We all have heard about people getting inspiration from an actor or a choreographer whom they have been watching for many years down the line. Actually, we all at one or another time have been fascinated by a particular character and wanted to like them but it’s one out million cases when we get inspiration from closed ones particularly from a blood relation. We have one of that one out of million stories.

Dr. Meenakshi Chauhan Early Life

An Ayurveda Expert (BAMS-Gold Medalist), (MD-Alternative Medicine)

Dr. Meenakshi Chauhan who has made wholeheartedly contribution to the welfare of many people through Ayurveda is one of the million people who were inspired by her father and her own life incident to choose correct path in her life. Born in a family of renowned physician Dr. Madan Gulati and Dr. Saras Gulati, she was brought up under the shadow of Ayurveda. This was not just a reason to choose Ayurveda as her career but one of her childhood event also molded her into a true believer of Ayurveda. At the age of 3, Meenakshi seriously fell ill with recurrent fever and relapse malaria. Her condition was so serious that even PGI, Chandigarh gave up hope for any kind of recovery. During that time, Ayurveda came like a silver lining in her life. Ayurveda gave her a hope to live a healthy life. In her childhood innocence, she referred Ayurvedic medicine Bhasam as “Mitti Waali Medicine”. Her recovery also inspired her father Dr. Madan Gulati to practice Ayurveda more dedicatedly and be a firm believer of unlimited properties of herbal medicine. Dr. Gulati even wanted his daughter to make a career in Ayurveda but he was open to her career choices.

Like every teenager, she was also fascinated by many things and has tantrums of joining a corporate world. She even joined BBA course for pursuing her vague dream but just in period of one month, she realized that business is not her cup of tea and she want to do something by which she can make a difference in others life. She called it off and soon joined BAMS course in college where there was still one month for a session to start. Having a convent background, it got tough for her to read Sanskrit Shaloks and learn their deep meanings but her matured personality help her to realize that Ayurveda is not just about physical well-being but has its roots in the eternal level of sustenance of living beings.

Along with Ayurveda, she was always inclined towards literature and has been fascinated by great works. For extending her reach towards literature and understanding all the aspect of arts, she enrolled herself in MA. English in Panjab University. Likewise, she achieved excellence in the field of Ayurveda in many ways. Along with that she always wanted to explore various arenas of skin care and cosmetics, she earned a Diploma in Cosmetology from VLCC in 2005. She also made a mark in the field of medical astrology and earned a degree of Jyotish Praveen in the year 2002.