Faculty
Sujithra Rammanohar, BAMS, Masters in Ayurveda, MSc, PhD(c)
Fall 1980 - Fall 2120
Current Position
Biography
Vaidya Sujithra graduated with honors in Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery with the State First Rank and Gold Medal from Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. She also completed the MSc Bioinformatics Course from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore and completed MD in Ayurvedic medicine with First Rank, from Amrita School of Ayurveda. Currently, she is pursuing PhD at Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham. She worked for 13 years at Arya Vaidya Cikitsalayam & Research Institute Tamilnadu. Vaidya Sujithra also served as the Head of the Department of Literary Research at AVP Research Foundation, Coimbatore. She has published several papers in Indexed Research journals and three books on Arshas, Prameha and Grahani. Her latest book published is ‘Kaikulangara Rama Variyar’s Arogyakalpadrumam’ – A complete compendium on Bala Cikitsa from the Traditional Ayurvedic Practice of Kerala’, a major work on pediatrics. She also serves on the editorial board and as a reviewer of esteemed UGC and SCOPUS indexed Journals. She is the author of the first android app for a collection of 30 Nighantus called ‘Mahanighantu’. She was conferred with the JIVAKA award for being State First by HIMALAYA and PV Rama Varier Memorial Award by AVP Group of Institutions for Academic Excellence.
Degrees
Ayurveda- Post Graduation, Ayurveda, Amrita School of Ayurveda, Karunagapally, Kerala, IndiaDissertation: An Analytical & In-Vivo Study to Evaluate the Effect of Triphala Kaṣāya Vāsita Godhūma (Triticum aestivum grains soaked in Triphala Kaṣāya) on its Glycemic Index compared to Raw Godhūma (Raw Triticum aestivum grains)
M.Sc.
BAMS
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary- Ayurveda and Chemistry, Not applicable, Karunagapally, IndiaDissertation: Drug- herb Interaction
Interests
Ayurvedic Pharmacology and Herbs, Plant, animal and mineral drugs mentioned in Ayurvedic texts, Women and child care
