Kishor Patwardhan
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Kishor Patwardhan is an Ayurvedic physiologist and researcher working as a professor at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.[1]. He is noted for his calls for the modernisation of the theory and practice of Ayurveda to align it with the scientific method by the integration of modern medicine with Ayurveda[2] and the deletion of outdated pseudoscientific concepts from Ayurveda curriculum[3]
In 2022, he authored a paper in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics titled "Confessions of an Ayurveda professor"[4], in which he refuted his own previous teachings on the formation of blood and semen[5], and criticised Ayurvedic physicians' attempts to explain tridosha theory using concepts found in allopathy such as immunology due to its lack of falsifiability[6]. The controversial article received mixed responses from the Ayurvedic community.[6][7][8][9]
During his career at Banaras Hindu University, he has also written multiple articles in newspapers and academic journals about making Ayurveda an evidence-based system of medicine[10], criticising the practise of modern medicine by AYUSH practitioners[11], and the lack of research output from newer Ayurvedic institutions.[12]
Patwardhan is an editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics[13] and the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine[14]. He received the Dr. C. Dwarikanath Award in the year 2019 and is the co-ordinator of the "Ayurveda Network" project funded by the Ministry of Education.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Indian Research Information Network System".
- ↑ archive, From our online (May 10, 2019). "Scientists upset by AYUSH Ministry 'unusual' advisory". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/drop-incorrect-and-obsolete-concepts-from-ayurveda-curriculum-professor/cid/1874096
- ↑ "Confessions of an Ayurveda professor".
- ↑ Patwardhan K. Human Physiology in Ayurveda. Series No. 134. Varanasi, India: Jaikrishnadas: Chaukhambha Orientalia; 2005.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Confessions of an Ayurveda professor".
- ↑ ""Confessions of an Ayurveda professor" — A wake up call".
- ↑ "Can Ayurveda initiate a paradigm shift? A response to Patwardhan".
- ↑ "Deluded confession: Response to Kishor Patwardhan".
- ↑ "Making Ayurveda a real science". The Hindu. November 21, 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Chandra, Shailaja; Patwardhan, Kishor (April 2018). "Allopathic, AYUSH and informal medical practitioners in rural India – a prescription for change - ScienceDirect". Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 9 (2): 143–150. doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2018.05.001.
- ↑ Patwardhan, Kishor; Prasad, B. S.; Aftab, Anam; Raghunath More, Varsha; Savrikar, Shriram S. (January 2019). "Research orientation in Ayurveda educational institutions: Challenges and the way forward - ScienceDirect". Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 10 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2018.12.001.
- ↑ "Editorial Board".
- ↑ "Editorial board - Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier".
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