DR. KASHALIKAR SHRINIWAS

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A brief biographical sketch of Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar Early childhood: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar was born on March 4, 1951 in Savantwadi (district: Sindhudurga) of Maharashtra state in India. Being youngest son of Dr. Janardan Narayan Kashalikar and wife Rukmini; he was and grew in Savantwadi till his school days in loving atmosphere. He was groomed with inclucation of great ideals by his then teachers, Nakhare, Shivalkar, Thakur, Mr and Mrs.Jadhav, Pawar, Dharankar. Mishal, Solanki, Pendharkr, Raibagi, Bhende and many others besides his elder brothers and sister. Three Years in a village: He finished his medical education in BJ Medical College Pune. He and his brothers charged with the goal of total social emancipation, set out to establish a hospital in a village named Adeli in remote area in Sindhudurga district. He and his brother Jayaprakash worked there for three years (he wrote books entitled "Smiling Sun" and "Bhovara" about his experience in this village). Work in Mumbai: After having realized that the problems of the society are too vast & too complex and he required growing internally, he set out to study philosophy and science further. He joined GS Medical College Mumbai as teaching staff and postgraduate student and finished his MD in human physiology. While doing his doctorate in medicine he worked amongst slum dwellers, mill workers, visually handicapped people and correlated philosophy of life he learned in an interdisciplinary manner; with grass root individual and social problems and evolved holistic solutions in the course of time. Apart from publications in Medical Hypotheses and contributing to a text book of Physiology, he


wrote over 40 books in Marathi, English and Hindi and over 5 hundred articles. He is probably the only medical teacher, in the world, who has written these many books and articles on these many varied subjects. He has sacrificed the royalty and uploaded all these for free download on various sharing websites. Awards and Fellowships: Fellow of The Indian College of Gerontology Foreign Faculty Fellow in Basic Medical Science (Medical University of South Carolina­ECFMG)USA Honorary D Sc awarded by Open International University of Complementary Medicine (Colombo) Many felicitations and awards at local levels Some of the books of Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar include 1. Sahasranetra: A commentary on world famous hymn Vishnusahasranama in Marathi 2. Kamajeevan: Best seller sexology book in Marathi 3. Stress: Understanding and Management (English) as well as Marathi 4. Conceptual Stress: Understanding and Management 5. Smiling Sun: Autobiographic narration of rural medical experiences and the lessons thereof. 6. Bhovara: Autobiographic narration of rural medical experiences and the lessons thereof in 7. Shambhavi: A full length novel in Marathi. 8. Namasmaran: A holistic analysis and comprehension of the cosmic bounty of the world wide practice of reciting or remembering the name of God, in English. 9. Namasmaran: A holistic analysis and comprehension of the cosmic bounty of the world wide practice of reciting or remembering the name of God, in English. 10. Holistic Medicine


Present activities: Interdisciplinary study, writing, research and practice of Total Stress Management


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