Dr. Raghavendra Rao Mohan
Two decades spent proving, in the language of the clinic, what the breath has always known.
A scientist at the meeting point of
tradition and evidence.
Dr. Raghavendra Rao Mohan is an integrative-medicine scientist and academic leader who has spent his career giving traditional Indian wellness practices the one thing they were often denied — rigorous clinical proof.
Holding a PhD in Yoga and Life Sciences from S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, he built and led the Complementary & Alternative Medicine programme at Health Care Global (HCG), South Asia's largest oncology network, taking it to ESMO accreditation for integrative oncology in 2014. Today he directs CCRYN under the Ministry of AYUSH and edits the Indian Journal of Yoga & Naturopathy.
His collaborations reach from UCSF and MD Anderson to the Society for Integrative Oncology — always with the same aim: to hold yoga and naturopathy to the standard of the trial, and to let the data speak.
The breath can be measured. Healing can be evidence. The oldest practices deserve the newest science. — On a career bridging two medicines
Where the research lives.
Eight domains where measurable outcomes have followed integrative practice — from the oncology ward to the diabetes clinic.
Integrative Oncology & Cancer Supportive Care
Yoga and mind–body interventions for symptom management, cognition and cardiac autonomic function in patients through chemotherapy.
Cardiovascular Health & CVD Risk
Lifestyle and yogic interventions studied for their effect on autonomic balance and cardiovascular risk prevention.
Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes
Multicentric and cohort studies on integrated naturopathy-and-yoga programmes for long-term glycemic control.
Lifestyle & Non-Communicable Diseases
Population-level work on lifestyle as a modifiable driver of India's rising burden of chronic disease.
Naturopathy & Nature-Cure Modalities
Basic and clinical research validating naturopathic treatments, from bronchial asthma to metabolic health.
Yoga Therapy & Mind–Body Medicine
Yoga's measurable effects on cognition, attention and working memory across adults and adolescents.
Clinical Trials & Research Methodology
Design and conduct of global clinical trials, biorepositories, cancer registries and clinical audit.
Public Health & Policy
Shaping national research direction for yoga and naturopathy through the Ministry of AYUSH.
A path measured in trials,
not just years.
PhD, Yoga & Life Sciences
Completed doctoral research bridging yogic science and clinical physiology.
S-VYASA University · BengaluruSenior Scientist & Head, CAM Programme
Joined South Asia's largest oncology network to lead complementary and alternative medicine research.
Health Care Global (HCG)ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award
Recognised by the American Society of Clinical Oncology for work in integrative cancer care.
ASCO · United StatesESMO-Accredited Department of Integrative Oncology
Established a CAM department accredited by the European Society for Medical Oncology.
HCG · IndiaInternational Collaborations
Indo-US studies with UCSF on yoga in prediabetes and HIV; consultant on an NCI-funded breast-cancer yoga trial at MD Anderson; Yoga Co-Chair, Society for Integrative Oncology.
UCSF · MD Anderson · SIODirector, CCRYN — Ministry of AYUSH
Appointed to lead national research in yoga and naturopathy; Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Yoga & Naturopathy.
Government of India · New DelhiFrom the research, a book.
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