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| occupation = Health activist
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br> Columbia University Award
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'''Anant Darshan Shankar''', born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in the state of Maharashtra. His core areas of interest are educational innovation and theoretical foundations of Indian medical heritage.<ref name="News One">{{cite web | url=http://www.inewsone.com/2011/01/25/montek-iyengar-among-padma-awardees-for-public-service/23525 | title=News One | publisher=News One | date=25 January 2011 | accessdate=22 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218044802/http://www.inewsone.com/2011/01/25/montek-iyengar-among-padma-awardees-for-public-service/23525 | archive-date=18 December 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="DNA Syndication">{{cite web | url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNBAN36912 | title=DNA Syndication | publisher=DNA Syndication | date=26 January 2011 | accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> He is the founder of the [[Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Tradition|Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions]],<ref name="Pharma Biz">{{cite web|url=http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=18996&sectionid=17 |title=Pharma Biz |publisher=Pharma Biz |date=2014 |accessdate=22 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034301/http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=18996&sectionid=17 |archivedate=27 September 2007 }}</ref> which is a Government of India accredited scientific and research organization mandated to revitalize the medical heritage of India.<ref name="DNA Syndication" /><ref name="News One" /> He has also founded the [http://tdu.edu.in/ Trans-disciplinary University], Bangalore. He is the first Indian to receive the [[Columbia University]] Award from Rosenthal Centre of Columbia University and College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 2003.<ref name="Pharma Biz" /> The Government of India honored Shankar in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Tradition|Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.panchakarma.com/foundation-for-revitalisation-of-local-health-traditions-frlht-bangalore-karnataka-p-255.html | title=FRLHT - Profile | publisher=Panchakarma | date=2014 | accessdate=22 November 2014}}

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