P. C. Shastri
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Priyavadan Chandrakant Shastri | |
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| Education | University of Bombay |
| Alma mater | Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Years active | 1970–2016 |
Priyavadan Chandrakant Shastri (P. C. Shastri) (Marathi: प्रियवदन चंद्रकांत शास्त्री) was an Indian child psychiatrist, from Mumbai, Maharashtra.
P. C. Shastri completed his post graduation in the field of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine in October 1970, from the Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital in Mumbai.
Career
After attaining the degree, Shastri was elected at the post of Professor and Head of the Unit in the Department of Psychiatry in the same hospital. He retired only in 1997. Later he continued at the Nanavati hospital in Andheri and the Indian Armed forces Medical Services, (INHS Ashwini) as an Honorary Professor in Psychiatry in 2004 to date.
He has been the past President of the Indian Psychiatric Society in 2008-09 and has presided the SAARC Psychiatric Federation in the same year.
He has presided over many conferences and medical meets throughout the world and the region:
- The Research Society for the care Treatment & Training of Children in Need of Special Care- (1998–2008)
- Maharashtra State branch of Indian Psychiatric Society (2003–05)
- Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2005–2007)
- Bombay Psychiatric Society (1985–86)[1]
- Indian Psychiatric Society -West Zone (1995–96)
- Integrated Sensations –India(1996–99)
- President of first National Conference of Integrated Sensations - India 1996