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Dr. R Somashekhar has completed his doctorate in the area of life sciences.

• Director of Vasishth Academy of Advanced Studies and Research.

• With over 20 years of seasoned experience in life sciences, he is the chief mentor for the doctoral students.

• Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Public Mental Health and Neurosciences.

Researcher , Bioinformatics

• Completed his Post Doctoral Research from the University of Lorraine, Inserm, Nancy, France and from Science & Engineering Research Board, Government of India.

• Doctorate in Bioinformatics from Career Point University, Kota, Rajasthan, India (2016).

• Certification in Ayurveda, Yoga & Sanskrit, specifically, computational Sanskrit linguistics.

• Attended IBRO sponsored Advanced School of Neuroscience at Monash University, Malaysia for doctoral research.

• Authored over 50 research & review papers in several national & international journals & in conference proceedings and presented his research works in conferences abroad.

• Guide to several graduate students.

• Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Public Mental Health & Neurosciences, The International Journal of Psychosocial and Cultural Genomics, Consciousness & Health Research and Neuroscience Research Letters.

• Mrs. Padmashree Murthy is the president of Sarvasumana Association, Bangalore, India.

• A yoga practitioner, a career counsellor and working in the field of mental health.

• She is a recipient of Gold Medal from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi (under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India).

• She guides students and conducts workshops in Psychology for Vasishth Academy.

Dr. Kirthi S Jawalkar is a Homoeopathic physician.

• Graduated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in 2009 and completed Masters in Counseling and psychotherapy from Kuvempu University in 2012.

• Acupuncturist and a member of Acupuncture Science Association since 2015.

• She was in the organizing committee of 1st International Conference on Corona Viral Genomics in June 2020 and has anchored for ICBDS (International Conference on Bioinformatics and Data sciences) in July 2020.

• Anchor and participant in the webinar on Role of Yoga in Prevention of COVID-19 in June 2020.

• Presented paper on Depression and its malicious effects online in June 2020.

• Actively attended many Homeopathic and Acupuncture Conferences.

• Mr. Rajesh TS is a researcher in Biotechnology and Yogic sciences.

• He is a post graduate in biochemistry.

• He has 10 years of research experience and 7 years of yoga teaching experience.

• His sole interest is connecting science with spirituality.

• He has several national and international publications in the area of yoga and life sciences. He has many book chapters to his credit. He has delivered talks at international and national conferences.

Researcher , Biotechnology

• Post Graduation in Biotechnology. During his Research, worked as project trainee with significantly contributed in the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics at Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur.

• Working as a researcher in the area of Next Generation Sequencing and Big data analysis.

• Research interests lie in Molecular Biology. Microbiology & Bioinformatics like RNA-SEQ, microbial genomics and Exome sequencing & post-translation modifications.

• His research title during his post graduation was “Evaluation of anti-bacterial activities and molecular docking studies of dipeptides”.

• He was involved in establishing a novel drug lead of prostate cancer from phytocompounds (Centella asiatica and Annona muricata” ) & gene silencing studies.

• Awarded first place in (2018) MCI Sponsored , 5th International Conference on Public Mental Health and Neurosciences (ICPMN) for oral presentation of research paper at Siem Reap, Cambodia. 

• Over 5 international publications in the area of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics and attended 3 international conferences of ICPMN.

Dentist | Healthcare Researcher |Counsellor

• A graduate dentist from DAPMRV Dental College, Bangalore.

• Awarded the Certificate of Merit in Public Health Dentistry, 2nd State Rank in Quiz held in Nov 2013 issued by IDA Karnataka State Branch.

• During the undergraduate research project, worked on "Self-Reported Prevalence of Oral Malodor among Undergraduate Students of a Dental Institution in Bangalore." (2012 - 2013)

• Publication : "Updates in the surgical management of odontogenic keratocyst", Jan 2019

• Worked in reputed clinic chain like M V Centre for Diabetes & Research (WHO recognized research center) and private clinics.

• With interest for innovation and curiosity for applications across healthcare, started her journey in healthcare technology startups.

• Worked as domain expert to help improve patient - doctor interactions on teleconsultation platform.

• As a team lead, helped train interns and colleagues in channeling digital strategies of outreach like webinars, CMEs etc. to larger audiences online.

• An integral part of translating marketing strategies & market research to understand healthcare professional behavior online.

• Working to decode unique applications of analytics in healthcare as applicable to public health with individual influences.