Reshmi Pushpan is an Ayurvedic practitioner and faculty with over 15 years of teaching and clinical experience. She graduated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, India, in Ayurveda (BAMS) and completed post-graduate (MD Ay) training in Ayurveda Pharmacology (Dravyaguna) from Kerala University, Kerala, India. She completed her PhD training in Ayurveda Pharmacology(Dravyaguna) from Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. She has 15 years of research and academic experience. Currently, she serves as an Associate Professor, in the Department of Ayurveda Toxicology & Forensic Medicine ( Agada Tantra) at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute of Ayurveda and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. She also participated in NIH funded research study to evaluate the efficacy of Ayurvedic treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a collaboration between Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Tamil Nadu, India, and the University of Los Angeles, California, USA.