Prof. Kaustubh Shedjale

Prof. Kaustubh Shedjale is an authority and pioneer in the field of Strength and Conditioning. He started his career as an Exercise programmer and Senior Fitness Manager in Pune in 2009 after his Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering. His love for the S and C field led him to complete his Bachelors in Sports and Exercise Science from Griffith University, Australia. He has also worked in Australia in the fitness industry for two years and is currently completing his Masters in Performance Coaching from Setanta College, Ireland. He has been the Head of S & C and the Deputy Program Coordinator for the School of Sports, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai since 2016 and is known for his in-depth knowledge, vast practical experience and excellent teaching methods and is passionate about teaching and imparting knowledge about S & C to the students at Bachelors and Masters level. He is also the founder of Fitness Education Training (FET) which is an app for fitness training and monitoring serving national level athletes of multiple sports and people with stable medical conditions giving them result oriented fitness programmes. He has been a speaker at several conferences and also been honored as one of the best educators contributing to Indian S & C teaching by a leading fitness institute in Mumbai. His vast, knowledge, practical skills and international training exposure make him uniquely qualified to teach this course and the students will benefit immensely.

Prof. Col (Dr) Anup Krishnan (Retd)

School of Sports, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences

Prof. Col (Dr) Anup Krishnan (Retd) Colonel (Dr) Anup Krishnan (Retd) is an Ex Indian Army Sports Medicine Doctor who served the nation for 23 years. He has completed MBBS from Bombay University in 1997 and DSM from National Institute of Sports, Patiala (2010) and has also completed his PhD in Sports Rehabilitation (2014). He has several certifications related to Sports Medicine from India and abroad. He has headed the Sports Medicine departments at Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt, Army Sports Institute, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has been Faculty and Examiner for the MD Sports Medicine programme at AFMC, Pune. He has been the Honorary Sports Medicine Consultant to the President of India from 2010 – 2012. He is experienced in all aspects of Sports Medicine and has represented Services at several national sports events and India at several International sports events as Team Doctor and Ringside Physician. He has been instrumental in Return to Sports of several International sportsmen and is a panel member for the National Anti-Doping Agency and NRRT/TOPS scheme of SAI.
He has 22 paper publications and presentations to his credit and has been awarded the Chief of Naval Staff award for best published paper in Medicine and Allied subjects 2017 and the best published paper in Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2018.
Sports Rehabilitation, Exercise prescription, Training methodology, Doping control, Talent identification and Development, Exercise Physiology and Injury prevention are his key interests. He is currently working as Director and Professor, School of Sports and Exercise Sciences, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai and as Consultant, Sports Medicine and Spine Rehabilitation with Qi Spine Clinic. He brings a wealth of teaching and practical clinical experience to this course

NOC: Fundamentals of Sports Training, Load Management and recovery, IIT Madras