Dr. K. Nishteswar, who holds an MD from Gujarat Ayurved University, a Ph.D. from the University of Pune, and the Andhra Pradesh state Best Teacher Award (2001), has authored and co-authored numerous Ayurvedic works across clinical and historical topics. Together with Dr. R. Vidyanath, he translates and annotates the Rajamartanda (Nanavidhayogasangraha), a Sanskrit treatise on mono-herbal Ayurvedic preparations attributed to the eleventh-century ruler Bhojaraja, published by Chaukhambha Orientalia.