Telephone: (646) 298-5825
E mail: aparnabapat@yahoo.com
Website: www.ayurspirit.mirrorz.com

HONORS CEO of Ayurspirit Inc. USA
Elected on the Board of Directors- NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association, USA)
M.A.M.A. (Member of Ayurveda Medical Association, London, England)
F.I.I.M. (Fellow of Institute of Indian Medicine, Pune, India)

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery, Tilak Ayurved College & Tarachand Hospital, Pune University 1986-1990
Internship/ Residency- Tarachand Hospital, Pune and Primary Health Center, Wagholi (Pune)- 1990- 1992

WORK EXPERIENCE (USA)
Ayurvedic Pulse diagnosis consultations and Panchakarma treatments - Practice in Manhattan-Ayurveda center, Himalayan Institute, and Monroe, New York, December 1999 – Present
Ayurvedic Pulse diagnosis consultations and Panchakarma treatments - Practice in Montclair, New Jersey, November 2000 - Present
Faculty (Principal Instructor) and Consultant- New Jersy Institute of Ayurveda, Montclair, NJ- 2000- Present
Faculty and Consultant- Ayu - New York and Florida- 2006- Present
Ayurvedic consultations and workshops- New Hope, and Himalayan Institute, Honesdale Pennsylvania, June 1999 - 2005
Ayurvedic Spa, Massage, and Beauty Therapy Consultant for Sundari.com - Sundari brand Ayurvedic skin care products (by Supermodel Christy Turlington), New York, August 2000 – 2001
Faculty- Ayurveda Academy and lecturer, Bastyr University College of Naturopathic Medicine, Seatle- June 2001- Present
Consultant and Lecturer in Ayurveda Medical Center, Ottawa, Canada, sept 2005- 2006

WORK EXPERIENCE (EUROPE)
Visiting Lecturer at College of Ayurveda - Belgium, 1995 - 1998
Involved in creating syllabus and teaching of 3 year post graduate diploma curriculum as a Senior Lecturer, College of Ayurveda, London, England, 1996 - 1999
Ayurvedic physoician, Kailash Center for Oriental Medicine, London, England, 1996 - 1999
Introductory Lectures on Ayurveda, Panchakarma, and Pulse Diagnosis/Consultations: Austria, Netherlands, Germany and Italy 1995-1999
Ayurvedic physician, Health Clinic, Netherlands, 1996 - 1997
Special assignment to unit for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis - Belgium, 1995

WORK EXPERIENCE (INDIA)
Physician, Balaji Tambe Santulana Village, Karla, India, 1995
Physiciandic Arthritis Clinic, Pune, 1994-1995
Advanced training in Pulse Diagnosis and Ayurvedic Therapeutics, Dr Pankaj Naram Ayurvedic Health Center, Mumbai, India, 1992 - 1994
Research in Effects of Terminalia Arjuna on Cardio-Vascular tissue, Effects of Ayurvedic Narcotic Herbal Medicines on Insomnia, and Clinical/Laboratory Studies of Effects of Ayurvedic Anti-bacterial and Anti-viral Drugs, Bharati Vidyepeeth College of Ayurvedic Pharmacy, Pune, India, 1991 - 1992
Internal Medicine Training/ Housemanship, Deendayal Hospital and Cancer Research Center, Pune, India, 1986 - 1992
Ward Duties and Urban Internship, Tarachand Ayurvedic Hospital, Pune, 1992
Rural Internship, Primary Health Center, Wagholi, India, 1991

CONFERENCES & LECTURES
Conference Chair NAMA 2006 conference New York- Hosted a very successful Ayurveda conference- Sept 2006 in Manhattan, NY (250 attendees- including MDs to educate in Ayurveda about Integrated and Multidesciplinary Approach for Degenerative, Auto Immune, Stress related and other diseases)
Ayurveda and Yoga workshops and lectures in Himalayan Institute, New York- 2002- 2005
Regular speaker in NAMA conferences and AAPI conferences all over US Faculty and lecturer In Ayurveda Academy-Seattle and Director of Ayurveda programs in Starseed Yoga Center (New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda), Montclair, NJ, and Ayurveda Medical Center, Canada
Ayurvedic cooking workshops-Ananda Ashram, Monore and Himalayan Institute, NY - 2001- 2004
Workshop- Introduction to Ayurveda at Mind-body medicine center- Brimingham, AL- 2001 Lectures , workshops and consultations in Chicago-moksha yoga center- 2001-2002
Southwest Yoga conference- 2001 and 2002- lectures,consultations and one day intensive course on Pulse diagnosis
Speaker in conference on Herbal medicine in Thomas Jefferson Medical school , Penn., 2001 (CME credits)
Lectures in Einstein Medical college, Sophie Davis School of Medicine, Cornell and Columbia Unviversity -Introduction to Ayurveda- 2001-2005 (CME credits) Ayurveda Workshops and Lectures in San Juan, University Medical college, Puerto Rico, 2000- 2001 (CME credits)
3-Lecture Series on Pulse Diagnosis in the Southwest Yoga Conference in Austin, Texas- 2000
Popular Lectures and Workshops in USA: Lectures in various topics in Ayurveda and Yoga at several places in New York,(Open center, Learning Annex, National MS soceity and Fibromyalgia soceity in US and Canada, Heritage Institue, Various Yoga centers, and Medical colleges, Community colleges)- 1999 - Present Stress Management, Ayurvedic Way, Conference on Ayurveda, at Ayurveda Company of Great Britain, London, England, 1998 Introduction to Ayurvedic Philosophy, World Philosophers Conference, Pune, India, December 1996 Peaceful Living following an Ayurvedic Lifestyle, World Peace Conference, Pune, India, October 1996 Rasayana Treatments, Conference on Ayurveda, Ayurveda Company of Great Britain, London, England, 1995 Fundamentals of Panchakarma Treatment, Dr Pankaj Naram's Herbal Remedies, London, England, 1995
Infertility, Conference on Medical Astrology, Pune, India, 1993
Miscellaneous seminar topics such as Psoriasis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Stress Management et al at Ayurveda Rasashalas International Seminars on Ayurveda, Pune, India, in the 1990s

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Lectures and consultations in New York and Florida

PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTIONS
Editor and contributer– NAMA newsletter (National Ayurvedic Medical Association-USA)-since Jan 2000-present
Articles in Natural Glow magazine US publication , Fitness magazine 2003
Application of Ayurvedic Treatments in Palliative Care - A Review, European Journal for Palliative Care, April - June 1999 Issue
Regular Writer of Health Columns on Ayurvedic Principles in India Weekly, a British publication and La Era, a Puerto Rican (USA) publication, May - November 2000, contributor –Yoga Chicago Magazine
Health Shows on the Zee TV Channel, London, England, 1998 - 1999
Radio interviews 2003- 2006, NY
Television interviews 2003 - 2006, NY

BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTS
Developed Dr Aparna Bapat's Ayurvedic Health Foods' A range of ready to cook recipes based on Ayurvedic principles of diet, in collaboration with Weikfield International, in 1995, Pune, India
Established Anand International Limited having export license to supply Ayurvedic food products and herbs, in 1996, Pune, India
Established Ayurspirit Inc. USA and launched websites Ayurspirit.com and Ayurstyle.com for information, products and services in Ayurveda.