Speakers at the International Ayurveda Symposium 2024

H.E. Mridul Kumar (IND) - Guest of Honor

H.E. Mridul Kumar - Ambassador of India to Switzerland.
Mridul Kumar, a career diplomat of 1992 batch of the Indian Foreign Service, has been the Ambassador of India to Switzerland since June 19, 2023. Previously, he served as Additional Secretary for European Affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs. Prior to that, he was India's High Commissioner to Malaysia from February 2018 to July 2021 and Consul General in Cape Town, South Africa from June 2009 to June 2012. He speaks Hindi, English and Arabic. His hobbies include trekking (in 2009 he led a pilgrimage group to Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra), cricket, painting, cooking and music.

Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha (IND) - Guest of Honor

Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India
Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha MD (Ayu) is the Secretary for AYUSH, Government of India. Previously, he was the Vice Chancellor (President) of the prestigious Gujarat Ayurved University in Jamnagar. He is the founder of the Chakrapani Ayurveda clinic and product line in Jaipur. He has received several awards for his work, including the Padmashri Award, the fourth highest civilian award in India.

Prof. Dr. Tanuja Nesari (IND) - Guest of Honor

Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)
Prof. Dr. Tanuja Nesari, BAMS, MD (Ayu), PhD (Ayu) Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA). She is the Chair for the Health Sector sub-skill Council for AYUSH and a member of Governing Council of IMS, BHU. Dr. Nesari is also a member of the General Assembly of ICCR, a Member of the Board of Governors, CCIM and serves on the academic board of various universities like ITRA, Jamnagar & National Academic and Research Bodies.
She serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of CCRAS and domain expert of the Technical Screening Committee (TSC) of NMPB. Her influential leadership has brought more than 20 MOUs into the credit of AIIA. She played a key role in converting AIIA Hospital, New Delhi into COVID Healthcare Centre, where the patients are being provided holistic Ayurveda treatment.

Hans H. Rhyner (CH) - Guest of honor

Practitioner of alternative medicine
Hans Heinrich Rhyner, MD, PhD (Alternative Medicine), Dipl. NHP Ayurveda Medicine, is a recognized expert and pioneer of Ayurvedic medicine in Europe. He lived in India for 25 years and ran his own clinic in Bangalore. He looks back on 40 years of clinical experience and is the author of textbooks on Ayurveda. He applies his knowledge in his swiss clinic in Teufen, in Munich, Vienna and on Mallorca as well as in his manufacture of Ayurveda products in Austria.

Stephanie Albert (CH)

Portrait Stefanie Albert

Complementary therapist with a federal diploma in Ayurveda therapy
Stephanie Albert runs her complementary therapy clinic in Langnau am Albis. She specializes in providing support during emotionally challenging times and releasing energetic and mental blockages. Her work is based on Ayurveda combined with energy and consciousness work. In addition to her clinic, she offers transformation days and sells her own spice blends.

Sabine Anliker (CH)

Swiss certified Practitioner of Natural Medicine
Sabine Anliker is a Practitioner of Natural Medicine with a federal diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine and Traditional European Naturopathy and also holds a Master of Science degree in Ayurvedic Medicine. She has also completed training as a Practitioner of Natural Medicine for classical naturopathy and homeopathy. She runs her own clinic in Lucerne and is President of the Swiss Ayurveda Medicine Association (AMVS) and Vice President of the Ayurveda Medicine Support Organization.

Dr. med. Sophie Beall (CH)

Medical Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Seelisberg (Switzerland)
Sophie Beall, MD, is a pioneer: a former internist at the University Hospital of Toulouse in France, she has been practicing Ayurveda and modern medicine for more than 35 years. She has seen thousands of patients with chronic illnesses in consultation with highly qualified Vaidyas from India, including Astha Vaidya E.T Divakaran Moos, who represents one of the great Ayurvedic families in Kerala.
She specializes in Panchakarma and pulse diagnosis and teaches Ayurveda to European doctors and Practitioner of Natural Medicine.
In 2003, she became medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Seelisberg above Lake Lucerne. Since then, she and her team have been offering consultations and Panchakarma to a growing number of patients looking for Ayurvedic health solutions. When Ayurveda medicine gained official professional status in Switzerland, she obtained her federal diploma and recently became an Ayurveda mentor to help newly trained practitioners complete their experience.

