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Pankaj Naram is an international recognized expert of Ayurveda and the head of the Indian Siddha-Veda lineage, for which he was chosen by his Guru Baba Ramdas. He has consulted millions of patients worldwide and is an international recognized speaker. He has received a Honorary Doctorate and many awards for his achievements and mastery of Ayurveda including the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award. For a long time he starred on a daily television show called Yoga for You, which was broadcasted to 163 countries. He is recognized for his philanthropic work as the founder of the Dr. Naram Foundation.

Early life and education
Pankaj Naram was born May 4, 1955 to Dr. Khimmaji and Rukmani Naram. He received a bachelor's degree in 1978 from Bombay University and then went on to get advanced Ayurvedic degrees. He was registered as a physician with the Medical Council of Indian Medicine. However, he chose to train in Siddha-Veda after meeting Baba Ramdas. Baba Ramdas is believed in India and Nepal to have lived 125 years. Naram studied under Guruji Baba Ramadas for 1,000 days before he was chosen as the head of the Siddha-Veda.

Naram says that the Siddha-Veda lineage and the form of Ayurveda that he practices can be traced back to Jikata, Buddha's doctor. Ayurveda, meaning "knowledge of life", is a holistic approach to healing the body. This form of practicing medicine has been around for 5000 years. It focuses on restoring balance to the body, mind, and spirit. It prescribes treatments including diet changes, massages, marma (pressure-point massaging), and herbal remedies.

Career
Naram has consulted millions of patients worldwide and is an international recognized speaker on ancient Indian healing methods, their history, principles, processes, and results. He utilizes the ancient practice of pulse diagnosis, marma healing and use of ancient herbal remedies for modern day maladies. Naram is in charge of the Ancient Secrets Academy. Naram worked in a clinic where he consulted almost 300 patients each day. He has consulted clients like the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, and Anthony Robbins. Naram was the Director of Ayushakti Ayurved in Mumbai, India, from 1987–2012, and is now the Director of Ancient Youth Secret. .

Naram has been featured in many interviews and appearances as an expert guest on various television and radio shows. Naram starred on a television program, Yoga for You. The show was broadcast in 163 countries and had approximately 50 million viewers. He is also featured in newspaper and magazine articles in the U.S., India and Europe.

Humanitarian efforts
Naram is also involved in humanitarian efforts. He treats over 350 HIV patients in India for free. He also works with Serving Those Who Serve, which is a non-profit organization in New York City. He has created his own foundation that helps schools give medical care to students and children. Naram has established a charitable foundation that works to improve the health of special needs children, orphans, people infected with HIV, animals in need of medical attention, as well as protecting and preserving ancient scriptures and herbs that are in risk of extinction. With the severe earthquakes in Nepal in April 2015, the Pankaj Naram Seva Foundation worked with other organizations to help provide food, tents, and rebuild orphanages and temple sites that had been destroyed.

Awards and recognition
Naram has received many awards for his work including being named "master of masters" (Mahamahopadhyay) in pulse diagnosis by Gujarat Ayurved Sansthan in 1999. Naram was awarded the Ayurveda Mahamahopadhyay. The following year he received the “Lord Dhanwantari” award, in Bhaskar, India, in February of 2006. This award was given to him for healing thousands of people who suffer from chronic illnesses. In 2009, Pankaj Naram was conferred the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for "Outstanding Services, Achievements, and Contributions" in the field of traditional Indian medicine, and for his humanitarian work. He was given the title of ”Knight of Charity” by the Ecumenical Medical-Humanitarian Order of St. John in November 2010. That year, he was also given an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, by The Open International University for Complementary Medicine in 2010. On October 17, 2010, Naram received an award from the state legislature of New Jersey, and Honorable Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman, for his work in helping and healing thousands of the 9-11 first responders. A peer-reviewed medical journal (Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine) published a study of the 9-11 First Responders who participated in a pilot program, sponsored by Serving Those Who Serve that used Naram's herbal remedies to reduce the toxicity in their bodies. The study, conducted by Dr. Jim Dahl and Dr. Kathy Falk, reports the experiences of the firefighters and other first responders about using Pankaj Naram’s herbal remedies vs. conventional medical treatments. In 2010 and in 2011, Naram appeared in Men's Health, Italy. Naram was presented with the Certificate of Excellence by Medicina Alternativa on April, 2011 in Prague. The award recognized the quality of his products: Be Young Herbal Formula and Be Young Herbal Cream. Dr. Hartmut Schröder, has invited Master Healer Pankaj Naram to lead a program on ancient healing secrets for physicians at his university in Germany.

Controversy
Although Naram practices techniques common in India, there are unanswered questions surrounding the subject. In 2004, studies were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that showed that Ayurvedic medicines contained toxic levels of mercury, lead, or arsenic. Naram does not use heavy metals in his herbal preparations, but says that this is a technique used by some. Also, in June 2014, Naram said on his show Yoga for You that he has seen how holistic could be used to prevent cancer. The broadcaster was fined £25,000 by Ofcom (a UK regulator) after airing the program in the UK where Naram claims that his ancient lineage knew how to cure cancer or delay cancer treatments. Asia TV apologized for broadcasting the show in the UK, and dropped the series from its UK output.