothamanagalam, Kerala
Dr. Mathews Joseph – Muvattupuzha, Kerala
Dr. C. Suresh Kumar – Trivandrum, Kerala

5. Asthi & Marma Chikitsa + Sports Injury Management

Dr. Mathews Joseph – Muvattupuzha, Kerala

6. Ksharsutra (Para-surgical Procedure)

Dr. A. Raghavendra Acharya – Udupi, Karnataka
Vd. Devendra Kumar Shah – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Dr. K.V.S. Rao – Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
Dr. Manoranjan Sahu – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Harshvardhan Jobanputra – Nadiad, Gujarat
Dr. M. Bhaskar Rao – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Raman Singh – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Hem Raj Sharma – Una, Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Lalta Prasad – Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. S. Dattatray Rao – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Sat Pal Gupta – Ambala, Haryana
Dr. Nagender Pal – Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Vd. Alok Mohanlal Gupta – Yavatmal, Maharashtra
Dr. Kosaraju Venkata Chalapathi Rao – Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Ramkrishna Chhangani – Nagpur, Maharashtra
Dr. M.D.P. Raju – Hyderabad, Telangana
Dr. Dinesh Chander – Kurukshetra, Haryana
Dr. Mukul Patel – Surat, Gujarat

7. Pharmacy

Dr. Vijay Vishwanath Doiphode – Pune, Maharashtra
Vd. Vivek Dattatraya Sane – Pune, Maharashtra
Dr. Surya Prakash Sharma – Kolkata, West Bengal
Vd. Sasikumar Nechiyal – Palakkad, Kerala
Dr. D. Ramanathan – Thrissur, Kerala
Dr. Yogesh Narayan Bendale – Pune, Maharashtra

8. Netra Chikitsa (Ophthalmology)

Dr. I. Bhavadasan Namboothiri – Kannur, Kerala
Dr. Hemkant Shivajirao Baviskar – Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Eye Hospital & Research Centre (Dr. N. Narayanan Namboothiri) – Ernakulam, Kerala

9. Kayachikitsa (General Medicine)

Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam and Research Institute (Dr. Ramkumar) – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Arya Vaidya Sala (Dr. P.M. Varier, Dr. Rajagopalan K.V.) – Kottakkal, Kerala
Smt. Maniben Amrutlal Hargovan Government Ayurveda Hospital (Dr. Varsha Dave) – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Foundation Hospital (Asthtavaidyan Dr. E.T. Neelakandhan Mooss) – Thrissur, Kerala
National Institute of Ayurveda (Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev Sharma, Dr. Harish Bhakuni) – Jaipur, Rajasthan
Vd. Nimkar Anant Sadanand – Satara, Maharashtra
Dr. Mani Bhushan Kumar – Patna, Bihar
Vd. Binod Joshi – Haldwani, Uttarakhand
Vd. Namadhar Sharma – Rohini, New Delhi
Dr. Ramesh R. Varier – Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Dr. V. Sreekumar – Thrissur, Kerala
Dr. Ravishankar Pervaje – Dakshinakannada, Karnataka
Dr. Ramdas M. Avhad – Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Vd. Ashwani Kumar Sharma – Karol Bagh, New Delhi
Vd. Tarachand Sharma – Rohini, New Delhi
Vd. Narendra Narayandas Gujarathi – Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Dr. Madhusudan Deshpande – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Dr. C.M. Sreekrishnan – Thrissur, Kerala
Dr. Jagadeeshwari Prasad Mishra “Basant” – Sitamarhi, Bihar
Dr. Vinay Vasudeo Welankar – Thane, Maharashtra
Dr. Santosh Bhagwanrao Nevpurkar – Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Dr. Dhanraj Vishweshwar Gahukar – Nagpur, Maharashtra
Dr. Malhar Prabhakar Joshi – Sangli, Maharashtra
Dr. A.B. Sasidharan Nair – Kottayam, Kerala
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra – Hooghly, West Bengal
Prof. (Dr.) Om Prakash Gupta – Guwahati, Assam
Dr. Laxmidutta Shukla – Thane West, Maharashtra
Dr. Sameer Jamadagni – Pune, Maharashtra
Dr. Madan Gopal Vajpai – Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. N.N. Devan Namboodiri – Palakkad, Kerala

