Dr. Avinash Lele was born into a family of Ayurvedic physicians, and completed post-graduate studies in Ayurved where he specialized in Ayurvedic surgery, Panchakarma, Rasayan, and Kshara sutra (medicated thread) therapy. Dr. Lele has served as director, principal, vice president and professor at many different Ayurvedic institutions and colleges, and currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the International Academy of Ayurved, medical director of several Ayurvedic clinics, Chief Medical Consultant at Atreya Rugnalaya and Research Centre and director of Amrut Aushadhi Pvt Ltd., a company manufacturing ethical Ayurvedic products. Dr. Lele also continues to travel around the world today to serve as a professor, consultant and speaker on numerous Ayurvedic subjects such as Panchakarma, body-and-mind relations, Ayurvedic surgery, Marma Therapy, Ayurvedic massage, herbology and more. He has written many scientific articles on various Ayurvedic subjects for journals published in India, as well as authored several books.

Dr. Bharati Lele was also born into a family of Ayurvedic teachers and physicans, and holds an “Ayurved Vachaspati” M.D. in Ayurvedic Gynecology and Obstetrics. She is currently the director of the International Academy of Ayurved and the Chief Ayurved Consultant at several Ayurvedic centers and hospitals, as well as a professor at several universities both in India, USA and Italy. Dr. Lele conducts workshops and seminars throughout the world on different Ayurvedic subjects, including Marma Therapy, Women and Ayurved, Healthy Ayurvedic Cooking, and Panchakarma Therapy among others, and she has written many articles on Ayurved that have been published in journals in India.