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Dhanvantari SiddapurAyurveda College & Hospital

Principal & Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Roopa Bhat

BAMS, MD (Kayachikitsa), RGUHS. Teaching at Dhanvantari Ayurveda College since 2001 and PG guide in Kayachikitsa.

Dr. Roopa Bhat
Dr. Roopa Bhat receiving the Ayurveda Vishwa Ratna award at the 2nd World Ayurveda Summit

Qualifications

Graduation
BAMS, Kuvempu University (1997)
Post-graduation
MD (Kayachikitsa), Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru (2001)
Registration no.
12104

Teaching & administrative experience

  1. Dec 2001 – Dec 2006

    Lecturer, Dhanvantari Ayurveda College & Research Centre, Siddapur

  2. Dec 2006 – Dec 2011

    Reader

  3. Dec 2011 – present

    Professor

  4. Oct 2016 – present

    PG guide, Department of Kayachikitsa

  5. Present

    Principal & Chief Medical Officer; formerly Panchakarma in-charge

  • Former member, UG Board of Studies (Ayurveda), RGUHS
  • Faculty member, RGUHS, Bengaluru

Awards

  • 'Ayurveda Vishwa Ratna' award at the 2nd World Ayurveda Summit, Bengaluru (2025)
  • Ms. Niveditha award, Niveditha Women's Club, Siddapur
  • Felicitation by IMA Siddapur on Doctors' Day
  • Felicitation on International Women's Day by Inner Wheel, Sirsi
  • 'Mata Anugraha' felicitation by Matru Vandana Samiti, Shri Bhuvaneshwari Temple, Siddapur, on Kannada Rajyotsava

Academic contributions

Seminars & lectures

  1. Lecture on 'Standardization of Ayurvedic terminology of Kayachikitsa' at a workshop at SDM College of Ayurveda, Hassan, sponsored by the Ministry of HRD
  2. Guest lecture on the management of Madhumeha at a CME of AFI Uttara Kannada
  3. Talk on dentistry in Ayurveda for IDA Uttara Kannada
  4. Treatment of respiratory allergies, in a training programme for AYUSH doctors
  5. Management of Madhumeha: an Ayurvedic perspective, on World Health Day
  6. Prevention and management of Madhumeha for auto drivers of Siddapur, on Ayurveda Day
  7. Health and adolescents, at the 'Sabala' programme of the Child and Family Welfare Department, Karwar
  8. Women's health and Ayurveda, at 'Matha Samavesha', Swarnavalli Math, Sonda, Sirsi
  9. Ayurvedic medicine and health, for B.Sc. Nursing students of St. Ignatius Institute of Health Sciences, Honnavar
  10. 'Roganidanam Pariharaupayashcha' at a national seminar on Veda Shastra Vignana
  11. Resource person at a Kayachikitsa CME at Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Nashik, sponsored by the Ministry of AYUSH

Public health

Outreach & academic activities

  • More than 500 talks at health-promotion camps across the district
  • Three health talks on E-TV's 'Nithya Sanjeevani' programme
  • Several talks on Dharwad and Bhadravati radio stations
  • Chaired sessions at many state and national seminars
  • Subject expert in Panchakarma at Jamnagar University, Gujarat, for AYUSH
  • Organised a state-level seminar on areca with CAMPCO and TSS

Writing

Articles published

  • Panchakarma practices in the present day
  • Diagnosis and management of Madhumeha in short, IMA (AYUSH) 2012–13 and Integrated Medical Association
  • 'Sadvritta', in the refereed Journal of Veda Samskrita Academy