Our Team

The Ayurveda Sanctuary Team are dedicated Ayurveda professionals with diverse experience and definite passion for assisting and facilitating the Ayurveda journey in a vast range of clients.

Doctors at Ayurveda Sanctuary

Dr. Nayana Rao is our dynamic Senior Consultant.  An Ayurveda graduate from Bangalore University, India and she also holds Masters Degree in Yoga (MSc.Yoga) and an MBA in Hospital Management. She had an opportunity to undergo an advanced Yoga training at BKS Iyengar Institute of Yoga, Pune. She has been practicing and teaching Ayurveda and Yoga from 15 years and has focused on the integration of Ayurveda and Yoga since then. Her contribution in the field of Ayurveda and Yoga, particularly in perfecting the techniques of Panchakarma and Therapeutic Yoga, has been recognised at international level. Dr. Nayana Rao has introduced and popularized the concept of Ayurveda and Yoga in foreign countries like South Africa, New Zealand and Switzerland in the last decade through Ayurveda Sanctuary.  She conducts Ayurveda and Yoga retreats in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy in Europe and in the Himalayas in India every year. 

She has been honoured with Rashtriya Chikitsak Ratan Award (National Gem of Physicians' Award) 2009 for excellence in the field of Ayurveda and Yoga by the Nations Health and Education Development Association, New Delhi.  She is an adjunct faculty for Ayurveda program at the Indian Red Cross Society Headquarters, New Delhi.

Dr. Nayana Rao has also served as Incharge of the International Patient Services at Mata Amritanandamayi Math's Amrita Ayurveda Hospital in Amritapuri and New Delhi.

Dr. Nayana is a companion with Dr. Sreedhar, in the lifelong journey of bringing the best of Ayurveda to humanity. Her hard work, professional commitment, sincerity and dedication arise from sheer desire to help patients; which in turn, arise from the spiritual bend applied in life.

Dr. Sreedhar Rao, MD(Ayu), MSc(Yoga), MBA(Hospital Management) is our Clinical Specialist and hails from a traditional Ayurveda family of South India. He is an internationally acclaimed physician and teacher. Over the years he has conducted seminars and workshops for the practitioners and the students in South Africa, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea, Mozambique etc.  He is a hardcore researcher + clinician + teacher + promoter of Ayurveda. Dr Rao presents a modern and scientific face of Ayurveda. His practice supported by clinical research based data, statistics and scientific documentation, makes it unique in the Ayurveda worked. He not only presents the 'new face' of modern Ayurveda; but also responsible for 'new phase' in Ayurveda. His team of doctors and other support staff not only offer the best of Ayurveda treatment but rather set international standards in Good Ayurvedic Medical Practice (GAMP).  He is a qualified NABH Assessor for AYUSH Hospitals and Health care centres.  He has the credit of establishing the first International AYUSH Information Cell at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the behest of the Department of AYUSH, Government of India.  He is also an adjunct faculty for Ayurveda program at the Indian Red Cross Society Headquarters, New Delhi. He has introduced new concepts in the field of Ayurveda useful to the medical professionals. He is largely engaged into research exploring the role of Ayurveda for the treatment of difficult diseases.

Dr. Prashanth Jana is our Medical Consultant and he has received his Ayurveda medical degree from the Bangalore University in 1992. He then successfully completed a ‘Training Course in Emergency Medicine (T.C.E.M) at the Bangalore University. He began his influential career in private clinical practice in Integrative Medicine in 1992, and then served as medical director of the Ashwini Polyclinic at Bangalore. Recognized as a authority in the effective and appropriate use of integrative medicine and Ayurveda practices.  He has vast experience in curing various diseases.  Dr. Prashanth has developed effective Non surgical treatment methods for Kidney stones, Gallbladder stone, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension etc. He performs para-surgical procedures based on Ayurveda principles and an expert in chronic wound and diabetic wound management.  Dr. Prashanth’s endeavors have resulted in the training of many physicians, therapists, and health care providers.

Down to earth, dedicated to sharing their knowledge with clients and each other, they have created an extended family atmosphere to work from and which they believe is critical to the glowing (and growing) body of supportive testimonials and personal client successes achieved at through Ayurveda Sanctuary over the years.