Oliver Becker (D)

Master of Science in Ayurvedic Medicine, certified educator, alternative practitioner
Oliver Becker has been practicing Ayurvedic medicine in his own clinic for many years. At the European Academy of Ayurveda, he works as a lecturer, module leader, educational coach and interpreter in the Ayurvedic Medicine course. In addition, he teaches in various other training courses of the Academy. His professional focus as a lecturer includes pharmacology and internal medicine of Ayurveda. In addition to Ayurvedic medicine, he has profound knowledge of yoga, Vedic knowledge systems and Sanskrit.

Anja Berger (D)

Practitioner of Natural Medicine, Co-President VEAT e.V.
Anja Berger is a qualified social scientist and alternative practitioner and has successfully completed her studies in Ayurvedic medicine at the European Academy of Ayurveda as a validated partner of Middlesex University, London. She works in her own clinic in Baden-Baden with a focus on Ayurvedic medicine, nutritional advice and gynecology/consultation for natural hormone therapy. As deputy chairwoman of the Professional Association of European Ayurveda Doctors and Therapists (VEAT) and a member of the Ayurveda training group of the Ayurveda Dachverband Deutschland e.V. (ADAVED), Anja Berger has also been committed to quality assurance in Ayurveda clinics in Germany for many years.

Dr. Ananda Chopra (D)

Head of the Ayurveda department at the Habichtswaldklinik Kassel
Ananda Samir Chopra, MD, studied medicine and Indology at the University of Heidelberg. After his license to practice medicine, he spent one year in Kolkata, India, studying Ayurveda. Since 1996 leading physician of the Ayurveda Clinic Kassel. 2009 to 2011 scientific assistant in a research project on the modern history of Ayurveda at the University of Heidelberg. Furthermore, he is the 1st chairman of DÄGAM e.V. (German Medical Society for Ayurveda Medicine). In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Chopra continues to be scientifically active in the history of medicine. Since his childhood he has been learning and practicing Indian classical music (Hindustani Sangit).

Dr. Prasanth Dharmarajan (IND)

Associate Professor Panchakarma at the AIIA, New Delhi

Dr. Prasanth Dharmarajan PhD comes from a family of Ayurvedic doctors in Kerala and was one of the first employees of the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), the top institute of the AYUSH Ministry of the Indian government. Over the years he established numerable Panchakarma set ups for Government of India under Ministry of Ayush. Ayurveda wellness centre LBSNAA Mussorie, Department of Integrative medicine Safdarjung Hospital, Ayush wellness centre Supreme Court, Ayurveda wellness centre - statue of unity Gujarat, Deerghayu - Army Base hospital, Delhi)

In 2015, he was appointed as assistant professor for Panchakarma. He built up and developed the Panchakarma Department, which now treats over hundreds of patients per day. He created the first national standards for training panchakarma therapists/ Technicians in India and trained the Institute's Doctoral (PhD), postgraduate students (MD) and therapists. Currently he serves as Associate dean for international cooperation cell of ayurveda (ICCA) in AIIA, National nodal officer for skill development programs of Ayush at AIIA and as Nodal officer for extension centres of AIIA. He is involved with various national and international research projects with reputed organizations in the field of Integrative research and Panchakarma.

Previously he worked in the Department of Panchakarma and Integrative Medical Studies at the Mata Amritanandamayi Math and its Ayurvedic School of Kerala. There he led and taught educational programs for hundreds of international students, including Western doctors and medical personnel.

Dr. Parvathy Devi (IND)

Portrait Dr Parvathy Devi

Dr. Parvathy Devi MD (Ayu) is the leading Ayurvedic psychiatrist and psychotherapist in India.
For the last 25 years, she has been the Chief Physician and Superintendent of the prestigious Govt. Ayurveda Research Institute for Mental Health in Kottakkal, Kerala. In important publications, seminars and invitations to the most important national and international Ayurveda congresses, she shares her special wealth of experience in the treatment of depression, bipolar disorders, psychoses and other mental illnesses with the professional world. She is a member of the State Mental Health Authority, Kerala.
Her holistic approach to therapy demonstrates the amazing possibilities of Ayurvedic treatment based on the far-reaching recommendations of traditional Ayurveda in an area of health disorders that is becoming increasingly important today.
She works as the state coordinator for the project "Manasika" in 14 districts and "Harsham - Depression Clinics" in 6 districts of Kerala under the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and the National Ayush Mission.
She launched the project "Anavadya" for the treatment of mental health problems in transgender persons and initiated important steps for "Medha" - a school health program for the academically retarded, "Sudheeram" - for the therapeutic management of test anxiety in selected schools, "Solace" - for the holistic management of occupational stress, "Susmritam" - for the management of mild cognitive impairment and "Kusrti" - for the management of ADHD.
Her special commitment lies in the opening of a pediatric psychiatric department in her hospital.

