Krishna Chandra Chunekar

Krishna Chandra Chunekar
Born 1928
Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation Ayurvedic physician and writer
Awards Padma Shri
National Academy of Ayurveda Fellow
Guru
Sri Gyaana Kalyaana Award

Krishna Chandra Chunekar, is an Indian ayurvedic physician and medical writer, known for the books he has published, especially the translation of Vedic literature on herbal pharmacopeia.[1][2] The Government of India honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of medicine and medical literature.[3]

Biography

The oldest known Ayurvedic texts are the Suśrutha Saṃhitā and the Charaka Saṃhitā. These Classical Sanskrit texts are among the foundational and formally compiled works of Ayurveda.

Krishna Chandra Chunekar was born in 1928 in Varanasi, the pilgrim city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[4] He had his ayurveda training from known ayurveda scholars such as Sriniwas Shastri and Professor Satyanarayana Shastri of the Banares Hindu University and graduated in Ayurvedic medicine (AMS). His career was mainly at the Ayurveda College at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University from where retired as a professor and the Head of the Department of Dravya Guna in 1988.[4][5][6] he also worked as a visiting professor at the Gujarat Ayurveda University in Jamnagar.[4]

Professor Chunekar, a doctorate holder in ayurvedic medical science, is considered by many as an authority on Dravya Guna and in the identification of ayurvedic herbs.[5][6] His experience has helped many research scholars in their researches and doctoral studies[4] while his service was hired by the World Health organization for their activities in Nepal. He has served on the scientific advisory committee of the Indian Council of Medical Research and was a senior expert advisor for the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Project of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

Dr. Chunekar, a member of the Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Drugs Technical Advisory Board of the Government of India, has been awarded the fellowship by the National Academy of Ayurveda. He has also been awarded the title of Guru by the Government of India and is a recipient of the Sri Gyaana Kalyaana Award which he received in 2000.[4] In 2013, he was honoured by the Government of India by awarding him the Padma Shri.

Dr. Chunekar is the author of five books on ayurveda,[7] the most notable among them being the Medicinal Plants of Susruta Samhita.[8]

The researches and publications of Dr. Chunekar has been utilised by many pharmaceutical companies for the manufacture of over the counter drugs.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ KC Chuneka, NO Hota, (1999). Plants of Bhava Prakash. National Academy of Ayurveda. p. 449. OCLC 57532633.
  2. ↑ K C Chunekar, C L Yadava (2005). Plants of medicinal Suśruta Saṁhitā. European Institute of Vedic Studies. p. 581. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Padma 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vedic Books". Vedic Books. 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 "India Medical Times". India Medical Times. 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Bharat Top 10". Bharat Top 10. 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "DK Books". DK Books. 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. ↑ K. C. Chunekar and C. L.Yadava (2005). "Medicinal Plants of Susruta Samhita". Hard Bound. Medicinal Plants of Susruta Samhita. p. 600. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sharps". Sharps. 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

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