Dr. Acharya Balkrishna, Vice-Chancellor at University of Patanjali, Haridwar is a highly versatile personality who holds expert knowledge of Yoga, ascetic entr€preneur with Ayurveda, Sanskrit language, Indian holy scriptures, nd the Vedas. After dedicating his a great source of inspiration for Traditional Medicine Practitioners and a worldwide ancient healing & lifestyle traditions, Acharya Balkrishna has become life to the revival of known personality. His maverick leadership as Chairman & MD of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd and relentless effiorts in Yoga and Ayurvedic scientific research has acquired muchdeserved award5 such as Ayurveda Expert’, ‘Manav Ratan’, ‘Bharat Gaurav’, ‘Ten Versatile and Dynamic Young Men of India’ and ‘UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in Healthcare Awardld to name a few.

With his early age admiration for plants, he has become the most renowned & respected herbal expert for medicine and nutrition. He explored four rare medicinal plants ie. Sanjeevani’, ‘Soma’, ‘Swarnakshiri’, ‘Swarnadraka’ and extinct ‘Astavarga Plants’ for the discovery of new herbal drug formulations. He has taken many initiatives for Biodiversity survey ofIndia (Flora ofSeijosa, Flora ofMomi Hills and Flora of Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi), and compilation of the World Herbal Encyclopaedia. He has visualized the idea of founding a dedicated herbal garden for the world’s important medicinal plants in the Mala Gram location of Uttarakhand which would create a remarkable history representing global herbalism in one single database. conservation> “Wealth ofFood Crops’, achieved the establishment ofPatanjali Herbal Garden & Patanjali Research Foundation Herbarium, and identification of rare herbs & vegetation survey ofIndia (Flora ofSeijosa, Flora ofMomi Hills and Flora of Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi), and compilation of the World Herbal Encyclopaedia. He has visualized the idea of founding a dedicated herbal garden for the world’s important medicinal plants in the Mala Gram location of Uttarakhand which would create a remarkable history representing global herbalism in one single database.

Acharya Balkrishna has published more than 250 Research Articles in various journals, acquired ~21 Patents rights, as well as authored and edited around 200 books on Yoga and Ayurveda. His immense faith and knowledge in natural healing methods have effectively cured more than 15 million patients having several stubborn, chronic, and noncommunicable diseases, With the philanthropic vision ofquality education, he has established Patanjali Gurukulam, Acharyakulam, Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan Evam Anusandhan Sansthan, and University of Patanjali to help children realize their dreams and serve the nation.

For his love of plants, natural lifestyle and the earth’s preservation, Acharya Balkrishna has set up Patanjali Research Institute to propagate the scientific reasons behind Herbal drug formulations, Yogic practices, and Organic Farming Practices, etc. and to disseminate such essential information, he conceptualized the idea ofwriting several national and international books. Through such publications, he intends to bring awareness about sustainable agricultural and natural lifestyle methods all across the world, Furthermore, he has envisioned the idea of merging traditional farming practices with highly advanced technologies like Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, and Remote sensing, etc. to reduce the input cost and increase the crop yield, thus achieving the government vision ofDoubling Farmers’ Income by 2022. This vision is explained in the newly launched book ‘NAV HaritKranti’ which aims to highlight the current gaps and challenges in Indian agriculture along with modern & practical strategies to combat these issues.

Apart from this, Acharya Balkrishna is actively participating to drive agricultural transformation through the ‘Patanjali Farmer Samriddhi Programme’ by well-trained staff d one lakh trainers. His generous personality is also reflected through his actions and aroun like helping the nation with emergency needs like Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, providing free shelter, food and education to orphan children and free OPD services at Patanjali Yogpeeth. With his humanitarian attitude, he continues his phenomenal journey of making world records, uplifting mankind through medicine & lifestyle improvement, reviving sustainable agriculture and preserving nature’s gifts in form of literature and a sustainable living approach.