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Dr. Asmita Wele is the professor and head of the department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajyakalpana [Ayurveda pharmacology] at College of Ayurveda Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University in Pune, India. She successfully completed her 3-year tenure at Hungary as chair professor and has been awarded Honorary Professorship at University of Debrecen, Hungary. Her expertise lies in designing and execution of end-to-end research projects of various types. She has been the principal investigator of DST for database project and AYUSH drug development projects. She contributed substantially as the member of AYUSH-International Co-operation committee, of scientific advisory committee of Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar and of BoS and Academic Council of BHU, Varanasi; and of RGUHS, Bangalore. She has delivered about 125 lectures as a resource person in several interdisciplinary workshops and conferences and on public platforms. She has guided 15 masters students and 2 Ph. D. students, and some more are pursuing. She is often invited to be a Ph.D referee for RMIT university, Melbourne, Australia. She has published over 50 research papers, articles, chapters and authored a book on research methodology for Ayurveda. She is a reviewer for some indexed journals from Elsevier, Scopus and PubMed databases. She has been the associate editor of Journal of Natural Health Product Research (NHPRS), Canada. Her areas of special interest are Asthma, Cancer and Neuropsychology and Nutrition apart from her expertise in Ayurveda drug development. She is a member of Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (PCIM&H).

Consistent with her family legacy of 'Vaidya' tradition from Goa, Dr. Asmita has earned her B. A. M. S. and M. D. degrees from the University of Poona (SPPU). She has completed GCP Training by CDSCO and EC-IRB training by DAIDS supported by NIH and completed certificate courses on Designs of Clinical Trial, Reviewer Training and Book Writing. She was the Ayurveda Expert and co-rapporteur for the historic working group meeting for development of WHO Benchmark documents on Panchakarma, Ayurveda Practice and Training. She is an active member of many organizations. She has travelled to Europe, USA, Mexico, Africa, Nordic countries, Middle East, UK etc on professional assignments. She also has her private clinic in Pune.

• ORCID ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-1601
• Scopus ID : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=16306033200
• Web of Science ID : https://publons.com/researcher/2257899/asmita-a-wele