Dr. Shivani Ghildiyal (IND)

Portrait Dr. Shivani Ghildiyal

Shivani Gjildayal MD, PhD is Assistent Professor at the prestigious All India Institute of Ayurveda New Delhi AIIA and Head of the Department of Herbal Medicine (Dravyaguna). She has been involved in over 200 scientific Ayurveda projects and has a long list of publications to her credit. Member of the official delegation of the Ministry of AYUSH attending the Symposium 2024.

Uwe Gramminger (D)

Portarit Uwe Gramminger - Ayurveda Symposium

Managing Director euroved
Uwe Gramminger, a qualified textile business economist, can look back on more than 25 years of management experience as a multiple CEO in the global textile and fashion industry before founding the sustainable management consultancy Carpe Diem Consilium, which is aimed exclusively at owner-managed SMEs.
In 2017, he joined the family business euroved as Managing Director, which was founded by his sister Dr. med. Harsha Gramminger and which has been producing, importing and distributing Ayurveda products in Europe as an organic-certified company since 1999. Together with euroved, Uwe Gramminger is a member of the executive committee of the Ayurveda Dachverband Deutschland ADAVED e.V. and head of the Ayurveda products IUI (distributors and importers) section of the association.

Prof. Dr. Shivenarain Gupta (IND)

Ayurveda Clinic Director, Professor, J.S. Ayurveda College, Vice Chancellor, Maganbhai Adenwala Mahagujarat University, India
Prof. Shivenarain Gupta MD (Ayu) is a physician and professor of Ayurvedic medicine from Nadiad (India). He earned his doctorate degree from the famous Ayurveda University of Jamnagar. Today he heads the Department of Internal Medicine at the P. D. Patel Ayurveda Hospital. As a professor of the affiliated J. S. Ayurveda College, he has succeeded in establishing one of the most prestigious pancakarma clinics in India, where patients from India and Europe receive help. He was awarded by IASTAM (India) for his achievements in teaching and appointed as Vice Chancellor, Maganbhai Adenwala Mahagujarat University in 2022. At the European Academy of Ayurveda, he has been one of the key teachers and academic head of training in Ayurvedic Medicine for many years.

Sigrun Laepple Haake (CH)

Portrait Sigrun Laepple Haake

Cantonally licensed Practitioner of Natural Medicine, Ayurveda nutritionist and massage therapist. The SVEB-certified training manager has many years of experience as an Ayurveda therapist and practices in her own clinic near Zurich.

Ariane Hotzel (D)

Portrait Ariane Hotzel

Ariane Hotzel is an Ayurveda nutritionist and therapist, life coach, yoga teacher and has been a course director at the European Academy of Ayurveda since 2022.

Dr. Renato Kaiser

Pharmacist, Member of the Board NVS and OdA-AM, CEO/President Aurora Pharma AG, expert for regulatory affairs and marketing authorisation.

Degree in pharmacy and a PhD from ETH Zurich. 25 years of industry experience in the areas of research and development, planning and coordination of clinical trials in Switzerland and abroad (research focus: ecosystems, microbiome and natural defence against infection), marketing authorisations of medicinal products. Expert in the field of pharmaceutical law, in particular in GMP/GDP issues as well as issues relating to marketability and marketing authorisation.
CEO/President of Aurora Pharma AG, manufacturer of complementary medicines.
Lecturer on alchemy/spagyrics and Paracelsus medicine, herbal medicinal products, medicinal product law and dispensing authorisation.
Board member of the NVS and member of the Political Commission PoKo.
Board member of the OdA (chamber) of Alternative Medicine Switzerland

Dr. med. Christian Kessler (D)

Senior physician, researcher, Indologist
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Christian S. Keßler, MA, MSc (Ayur. Medicine - Middlesex) is senior physician and research coordinator at Immanuel Hospital Berlin and is scientifically active at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin with a focus on Ayurveda. He has led and published various studies on Ayurveda in recent years. His master's degree in Indology enables him to explore Ayurveda comprehensively and in its academic depth. Christian Kessler is Chairman of the Board of the German Medical Association for Ayurveda DÄGAM and a member of the Executive Committee of the Ayurveda Dachverband Deutschland, ADAVED e.V.

Dr. Andrea Küthe-Albrecht (CH)

Portrait Dr Andrea Kühne-Albrecht

Dr. Andrea Küthe-Albrecht is an expert in indigenous medicinal plants and Ayurvedic phytotherapy. As a biologist with a doctorate, meditation teacher and Ayurvedic nutritional therapist, she combines her scientific knowledge with the traditional Indian art of healing. In doing so, she addresses the need of many people for scientific explanations without neglecting the holistic approach of Ayurveda. In 2017, Andrea Küthe Albrecht founded the Freya School of Medicinal Plants in the canton of Fribourg.

Monika Lichtsteiner (CH)

Portrait Monika Lichtsteiner

Monika Lichtsteiner is a complementary therapist with a federal diploma in Ayurveda therapy.
As an experienced therapist, Monika Lichtensteiner works as a mentor for the REAA/HPS Lucerne and as a supervisor for the OdA KT, both of which are subsidized by the SBFI. The integration of the two federal professions of complementary therapist and practising natural medicine in the Swiss healthcare system is of particular concern to her. As co-president of the VSAMT (Association for Swiss Ayurveda Medicine and Therapy) and as a board member of the Ayurveda Medicine Support Organization, she is actively involved in the professional development and quality assurance of these still young, federally regulated professions. She has been running her own clinic in Windisch since 2007.

Martina Ludescher (CH)

Portrait Martina Ludescher

Lic. oec. HSG, licensed Ayurveda physician (Practitioner of Natural Ayurveda Medicine)
Many years of C-level management experience in an international group with a focus on Asia in the consumer goods and services sectors, business angel and advisory board member for start-ups, board member, post graduate in Yogic Science and Ayurveda, enthusiastic Ayurveda user for almost 20 years.

Marion Malle (AT)

Ayurveda Lifestyle and Wellbeing Therapist
Marion Malle, is a state-approved Ayurveda Lifestyle and Wellbeing Therapist with her own clinic in the heart of Vienna. She specializes in Ayurveda women's health and has completed additional training in Ayurveda pregnancy massage and holistic women's health massage. In her clinic for women's health she accompanies and supports women in all phases of life.
Marion Malle is a lecturer at the Rosenberg European Academy for Ayurveda and the Academy's representative in Austria.

Dr. med. Antonio Īśvara Morandi (I)

Portrait Antonio Morandi

Neurologist and Ayurveda doctor

Antonio Īśvara Morandi is a neurologist and Vaidya (Ayurveda Academy, Pune (India) / Joytinat International College of Ayurveda). He has also specialized in Ayurvedic Panchakarma therapy (Ayurveda Institute Ashtavaidyan Thaikat Mooss', Thrissur).

He is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Ayurvedic Point, Milan and President of the Scientific Society for Ayurvedic Medicine Italy (SSIMA). He has been Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) on several working groups, including those focused on benchmarks for practice and training in Ayurveda and terminology in Ayurveda and the topic group of the Artificial Intelligence applications in Traditional Medicine under the AI4Health Project. Dr. Morandi teaches an elective course titled “Introduction to Ayurveda” at the Faculty of Medicine at the State University of Milan. He is also a member of the Commission on Non-Conventional Medicines for the Board of Medical Doctors in the Province of Milan.

He was honored with the title of Āyurveda Acharya in 2003. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious IASTAM ZANDU Award for Research in Ayurveda. Dr. Morandi is a prolific author, having contributed numerous scientific publications and books. He is an active member of several editorial committees for scientific journals and is frequently invited to serve as Chairman, Keynote Speaker, and Guest of Honor at major international events on Ayurveda.

Dr. med. Kalyani Nagersheth (D)

Specialist for physical and rehabilitative medicine, medical psychotherapist
Dr. med. Kalyani Nagersheth has been working as an Ayurveda doctor since 2000 and was head of the Ayurveda department at the Habichtswald-Klinik, Kassel. Today she runs her own clinic for Ayurveda medicine in Frankfurt. She also takes over the medical supervision of Panchakarma cures at the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Centre. One of her specialties is Western and Ayurvedic Phythotherapy. She is a book author and has many years of experience as a lecturer in Ayurvedic medicine.

Prof. Ashtavaidyan Narayanan Nambi (IND)

Portarit Narayanan Nambi

Director of the Institute of Ayurveda SNA Oushadhasala
Prof. A.N. Nambi MD (Ayu) represents the rich heritage of the Ashtavaidyas, for centuries the largest family of traditional doctors in India. He is active as a speaker, lecturer and physician in clinical practice and research. In addition to his position as director of the Institute of Ayurveda S.N.A. Oushadhasla (P) Ltd,
Thrissur, Kerala, he is a faculty member at Ayurvedic Point, Italy. He also served as scientific coordinator of the INDRA network and was a member of the Council for International Cooperation of Indian System of Medicine in the AYUSH Department of the Indian Government.

Gabriela Paleta (PT)

Ayurvedic Practitioner, Aromatherapist
Gabriela Paleta is an Ayurvedic practitioner, aromatherapist and yoga teacher practicing Ayurveda in Lisbon, Portugal, specializing in the well-being of women and children. She is also president of AMAYUR, the Portuguese professional association for Ayurvedic medicine.

Shri Ranjit Puranik (IND)

Portrait Shri Ranjit Puranik

Managing Director of Shree Dhootapapeshwar Ltd, one of the most renowned classical Ayurveda pharmaceutical companies in India.
Mr. Shri Puranik is the Director of the Shree Dhootapapeshwar Research Foundation. He is also the President of Ayurveda Prasarak Mandal, a 60 year old Ayurveda college and hospital. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. For years he has been a strong advocate for better recognition and acceptance of traditional medicine and especially the classical syntax as represented in Ayurveda. As a trustee of the All India Ayurveda Congress and the World Ayurveda Foundation, he is actively involved in all matters relating to Ayurveda. He is a board member of the National Medicinal Plants Board, a founder member of the AYUSH Export Promotion Council and the Ayurvedic Drug Manufacturers Association.
With his company, he pursues a simple goal: "To provide effective medicines of the highest quality, standardize the formulations to the satisfaction of Ayurveda vaidyas, manufacture them on an industrial scale and distribute them. Moreover, there should be no room for defects."

Dr. Rammanohar Puthiyedath (IND)

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Ayurveda doctor and pharmacologist
Dr. Rammanohar Puthiyedath MD (Ayu) is a doctor of Ayurvedic medicine and specialised in Ayurvedic pharmacology. He is currently working as Director of Research at Amrita School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kollam, Kerala. He is a Visiting Professor at Southern California University of Health Sciences, USA and Co-Chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) for Ayurveda, Society for Integrative Oncology. He is a part time member of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine, Government of India. He serves as Research Advisor for Indian National Science Academy and Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Government of India. He is particularly interested in Integrative Medicine as well as Psychology and spirituality from an Ayurvedic perspective.

Dr. Ricardo Rangel (PT)

Portarit Dr Ricardo Rangel
Endocrinologist and doctor for nutrition works according to an integrative approach with Ayurveda
Dr. Ricardo Rangel graduated as a specialist in endociniology from the University of Porto, Institute of Biomedical Sciences in 2005. In addition to his focus on "glands and hormones", his therapeutic work also focuses on nutrition and women's health, in which he also integrates Ayurvedic medicine, which he studied over several years.
Ricardo Rangel works at the ATHA Clinic for Functional Medicine in Lisbon and at the Prive clinic in Porto, among others.

Theresa Rosenberg (D)

Practitioner of Natural Medicine, MSc in Ayurvedic Medicine
Theresa Rosenberg is a non-medical practitioner specializing in Ayurvedic medicine and completed studies in Ayurvedic medicine at the European Academy of Ayurveda. In her own clinic in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, she performs medical consultations, nutritional counseling, constitutional determinations, individual cures, and medical manual therapies. In addition to her clinic, she works as an Ayurvedic physician in the Rosenberg Therapy and Competence Center and as a lecturer at the REAA in Birstein. She is also an expert in Ayurvedic medicine for animals.

