Ram Harsh Singh is an Indian practitioner of the

Ayurveda Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...

system of alternative medicine and the founder vice chancellor of

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University, formerly Rajasthan Ayurved University, is Ayurved university in the state Rajasthan. The university situated in Jodhpur was founded on 24 May 2003. This university affiliates about 42 c ...

. An Emeritus Professor of

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and a National Professor of the

Ministry of AYUSH The Ministry of Ayush, a ministry of the Government of India, is responsible for developing education, research and propagation of traditional medicine systems in India. Ayush is a name devised from the names of the alternative healthcare syste ...

of the Government of India, he was conferred with the fourth highest civilian honour of

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, in 2016.

Biography

R. H. Singh was born on 10 January 1942 in Kaniyari pur village of

Mau district Mau district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Mau town is the district headquarters which is also one of the few remaining areas of handloom saree production in eastern Uttar Pradesh, specializing in Sadiya silk sare ...

in the Indian state of

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and graduated in Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (ABMS) from

(BHU) in 1961. Starting as a faculty member, he served in various positions at his alma mater, BHU. His guide for doctoral degree (PhD) was K. N. Udupa, the pioneer of integrative medicine and the founder director of the

Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University The Institute Of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) is one of the Six institutes of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and comprises three faculties, Faculty of Medicine, Dental Sciences, and Ayurveda. The Institute of Medical Sciences is the ...

. In 2003, when the

was established at

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

, he was appointed as its founder vice chancellor. and served at the post till 2006. He also serves as a visiting professor at the College of Ayurveda of

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, USA. Singh is the founder president of the Association of Ayurvedic Physicians of India and a former chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, an autonomous body under the

. He is also a member of the National Commission on History of Science of the

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. His research on Ayurveda has been documented by way of over 200 research papers and 15 text books.

Awards and honors

He was awarded with a Lifetime achievement Award by

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) is India’s first rural medical college, nestled in the karmabhoomi of Mahatma Gandhi, in Sevagram. It is managed by the Kasturba Health Society. The college was earlier affiliated to t ...

(MGIMS) in 2007, the same year as he was made the Emeritus Professor of Banaras Hindu University. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Indian Medicine and a National Professor at the

of the Government of India. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the

in 2016.

References

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