DR Navin Chandra Joshi ,M.D. (Internal Medicine) Ayurveda, P.G. Diploma in Yoga is graduate in Chemistry (Hons) who also had his higher education at Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand,Vikram University,Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh, Apollo Health Care and Education Research Foundation, Hyderabad; Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University,Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh, and Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar. He has also taught medicine at Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand and at the Institute of Pharmacy at Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.In 2007, his paper on Ayurvedic Panchakarma received the best paper award in the National Seminar on Practical aspects. He has been honoured by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for his excellent work in the Maha Kumbh festival of 2004. Dr. Joshi received a Certificate of Merit from the Government Dhanvantari Ayurveda College, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh in 2008. In 2010, he was awarded a Cerificate by the from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Gaytrikunj, Haridwar, Uttaranchal. His work with the Civil Society included creating awareness about the endangered Himalayan Medicinal Herbs and he is the founder Ayush Darpan– a popular Ayurvedic Quarterly- and his articles on Ayurveda regularly appear in the newspaper dailies like Navbharat Times and Dainik Bhaskar group.He has been invited by Doordarshan as well as Sadhana channels for propagating Ayurved by Live programmes.He is a founder of ADF INDIA TRUST.He has organized three International Seminars in Uttarakhand as well as one in West Bengal.He was felicitated by governor of west bengal recently in a workshop on Marma Science .He is also founder of Internationally famous health web portal http://ayushdarpan.org as well as http://ayushdarpan.com