Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar was born in 1951 in Maharashtra, India. He received his medical education from BJ Medical College in Pune. After graduating, he and his brothers established a hospital in the remote village of Adeli, where he worked for three years. He then moved to Mumbai to further his studies in philosophy and science, joining GS Medical College. While there, he worked with slum dwellers, mill workers, and the visually impaired. He has written over 40 books in Marathi, English, and Hindi on varied subjects related to medicine, stress management, and philosophy. He is a Fellow of The Indian College of Gerontology and has received honorary degrees for his contributions. Currently,
1. 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 to grow 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
2. 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 Carolina-ECFMG)USA
Honorary D Sc awarded by Open International University of
Complementary Medicine (Colombo)
Many felicitations and awards at local levels
Some of the 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:
