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Rajesh Kotecha (born 18 July 1963) is anIndianAyurveda physician who received aPadmashri Award for Medicine in 2015.[1] He was appointed Secretary of theMinistry of AYUSH[2] in theGovernment of India in July 2017, and is the former Vice Chancellor ofGujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar, a post he held from 2013 to 2016.[3]
Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha completed hisBachelor of Ayurveda Medicine & Surgery (BAMS) fromGujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, in 1985 and his Doctorate inAyurveda Medicine (M.D. Ayurveda) from Gujarat Ayurveda in 1991.
Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha is the author of two books:Concept of Atattvabhinivesha In Ayurveda, which discusses minorpsychiatric disorders within Ayurveda parameters, andA Beginner's Guide to Ayurveda, which is about Ayurveda principles and day-to-day life practices to remain healthy. He also received the Global Ayurveda Physician Award in 2007, the Ayurveda Ratna Award in 2008 and Padmashri Award for Medicine in 2015.
He founded Chakrapani Ayurveda Clinic & Research Center in Jaipur in 1998.
