Education
Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Lad is the author of numerous articles and many books on the subject of Ayurvedic Medicine. He is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject. He teaches the Ayurvedic Studies Programs, Level 1 and 2 as well as an advanced Gurukula program in Pune, India each year.
Vasant Lad also travels throughout the world, consulting privately and giving seminars on Ayurveda, its history, theory, principles and practical applications.
Education and professional experience
Lad received the degree of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) in 1968 from the University of Pune, in Pune, India and a Master of Ayurvedic Science (The Master of Applied Science) in 1980 from Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in Pune. Before coming to the United States in 1979, Lad served as the Medical Director of the Ayurveda Hospital in Pune for three years and held the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine for seven years at the Pune University College of Ayurvedic Medicine.
His training includes the study of Western medicine and surgery as well as traditional Ayurvedic Medicine. He founded the Ayurvedic Institute in 1984.
Since 2000 Lad has sat as an advisor for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association as well as the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine and Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association.
He is also the author of numerous books He also sits on the faculty of the Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda in Watsonville, California and the Dinacharya Institute, New York, New New York