Dr. Ankita Shirkande, MD, PhD

Ayurveda Physician | Women’s Health | Researcher

Professional Positions

Chief Consultant

• Shree VishwAngad Ayurveda, Panchakarma & Yoga Center

Honorary Consultant

• Dharmi Hospital, Pen, Raigad

Associate Professor

• Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Ayurved & Research Center, Pune

Secretary

• International Academy of Ayurved

Personal Info

Dr. Ankita is basically from Wani, Yavatmal, Maharashtra. She has done her B.A.M.S. from Shree Ayurved College, Nagpur and post graduation from Pune. From her internship she started learning Ayurveda with Gurukul Parampara from Dr. Sameer Jamdagni. She also enjoyed learning with Dr. Gogate Sir and Dr. Shailesh Malekar.

She married Dr. Abhijeet in 2012 and started working as Chief Consultant in Shree VishwAngad Ayurved, Panchakarma & Yoga Clinic. Just after completion of her master’s she joined the Ayurveda teaching institute and started sharing practical Ayurveda.

She has been a Recognised Graduate Teacher since 2014 and Post Graduate Teacher since 2020.

The best part of this story is that Dr. Ankita & Dr. Abhijeet Shirkande jointly shoulder the responsibilities at home as well as at work.

She has been working as Secretary of International Academy of Ayurveda since 2018.

She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Women’s Health and Ayurvedic Diet.

Her Ayurveda Superfood Series is one of the novel and best-loved concepts.

She is the mother of two beautiful kids:

• Yuvna
• Yadnyeya

She has been invited as a Guest Speaker around the world and has presented papers at many international conferences.

Her paper received the Best Paper Presentation Award (2013).

She is the author of three books and has published research articles in impactful journals.

Students from India and overseas enjoy her Ayurveda teaching.