Dr. G. Shrinivasa Acharya trained in Ayurveda at Mysore University (BAMS) and completed postgraduate studies at Gujarat Ayurveda University in 1988, earning a gold medal. He has worked as Assistant Professor at SDM College of Ayurveda and as a physician at SDM Ayurveda Hospital in Udupi, with a specialisation in Kaya Chikitsa, Panchakarma, Rasayana, and Vajikarana. Panchakarma Illustrated is his individually authored book, covering more than sixty Ayurvedic therapeutic procedures with illustrations, and he is also a co-author of the internationally published Integrative Medicine.