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Prof. P.V. Sharma is well known
 

 
for his valuable contributions on

Ayurveda during the last more than

five decades. He has written on vari-

ous aspects of Ayurveda-literary as

well as scientific, conceptual as well as
historical.
 

historical.
 
Born on 1st November, 1920, in a

small village near patna, in the family

of traditional vaidyas he acquired high-

est degrees in Ayurveda, Sanskrit and

Hindi and held highest positions in

academic and administrative fields. In

Bihar, he was for many years, princi-

pal, Government Ayurvedic College,

Patna and later Dy. Director, Health

Services (I.M.). Finally he was appoin-

ted as professor of Dravyaguna and

also Head of the Dravyaguna Deptt. in

Banaras Hindu university. Along with

this, he was also Director, Post-gradu-

ate Institute of Indian Medicine and

Dean, Faculty of Indian Medicine for

many years. He retired in 1980.
 

 
Prof. Sharma participated in nati-

onal and International conferences

abroad and was associated with sev-

eral committees on Ayurveda on Na-

tional level. He has authored and ed-

ited 50 books and has about 500 pa-
pers
his credit.
 

pers
his credit.