Kerstin Rosenberg (D)

Portrait Kerstin Rosenberg

Specialist for Ayurveda nutrition
Kerstin Rosenberg runs the European Academy for Ayurveda together with her husband. The internationally renowned specialist for Ayurveda and nutrition has been training people in Ayurveda nutrition and health counselling, psychology and therapy throughout Europe since 1996. She has 25 years of practical experience in Ayurveda and is in daily contact with patients, training participants and spa guests. As an author, she has published numerous Ayurveda books, which are among the best known works of Ayurveda literature.

Mark Rosenberg (D)

Director of the European Academy for Ayurveda
Mark Rosenberg heads the European Academy for Ayurveda and is managing partner of the Rosenberg Ayurveda companies. He has many years of experience as a management consultant, Vastu expert and Yoga teacher BDY/EYU. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of VEAT - Berufsverband Europäischer Ayurveda-Mediziner und -Therapeuten e.V. He was awarded the prestigious Vaidya Sundarlal Joshi Memorial Management Award by MGMS (India) to honour him for his outstanding management achievements in the field of Ayurveda. He also received the IASTAM Pandit Shiv Sharma Oration Award.

Franz Rutz (CH)

Portrait Franz Rutz

Swiss certified Practitioner of Ayurveda Medicine, President of the supporting organization Ayurveda Medicine Switzerland
From 2006, Franz Rutz was one of the decisive educational policy forces in the regulation of the profession of Practitioner of Natural Medicine in Switzerland and in particular in the field of Ayurvedic medicine. For 10 years he was a member of the board of the OdA AM, 3 years a member of the quality assurance commission of the OdA AM, 5 years president of the Association for Swiss Ayurveda Medicine & Therapy VSAMT and still president of the supporting organization Ayurveda Medicine Switzerland since its foundation in 2017. As a lifelong education professional and 8 years of political experience in a cantonal parliament, he covers a broad spectrum of expertise.

Anica Schmid (CH)

Portrait Anica Schmid

Practitioner and teacher of Ayurvedic Medicine
Anica Schmid is a Practitioner of Natural Medicine with a federal diploma in Ayurvedic medicine. She has been working in her own clinic for more than 20 years. She is also an examination expert for the higher professional examination in the OdA (chamber) of Alternative Medicine Switzerland.

Markus Senn (CH)

Portrait Marcus Senn

Practitioner of Natural Medicine, President of SVANAH
Markus Senn is a Practitioner of Natural Medicine with a federal diploma in homeopathy and has had runs his own clinic for over 30 years. As a qualified nurse, he also has many years of professional experience in various clinics hospitals.
He presides over the professional association SVANAH, the Swiss Association of Recognized Practitioners of Natural Medicine. He was co-initiator and project leader of the professional regulation for the federal diploma and for several years president of the quality assurance commission of the OdA (chamber) of Alternative Medicine Switzerland.

Neela Sheth (CH)

Ayurvedic doctor with over 13 years of practical experience in Switzerland
Neela Sheth is an Ayurvedic doctor (BAMS, MD Ayur) and Practitioner of Natural Medicine with over 20 years of experience in the field of Ayurvedic healthcare in India and Switzerland, especially in the treatment of digestive problems and women's health. A Master's graduate from the University of Pune in India and a Practitioner of Natural Medicine with a federal diploma in Ayurvedic medicine, she is passionate about traditional Ayurvedic therapeutic concepts to provide comprehensive and individualized patient care.

Neela Sheth helps people with individual consultations for a variety of health issues, including digestive and metabolic disorders as well as women's health issues related to hormonal imbalance, menopausal symptoms and more. Based on a detailed medical history and diagnosis, her holistic treatments address individual needs, constitution, lifestyle, diet and stress factors. Her mission is to promote authentic Ayurveda to heal people with Ayurvedic principles and treatments, including diet, lifestyle changes, phytotherapy and Panchakarma therapies. She organizes seminars and offers workshops to raise awareness of health through Ayurveda.

Win Silvester (D)

Ayurveda physician and health trainer
Win Silvester MA holds a master's degree in health management and heads the Q-Fitness Academy in Bonn. He completed a three-year study of Ayurveda medicine, supplemented by study visits to India and Sri Lanka. He also teaches the South Indian martial art Kalaripayattu, in which movement, meditation and massage come together. With his many years of training and course-leading experience, he enriches the Ayurveda Academy as a translator and specialist lecturer.

Thomas Stecher Sharma (CH)

portrait Thomas Stecher Sharma

Naturopath, MSc AyurMed, Co-Head of Sanapurna Zurich
Thomas Stecher Sharma is a Practitioner of Natural Medicine TEN and has been practicing as a therapist and accountability partner since 2004. Together with his wife Poonam, he co-founded the Sanapurna – Center for Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy in Zurich in 2011. He holds a Master of Science in Ayurvedic Medicine and was trained primarily in Phytotherapy, Nutrition, and Orthomolecular Medicine as part of his TEN education. Together with a dedicated team of therapists, he develops personalized health solutions. For over 20 years, he has focused on the topic of cancer due to a family history and links the Ayurvedic concepts of Prakriti, Vikriti and Triguna in his exploration of the aspect of epigenetics.

Carmen Durgā Tosto (I)

Portrait Carmen Tosto

Yoga teacher, therapist, vice-director Ayurvedic Point
Carmen Tosto is the Co-Director and Co-Founder of "Ayurvedic Point" (Milan, Italy). She obtained her Yoga Teacher diploma at the Yoga-Sūrya Chandra Marga Institute under the guidance of Master Gabriella Cella (Yoga Ratna) and further enhanced her training with a diploma in Ayurvedic Therapy from the Joytinat International College of Āyurveda, under the direction of Swami Joythimayananda. She has also deepened her knowledge of Marma Point Therapy under the guidance of Vaidya Atreya Smith and specialized in Panchakarma Therapy at the Ashtavaidyan Thaikat Mooss' Ayurvedic Institute in Thrissur, India. In 2003, she was awarded the honorary title of "Āyurveda Acharya" by the Ayurvedic Institute Ashtavaidyan Thaikat Mooss - Kerala, India. She is the creator of the PMT - PranaMarmaTherapy© Method and the AYT - AyurvedaYogaTherapy© Method. Her main interest lies in the integration of Yoga and Āyurveda into medical practice and the clinical application of Panchakarma Therapy. She is the author of numerous publications on Āyurveda and Yoga and currently directs the Treatment Department at the Ayurvedic Medicine Center "Ayurvedic Point" in Milan. She is also the co-author of scientific publications in international specialized journals, conference presentations, and books. She teaches the elective course "Introduction to Āyurveda" at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan.

Dr. med. Oliver Werner (CH)

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Managing Director of Maharishi Ayurveda Products BV and Board Member of APTA Ayurveda Producers and Traders Association Europe e.V.
As a doctor, Oliver Werner has been involved with Ayurveda since 1980. Around 1987 he founded the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center Seelisberg in Switzerland. He is President of the Swiss Association for Maharishi Ayurveda and Director of Maharishi Ayurveda Products Europe BV, Netherlands. Oliver Werner is a founding member of the supporting organization for Ayurveda in Switzerland and of the board of the Swiss Medical Association for Ayurveda. For many years, Oliver Werner represented the interests of the Ayurveda community within the OdA (chamber) of Alternative Medicine Switzerland.

Hein Zalokar (CH)

Portrait Hein Zalokar

School management and executive board of the HPS (Heilpraktikerschule Luzern)

Carole Zinsel (CH)

Portrait Carole Zinsel

BAMS and federal diploma of Practitioner of Natural Medicine in Ayurveda

Carole Zinsel is one of the first Swiss person having studied Ayurveda Medicine in India (6 years) and obtained her BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery). She also holds the federal diploma of Practitioner of Natural Medicine in Ayurveda. She lately (2023) completed her training in Yoga and Yoga therapy.
Brought up in an environment where natural medicines prevail, and as a result of several outstanding trips to India, Carole turned to Ayurveda which guided and completely convinced her.
She is consulting at the Ayurveda Centre in Belmont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland) for health check-ups, individual lifestyle and food advice since 2012. She practices the various Ayurveda manual therapies and conducts Panca karma treatments in ambulatory.
Her total immersion in the Indian culture enabled her to easily integrate the concepts of Ayurveda, to experience the benefits and to transmit them to her western patients.