18/09/2020
Condolences on the sad demise Vaidya PR Krishnakumar (1951-2020), one of the foremost thought leaders of the Sector.
Through his leadership, Krishnakumar Ji ushered in new avenues for Ayurveda, like creating an awareness about at the World Health Organization (WHO) and thereby making this ancient science to be known the world over. The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (AVP) of acquired a culture of innovation under his stewardship, and also become known in India as well as abroad as a house of authentic .
He was instrumental in setting up the first Gurukula Ayurvedic College in the country which offered 100% free boarding, lodging, books, clothes and tuition. The first collaborative research project in any Indian Traditional medicine discipline with the World Health Organisation happened in the field of Ayurveda, thanks to his initiative.
Vaidya PR Krishnakumar launched a popular journal of in English in the 70’s, and through it took the ancient science of living to the masses. He established the Trust Hospital and Research Institute at . He also had the vision to set up a number of centers and Joint Institutions in many parts of the country, and roped in partners like Hindustan Lever Ltd., Taj Group etc. into Ayurvedic projects.
That modernization of production units were permitted within the traditional pharmacology norms was also thanks to his foresight. He had the confidence and ambition to take to new lands by setting up centers in different parts of India and abroad.
A Padma Shri awardee, he also served as the Chancellor of Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women and was involved in resolving women’s issues with a spirit of positivism.
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