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Dr. Anand Madhusudan
Nadkarni completed his Medical Graduation from Mumbai
and then earned his M.D. Post Graduation in Psychiatry from
Mumbai University. He is in active psychiatry practice since
last three decades. He is one person who has taken the
concept of Mental Health to almost every conceivable social
strata and is working in so many diverse settings.
He is busy in individual consultations on an average seeing
forty clients a day in a ten hour schedule. He conducts
training programs for top corporate executives across the
country. He is mentoring young artists, athletes, players,
singers to optimize their performances. He is addressing
groups of parents and teachers on diverse topics. He
conducts training of elite commando forces and also he
teaches postgraduates in Psychiatry and Psychology.He has
contributed to the National Planning Commission as a
Consultant and also is on board of listed companies as an
Independent Director.
He has pioneered ‘Institute for Psychological Health” known
as IPH, a unique NGO where more than seventy mental
health professionals work under one roof who in addition to
giving care to individuals, also operate number of support
groups, continuous educational projects and services that
range from a full-fledged Audio - Visual unit to a
Telephonic Helpline” Maitra”. Under the stewardship of Dr.
Nadkarni , unique community projects like Jidnyasa
(Adolescent sensitization), VEDH (Vocational
Education –Direction and Harmony) are now organized in
several cities of Maharashtra. Thousands of students &
parents attend these events and trained local volunteer
groups organize them.
Dr. Nadkarni is also Founder & Trustee of Muktangan
De-addiction Centre in Pune, a comprehensive Rehab facility
with over 200 inmates at a time & staff of over seventy
committed workers.
Dr. Nadkarni has written seventeen award-winning books in
Marathi, many of them in double digit editions. Some of his
books are translated in English as well as adopted to
Braille language.
While working with top Industrial houses like RIL,
Siemens, Cipla, Indoco, Dr.Nadkarni and his team also
work as Corporate Mentors for upcoming middle level
entrepreneurs in various fields.
Similarly IPH is also associated with reputed voluntary
organizations such as SEARCH (Gadchiroli), PRATHAM (Mumbai)
and SANGATH (Goa).
In addition to his literary contribution in the form of
books, plays written by him are regularly performed on
professional Marathi stage and have won many awards. He has
been a creative consultant to a National Award winning
film DEVRAI and state award winning film KADACHIT.
With his study of Hindu Philosophy, Evolutionary psychology,
World History, Indian History, World & Indian Cinema as well
as Literature, his conversations & presentations have a rare
integration of many disciplines. He has developed an
interesting series of talks & workshop on ‘History &
Mental Health.’ Many of his CDs / DVDs are available on
different subjects. His three albums of inspiring songs
written and composed by him focused on young students are
published. These are being played in many educational
institutes. Incidentally education board of Maharashtra
included one lesson written by him in the 9th standard
Marathi textbook.
He has received numerous awards and prizes for his
contributions in Mental Health, Literature and dramatics and
the list is expanding every year.
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