Anil Awachat

Who is Anil Awachat?

Anil Awachat is a doctor, a social activist and Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

Awachat was born in 1944 in the town of Otur in Pune District. He completed Pre-Degree education from Fergusson College and later received his medical degree from B. J. Medical College in Pune in 1968.

Awachat and his psychiatrist wife Sunanda founded a deaddiction center in Pune, called Muktangan, which was the first of its kind in India at that time. The center has been a highly successful operation.

Awachat has written extensively on social issues in India and through his writings sought justice for the helpless segment of the society. He has been an editor of Sadhana magazine.