Dr. Soumitra Pathare

Dr. Soumitra Pathare is currently a Consultant Psychiatrist at Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India and Co-ordinator, Center for Mental Health Law and Policy at the Indian Law Society, Pune, India. He has served as a WHO consultant in many low-income countries assisting them in developing mental health policy and drafting and implementing mental health legislation. He (along with his colleagues from the Center for Mental Health Law and Policy) is currently assisting the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in drafting new mental health legislation. He has co-authored the WHO Resource Book on Mental Health Law and Human Rights and has contributed to the WHO Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package.

Dr Soumitra Pathare did his undergraduate medical training and post-graduate psychiatry training at the Seth G S Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has an MD in Psychiatry from Mumbai University, India. He is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom and worked at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK for nearly 8 years in various clinical and research posts.

Dr Soumitra Pathare lives in Pune, India, is married to Seema, a gynaecologist - turned - farmer, and has two boys, Upamanyu aged 14 and Aaryaman aged 9.

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