Cornelis Peters
Director
Europe Ayurveda Centrum
Netherlands
Biography
Cornelis Peters studied pharmacology and physiology at the University of Applied Science, Utrecht, in the Netherland and became a research fellow working in different leading hospitals in the Netherlands. Among them the famous Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antony van Leeuwenhoek. During a sabbatical in India, he came across Ayurveda and decided to study this traditional medicine. Back in the Netherlands, he founded Europa Ayurveda Centrum together with his wife Dr. V.P. Mohana Kumari and son Vighnesh M. Peters. Together they form the inspirational driving force behind this institute. Europa Ayurveda Centrum (EAC) is an agricultural estate with treatment and research facilities. The center is actively involved in research projects with Ayurveda medicinal plants that they cultivate in 8 ha of land belonging to the center.
Research Interest
Medicinal Plants Enhancing People's life Coping with Lifestyle Diseases: Ayurveda