Dr. Priya Rana
Experience: | 3 years |
Education: | Jammu Institute of Ayurveda and Research |
Academic degree: | Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery |
Area of specialization: | I am a general physician with strong interest in pharmacovigilance, and honestly I keep moving between direct patient care and the more detailed work of monitoring how medicines actually behave in real life. My day can look simple, treating fever, infections, lifestyle related conditions, but in the back of my mind I am also tracking how drugs affect patients differently, side effects that slip under radar, interactions that don’t always show up in textbooks. That mix keeps me alert.
General practice give me the chance to see variety—one moment a respiratory case, next a metabolic disorder—and each one reminds me why foundation in clinical medicine matters. At the same time pharmacovigilance feels equally important, because safe medicine use is not just about prescribing, it is about observing, reporting, preventing harm before it happen again. I like connecting these two areas, where practical care meet systematic monitoring. Sometimes I wonder if more doctors should see pharmacovigilance as part of daily routine, not separate.. maybe it would reduce lot of avoidable problems.
I try to explain things in plain language, make patients aware of both benefits and possible risks of a drug, even if it take extra time. That habit grew from seeing how awareness often change outcomes. |
Achievements: | I am proud to recieve the Award of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance, it felt like a strange mix of relief and push to do more. That award was not just a medal on shelf, it came after years of watching how drugs effect patients diff, noting side reactions, writing reports that sometimes felt too small but later made real change. I still think about the long nights filling data, correcting errors, arguing over what detail matter.. and now I know that careful work actually count in patient safety. |
I am currently working as a JRF at RARI Jammu, and honestly that role feels less like a title n more like an everyday immersion into Ayurveda research and patient care. My focus has always been to connect classical Ayurvedic wisdom with real life health challenges that patients walk in with. At RARI I am part of ongoing projects where we document therapies, follow outcomes, sometimes spending long hours reviewing case sheets and sometimes just sitting with patients to understand how they actually experience a treatment, not just what the report say. That mix of clinical and research keeps me alert, because data without human story feels half empty to me. I am specially interested in Panchakarma, detoxification methods, and how they can be personalized.. no two patients respond the same, even if diagnosis looks similar on paper. Working here gives me chance to study that in depth, under guidance and within a structured institute, but also with the flexibility to question, to explore. Sometimes we debate in the team whether a line of treatment should be adjusted or left as per the classical text, and in those moments I see how Ayurveda stays alive—it adapts but doesn’t lose root. Teaching and discussion is also part of my daily work. I share inputs with students, sometimes giving small lectures on Ayurvedic principles, lifestyle integration, dietary corrections, or even simple dinacharya practices that are overlooked. I have realised that patient education is as important as treatment itself, because without that awareness results don’t sustain. At times I find myself repeating same advice again n again—eat mindfully, align sleep with nature’s cycle, respect seasons—but then when a patient returns saying small changes improved digestion or energy, it feels worth the repetition. Looking back, the journey at RARI Jammu shapes me continuously. It is not just about academic growth or research publications, but about seeing Ayurveda work in different contexts—neurological cases, chronic skin issues, joint pain, metabolic disorders. Each day builds patience in me, and I keep learning that healing is a process, sometimes slow, sometimes uneven, but always moving. I want to keep exploring Ayurveda in this way, between science and lived human experience.
