DR.I.SANJEEVA RAO

Dr I.Sanjeeva Rao Former Additional DirectorDepartment of I.S.M., Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Former ChairmanAyurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee Department of I.S.M. & H Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India

“Sri Sai Krupa” 5-8-293/A Mahesh Nagar, Chirag Ali Lane, Hyderabad – 500 001 Andhra Pradesh, India Phone: 91-040-23202731 Fax: 91-040-23202731 E-mail: rao_itikala@hotmail.com

DR.I.SANJEEVA RAO

Is a native of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh and was born on May 01,1932. He had his education upto Intermediate of Madras University at the local Osmania College, as Kurnool was a part of the composite State of Madras presidency in those days.
He later studied for one year B.A. and when he came to the next year of his studies in B.A. he got a seat in the G.C.I.M. course at the College of Integrated Medicine, Madras. As it was a Medical course he joined that college in the year 1951.
After completing G.C.I.M at Madras he did his House-Surgeoncy course under Lt.Col. R.K.Chettur, an eminent surgeon and the Superintendent of the Government District Headquarters Hospital, Cuddapah.
He joined as a lecturer at the Government Ayurvedic College Hyderabad in 1959. On deputation by the Government of A.P. he went to Banaras Hindu University in the year 1963 to complete his Doctorate course in Ayurveda at the Institute of Medical sciences. He came under the influence of Dr.K.N.Udupa and Dr.P.J.Deshpande and studied Shalya Shalakya for three years. His major work for his Doctoral Degree was 'Muscle Regeneration and wound Healing under the influence of a Vedic plant MAMSA ROHANI (SOYMIDA FEBRIFUGA-Meliaceae) -an experimental study’. In 1969 the Government of A.P selected him as the principal of the Government Ayurvedic College, Hyderabad. He held that post till 1979. Later on he was elevated to the post of Additional Director Ayurveda in the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy. During his tenure as the Principal of the Government Ayurvedic College Hyderabad, he also held concurrently the post of Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda & Unani of the Osmania University, Hyderabad. He was responsible at that time to get the PG courses in Ayurveda and Unani started at the respective colleges leading to the award of M.D.Ayurveda and M.D.Unani respectively. He was also a Govt. of India Nominee on the First Central Council of Indian Medicine, which was presided over by Pundit. Shiv Sharma.

Underwent following Management courses at The Administrative Staff College of India, Bellavista, Hyderabad.
1. Training in Collegiate Administration in 1972.
Programme Coordinator Mr.Samsung Raj.
2. Training in R&D Management in 1979.
Project Coordinator Mr.Indra Dev.

He was on various Governmental and non-Governmental bodies in various capacities. Now he is holding the following responsibilities:
Former Chairman, Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee, Govt. of India.
Member of the Drug Technical Advisory Board, AUS Drugs.under the provision of Drugs & Cosmetics Act.
Chairman, Regulations Committee, Central council of Indian medicine, New Delhi.
Member on the Board of Directors, Indian Medicinal Corporation, Mohan, Kumaon (A Govt. of India undertaking).
Member on the expert committee on Reproductive and Child Health projects, Ministry of Health & Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Formerly Member on the Governing Body, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur (A Govt. of India undertaking).
Formerly Member on the Governing Body, National Academy of Ayurveda (A Govt. of India undertaking).
Formerly Member Technical Advisory Board on Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha.
Member Governing Body – Central Council Of Research In Ayurveda and Siddha.
Member Steering Committee on Medicinal plants project, Dept. of Environment and Forestry, Government of A.P.
Formerly Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee on Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha medicines under the national project of New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) of Council Of Scientific and Industrial Research.

IMPORTANT RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS :

• WOUND HEALING AND TISSUE REGENERATION UNDER EXPERIMENTAL SITUATIONS IN ANIMALS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HERBAL AGENTS.
• INNOVATED A NEW TECHNIQUE UNDER THE TITLE /AMASAYA SODHANA/ A GASTRIC LAVAGE TECHNIQUE WITH THE HERBAL DECOCTION FROM THE BARK OF CRATAEVA ADANSONI TO REGULATE THE TRANS-GASTRIC MUCOSAL FLUX POTENTIAL IN CASES OF GASTRITIS SYNDROME.
• FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF A COMPOUND HERBO-MINERAL PREPARATION MR-1078 TRITURATED WITH NEEM LEAF EXTRACT IN CASES OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS WHICH HAD BROKEN out IN AN EPIDEMIC FORM IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT IN 1979.
• INTRODUCTION OF SPECIALLY PROCESSED PIPER LONGUM AS AN EFFECTIVE IMMUNO-MODULATORY AGENT CUM THERAPEUTIC TOOL IN TREATING CASES OF AMA VATA, (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS).
• DRUG-STANDARDIZATION OF ASAVAS AND ARISHTAS BY LOCATING THE FERMENTING PATHWAY.
• STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF, PRIYALAH, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN REQUISITE AMOUNT OF ARGININE AND THUS SUPPOSED TO ENHANCE THE VASO DILATATION IN PERIPHERAL TISSUES THROUGH THE NITRIC OXIDE PATHWAY, IN CASES OF OLIGO-SPERMIA AND LACK OF MOTILITY IN SPERMATAZOA.

AWARDS:

• MAHARSHI AWARD.


• PUNDIT SHIVDUTT SHARMA AWARD BY THE GYAN KALAN PEETH, ALLAHABAD.


• DISTINGUISED CITIZEN AWARD IN THE FIELD OF “HEALTH”: RESEARCH, PRESERVATION & PROMOTION, BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF HYDERABAD.


• VAIDYARATNA CAPTAIN G.SRINIVASA MURTHY SCIENTIST AWARD


• BY THE ACADEMY OF AYURVEDA, VIJAYAWADA.