Draft:Rabinarayan Acharya

Prof. Vaidya Rabinarayan Acharya (birth date – 26 February 1967) is an Indian Professor (Ayurveda) and the Director General of CCRAS, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi. . He was  born in Nalibar Village, Jagatsinghpur District, in Odhisa. His fathers name is Late Shri Parikshita Acharya. Prof Acharya is the first from Odhisa to become a head of a central government organization under the Ministry of Ayush. He was temporary advisor to WHO

Prof Acharya completed his BSc (Hons. Botany) and BAMS (Hons) from Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar. He completed his post graduation in MD (Ayurveda), Dravyaguna and Ph.D in Ayurveda (Dravyaguna) from Gujarat University. He also have a PG Diploma in Bioethics.

He is a prolific writer and authored five books.