Dr Arvind Mathur

For more than the past 35 years, Dr Arvind Mathur has been actively engaged in teaching, doing clinical work and research at Dr. S.N. Medical College (Jodhpur) and recently retired as Principal of the college.

He has had an excellent academic career and has been the recipient of the award of Talent Search Scheme Senior Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Medical Research during his studies. He has received and undergone extensive training in various frontiers of the medical field.

He has often served as the inspector for MCI and also is a member of the Technical Resource Group of NACO and various other national consultative committees for health care of elderly.

He is currently the Director of his most recently launched project - ACMERI - Asian Centre for Medical Education, Research & Innovation. The aim of the Organization being to work for improving health of people of Asian continent by imparting medical education, conducting research on relevant health issues and developing innovative ways of improving health care delivery. 

He is also the founder of Caregivers Asha Society. Caregivers Asha Society has been registered to assess the needs of caregivers, conduct evidence-based research and various programs to reduce stress and burden associated with family caregiving. The objective of society is to improve the quality of care and thus the quality of life of the family caregivers and the care recipients by providing appropriate support to family caregivers with practical skill-building and information. The society will undertake advocacy for proper recognition by the community of the services of family caregivers and their issues.

His latest book on Caregiving for the Elderly has been published in 3 languages - English, Tamil & Hindi.