Kayachikitsa (General Medicine): more –

32. Dr. P.M. Varier and Dr. Rajagopalan K.V., Kottakkal, Kerala (Institutional Guru) 33. Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam and Research Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (Institutional Guru) 34. National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan (Deemed to be University, Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev Sharma, Vice Chancellor, and Dr. Harish Bhakuni) 35. Dr. P.M.S. Raveendranath, Palakkad, Kerala 36. Dr. C.M. Sreekrishnan, Thrissur, Kerala 37. Dr. P.K. Sudarsanan Nair, Palakkad, Kerala 38. Dr. N.N. Devan Namboodiri, Palakkad, Kerala 39. Dr. T.S. Krishna Kumar, Kozhikode, Kerala 40. Vd. M. Prasad, Thrissur, Kerala 41. Dr. Santosh Bhagwanrao Nevpurkar, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 42. Dr. Ramdas M. Avhad, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 43. Vd. Narendra Narayandas Gujarathi, Jalgaon, Maharashtra 44. Dr. Pravin Prabhakar Joshi, Dhule, Maharashtra 45. Vd. Mahesh Madhusudan Thakur, Thane, Maharashtra 46. Vd. Updendra Digambar Dixit, Ponda, Goa 47. Dr. Anupama Jayant Deopujari, Nagpur, Maharashtra 48. Dr. Ramavatar Sharma, Sikar, Rajasthan 49. Vd. Satish Shamlal Bhattad, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 50. Vd. Namadhar Sharma, Rohini, New Delhi 51. Vd. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Karol Bagh, New Delhi 52. Vd. Tarachand Sharma, Rohini, New Delhi 53. Dr. Preeti Chhabra, Janak Puri, New Delhi 54. Dr. Ravindra Vatsyayan, Ludhiana, Punjab 55. Vd. Ravinder Bajaj, Ludhiana, Punjab 56. Prof. (Dr.) Narayan Chandra Dash, Puri, Odisha 57. Vd. Anil Bhardwaj, Chandigarh 58. Prof. (Dr.) Om Prakash Gupta, Guwahati, Assam 59. Dr. Madhusudan Deshpande, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 60. Vd. S.N. Pande, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh 61. Vd. Binod Joshi, Haldwani, Uttarakhand 62. Vd. Achyut Kumar Tripathi, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 63. Dr. Madan Gopal Vajpai, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh 64. Vd. Satya Prakash Gupta, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh 65. Vaidya Braj Bhushan Sharma, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 66. Dr. Mani Bhushan Kumar, Patna, Bihar 67. Dr. Jagadeeshwari Prasad Mishra “Basant”, Sitamarhi, Bihar 68. Dr. Manoranjan Sahu, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh – Ksharsutra 69. Dr. Raman Singh, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh – Ksharsutra 70. Dr. Lalta Prasad, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh – Ksharsutra 71. Dr. Hem Raj Sharma, Una, Himachal Pradesh – Ksharsutra 72. Dr. Nagender Pal, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh – Ksharsutra 73. Dr. Panchabhai V. Damaniya, Junagadh, Gujarat – Kayachikitsa 74. Dr. Vinay Vora, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Kayachikitsa 75. Dr. Pranav Kiritkumar Dave, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Kayachikitsa 76. Vd. Maa Swami Anantanand Tirth, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Kayachikitsa 77. Dr. Anilkumar Adyaprasad Dubey, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra – Kayachikitsa 78. Dr. Ravishankar Pervaje, Dakshinakannada, Karnataka – Kayachikitsa 79. Dr. T. Shridhara Bairy, Udupi, Karnataka – Kayachikitsa 80. Dr. M.B. Gururaja, Shivamoga, Karnataka – Kayachikitsa 81. Dr. Savithri Sambamurthy Gayitri, Bengaluru, Karnataka – Kayachikitsa 82. Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam and Research Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (Institutional Guru) – Kayachikitsa 83. National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan (Deemed to be University) – Kayachikitsa 84. Dr. Ramavatar Sharma, Madurai, Tamil Nadu – Kayachikitsa 85. Dr. A.R. Ramadas, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu – Kayachikitsa 86. Vd. Updendra Digambar Dixit, Ponda, Goa – Kayachikitsa 87. Dr. Preeti Chhabra, Janak Puri, New Delhi – Kayachikitsa 88. Dr. Ravindra Vatsyayan, Ludhiana, Punjab – Kayachikitsa 89. Vd. Ravinder Bajaj, Ludhiana, Punjab – Kayachikitsa 90. Prof. (Dr.) Narayan Chandra Dash, Puri, Odisha – Kayachikitsa 91. Vd. Anil Bhardwaj, Chandigarh – Kayachikitsa 92. Prof. (Dr.) Om Prakash Gupta, Guwahati, Assam – Kayachikitsa 93. Dr. Madhusudan Deshpande, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh – Kayachikitsa 94. Vd. S.N. Pande, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh – Kayachikitsa 95. Vd. Binod Joshi, Haldwani, Uttarakhand – Kayachikitsa 96. Vd. Achyut Kumar Tripathi, Noida, Uttar Pradesh – Kayachikitsa 97. Dr. Madan Gopal Vajpai, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh – Kayachikitsa 98. Vd. Satya Prakash Gupta, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh – Kayachikitsa 99. Vaidya Braj Bhushan Sharma, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh – Kayachikitsa

The Importance of CRAV Gurus in Ayurveda

These Gurus play a vital role in:

Training Ayurvedic students using traditional methods.
Researching and innovating new treatments based on ancient practices.
Preserving Ayurvedic texts and practices for future generations.
Spreading Ayurvedic knowledge globally.

Final Thoughts

The CRAV Gurus for 2025-26 are a testament to the rich heritage and modern relevance of Ayurveda. Their expertise continues to shape the future of holistic medicine in India and beyond. Let’s celebrate and honor their contributions in keeping Ayurveda alive for generations to come!