Agra: If the Taj City is now recognised as the Homeopathy Hub, it is largely due to the contribution of Padamshri Dr Radhey Shyam Pareek who was awarded Padamshri by President Draupadi Murmu two days ago.

The humble 90-year-old patriarch Dr RS Pareek has mentored hundreds of homeopaths not just in India but in several countries of the world.

Dr RS Pareek was born in Nawalgarh in Rajasthan in 1933. In 1956, he completed his Homeopathy studies at London’s Homeopathic College. Since 1965, Pareek has presented more than 100 research papers in over 30 countries. His focus of concern has been Cancer treatment and the use of Homeopathic medicines in emergencies and trauma. In 70 years of practice, he has treated lakhs of patients with chronic illnesses. Recognising his contribution he has been showered with international awards from the Hahnemann award in Germany to prestigious honours in Switzerland and Germany.

Due to age, he cannot devote as much time, but the mantle has successfully been passed over to his son Dr Alok Pareek, and grandson Dr Aditya Pareek.

Local homoeopaths have congratulated and expressed the hope that Dr Pareek’s steller contribution will continue to guide future generations of Homeopaths in the city which has more than half a dozen internationally recognized Homeopaths like Dr Parthasarathy Sharma who holds the Guinness Record for counselling lakhs of patients, Dr Pradip Gupta, director of Naimi Nath Hospital, which came to light when hundreds of Covid-19 patients were successfully treated with Homeopathic medicines, Dr Kailash Saraswat, Dr Siddharth Mishra, and several others.

Dr Pradip Gupta who runs the Naimi Nath Homeopathy College and Hospital feels Homeopathy has a great future, as a lot of research effort has been put in and new lines of treatments have given successful results while treating chronic diseases. For a country like India, Homeopathy offered not only hope for patients but also opened gates for training and research by foreign students to look for effective and affordable remedies.