Dr. Somit Kumar, Hindistan Coimbature‘da bulunan The Arya Vaidhya Chikitsalayam Araştırma Enstitüsü’nde 2005'den bu yana Medikal Bölüm Asbaşkanlığı ve Klinik Farmakoloji & Disiplinlerarası Araştırma Başkanlığı görevini sürdürüyor. Yükseklisansını Ayurvedik Farmakolojidetamamladı ve klinik Romatoloji konsunda uzmanlaştı. Aynı zamanada Letonya Üniversitesi’nde Anti Diyabetik Formulasyonun Standardizasyonu konusunda doktorasını yürütmektedir. Ayurvedanın Romatoid Artrit konusundaki Etkisi üzerine çalışan NIH çalışmalarının içinde olmuştur ve şu anda da Diyabet 2 tipinde ve genetik bir bozukluk olan DMD ( Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ) hastalığında bu hastalıklara yönelik olarak uygulanan Ayurvedik tedavinin etkinliğini ölçen bir değerlendirme çalışmasında eş araştırmacı olarak çalışmaktadır. Dr. Somit Kerala‘da 10 yıldır devamlı olarak uyguladığı Panchakarmatekniği pratiğinin sonucunda Romatoloji, deri hastalıkları, sindirim, karaciğer bozuklukları ve nörolojik hastalıklar alanında çalışmaktadır. Onun klinik konsültasyonları diyet ve yaşam tarzıyla ilgili tavsiyeleri, Ayurvedik ilaçları, Yoga ve bilimsel konsültasyonu içermektedir. Kendisi aynı zamanda "Ancient Science of Life" ve “Journal of Clinical Rheumatology in Ayurveda” dergilerinin yayın kadrosunda bulunmaktadır. 
Malezya, Singapur, Brezilya, Türkiye, Slovenya, Macaristan, Hollanda, Litvanya, Polonya, Letonya ve İtalya gibi ülkelerde verdiği uluslararası seminerler, eğitim programları ve konsültasyonlar nedeniyle dünyayı gezmektedir. AVP'nin Brezilya, Arjantin, Şili, Japonya , İsviçre ve Letonya gibi ülkelerdeki öğrencilere yönelik olarak hazırladığı düzenli kısa dönem Ayurveda oryantasyon programlarını hazırlayan eğitim akademisinin çekirdek kadrosunda bulunmaktadır.

Professional Experience
Working as Asst. Chief Medical Officer and In-charge Clinical Pharmacology and Interdisiplinary Research, The Arya Vaidhya Chikitsalayam and Research institutefrom 04th April 2005 till date .
Serving as Editorial board member “Ancient Science of Life” a peer reviewed pub med indexed quarterterly multi-disciplinary scientific research journal in Ayurveda publised by AVP research foundation.
Serving as Section editor “Journal of Clinical Rheumatology in Ayurveda - The Journal is supported by Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India “.
Served as Reserch Co ordinator at Aroor Ravi Memorial Ayurvedic Research Centre, A.L.N.Rao Memorial Ayurveda Medical College, Koppa and co editor for its monthly news letter .
Served as a ‘Co-Editor’ in ‘SURABHI’ and “AYUR SURBHI”, A National Bi-monthly Magazine published by Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College, Chennai.

Role & Contribution in The Arya vaidhya Pharmacy, Coimbatore .
Working as a Co- Investigators in research project initiated by "The Ayurvedic Trust, Coimbatore and Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, Latvia" to evaluate "The Efficacy of Customized Ayurvedic Treatment in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus with Secondary Failure to Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs".
Worked as blinded joint count accessor for Pilot Randamosed double blind clinical trial on Rheumatoid arthirits funded by NIH America .
Experienced in Clinical research activities in protocol designing and co ordinating the trial.
Good Analytical, Technical skills and experience interacting with trial participants & clinical examination.
Professionally associated with A.V.P.Research foundation in clinical documentaton and development of coustamized software to manage and analyse clinical data.
Working as Head of Quality Control in Out patient department at Arya Vaidhya chikitsalayam and research instituteand also involved in quality assurence and internal auditing.
Preclinical Pharmacognostic , Phytochemical and Pharmacological evalution of Cucumis sativus and Cucumis melo. utilissimus for its diuretic activity as a part of Post graduation dessertation work.
Achievements
Winner (First prize ) in essay competition in Essay competition Organised by All India Ayurveda Congress ,2000. Topic “Importance of Ayurvedic dinacharya”.
Winner(First prize ) for Paper presentation, “Strategies to develop Ayurveda in Tamilnadu”,Organised by All India Ayurveda Congress (Chennai unit),Chennai.
Winner(First prize ) for Paper presentation, “Impact of Dosas on Dhatu and Malas”, At National Seminar conducted by Ayurveda Sastrajna Parishad ,Dec 26, 2004, Chennai .
Runners (Second prize ) Poster Presentation, “ Action of Guduchyadi Kashayam t”, At national Seminar conducted by Ayurveda Sastrajna Parishad ,Dec 26, 2004, Chennai .
Best paper presentation at National level Workshop on “Medical Writing “,organised by K.L.E. Ayurveda College ,Belgaum, September,2010.
Free studentship and scholarship for best Debater at state level debate competition in pre-graduation and graduation level..
Publications and Presentations

Paper presentation, “Strategies to develop Ayurveda in Tamilnadu”,Organised by All India Ayurveda Congress (Chennai unit),Chennai.
Paper presentation, “Management of Dwitiya Patalagata Timira With special reference to Myopia, A clinical trial”, At national Seminar on Ayurvedic Ophthalmology organized by Sreedhareeyam- Vaghbhata Sarani Oct 22 to 24, 2004 ,Kutathakulam .
Paper presentation, “Impact of Dosas on Dhatu and Malas”, At national Seminar conducted by Ayurveda Sastrajna Parishad ,Dec 26, 2004, Chennai .
Poster Presentation, “ Action of Guduchyadi Kashayam t”, At national Seminar conducted by Ayurveda Sastrajna Parishad ,Dec 26, 2004, Chennai .
Paper presentation, “Inovative methods of research in Ayurveda”, At national Seminar conducted by Directoriate of Indian medicine ,Maharastra and C.C.R.A.S.Newdelhi at Mumbai ,September, 2010,Mumbai.
Paper presentation, “Need of Pharmacovigilance in Ayurveda ”, At International Seminar 4th World Ayurveda Congress at Bangalore ,December, 2010,Bangalore
Paper presentation, “Role of Ayurgenomics in healthy ageing”, At International Seminar 4th World Ayurveda Congress at Bangalore ,December, 2010,Bangalore
Paper presentation, “Drug dossier preperation of ayurvedic classical and patient products in context to international regulatory provisions”, At Nationall Seminar “Achintya 2011” at Koppa 2011,Koppa,Karnataka.
Paperpresentation, “Management of lifestyle disorder through Ayurveda and Yoga”, National Seminar by Nutan Sanjeevani Samsthan and C.C.R.Y.N. New delhi, at Ranchi , November 2010.