Prashanth Acharya PhD (Ayu)

Dr. Prashanth Shivarudraiah Acharya is the Founder, Director and Managing Trustee of the ARTH Ayurveda Group encompassing an Ayurveda health care facility in Bangalore City; the Atreya Ayurvedic Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre at Doddaballapur, Bangalore Rural District; and PoornaPrajna AyurPharma Pvt Ltd, a complete Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical company (branded under the name of Arth Ayurveda itself).

In 1998, Dr. Prashanth declared his intention to set up an INR 5 Crore Ayurveda company. Today, twenty-one years later, he has achieved this and much more. He continues to further his vision and aims to create an integrated healthcare city of INR 5000 Cr to redefine “Ayurveda as a lifestyle of the 21st century”.

Dr. Prashanth is a medical practitioner and entrepreneur. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from Bangalore University. He is also a Master’s degree holder in the surgical specialty of Ayurveda - Shalya Tantra - from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. Dr. Prashanth has treated over 3,000 patients for disc degeneration problems and is one of the rare holders of a Ph.D. in the non-surgical management of Slip Disc in India.

Dr. Prashanth grew up in Bangalore in Sampangiramanagar. He was born to a Sanskrit Scholar and a school teacher who brought him up to love studying. His two brothers are also top performers in their various fields. One is a mechanical engineer and works at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and the other is a top director at Oracle Corporation.

His ARTH Ayurveda journey began as a dream project among a group of his friends. Dr. Prashanth and four of his friends wanted to accomplish something unique in the Ayurveda field. Their dreams, however, suffered a setback when they parted ways at the end of their course. Undeterred, Dr. Prashanth continued to pursue his dreams despite a lot of difficulties.

He was almost giving up when he was invited in 1998 to a leadership workshop which set him back on course and renewed his zeal. Atreya Resorts for Traditional Healing Pvt. Ltd., (ARTH) was launched in Bangalore on 24th August 1999 to a tumultuous welcome, both within the Ayurveda fraternity and outside. The media went gaga over ARTH Ayurveda’s vision to deliver authentic Ayurveda in its purest form, touching the four cornerstones of health – Diet, Lifestyle, Medicine, and therapy.