Anil Vartak

Anil Vartak is the founder of 'Ekalavya' a self-help group, Secretary of Schizophrenia Awareness Association and is Vice President of the All India Federation for Mental Illness (AIFMI is a umbrella organization of user and family organizations working in the field of mental health in India). He has special interest in using self-help as a tool for recovery from mental health problems. Anil's work is informed by his personal experiences with mental health problems. Anil currently works as a Lecturer in Economics at the Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune University. He has MA and MPhil degrees in Economics from the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune University. Anil Vartak has a strong background in advocacy activities and has appeared on television programmes and written articles in local and national newspapers on matter relating to mental health. In 2004 he was invited as a resource person for Caregivers Training College and Speaker for Plenary session for WFSAD Biennial International Conference held in Chennai..