Dr. Sujata
Kelkar Shetty

Dr. Sujata Kelkar Shetty is a US trained biological scientist with publications in peer-reviewed journals. She did her post- doctoral training from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. She studied with Dr George Chrousos, one of the pioneers of Stress research, and in his lab she researched the role of the immune  biomolecules in stress related disorders. Broadly she studied the impact of physical and mental stress on immunity. 

Since her return to India, Dr Shetty has been focused on researching and writing on preventive health. She wrote a health column for Mint – the leading Business Newspaper of India- for a few years and has written over a 100 columns. Her writing is unique in its emphasis on cutting edge medical research, age-old Ayurvedic practices and the empirical experience of doctors on the ground. Her book 99 not out! Your guide to a long and healthy life, a book that expands on her columns, was published by Penguin Random House in May ,2019. The book received excellent reviews in Indian dailies and magazines. An expanded edition of the book was published in January, 2023.  Penguin has recently commissioned her to write a book on Teenage mental resilience.

Dr Shetty is a certified Life coach and a certified Resilience Trainer. She gives talks and workshops on resilience and wellbeing to organizations. She has worked with Infosys, PWC, TCS and E&Y among other esteemed corporates.


Dr. Shetty has a B.S degree in Genetics from University of Wisconsin- Madison and a PhD. in Toxicology from the University of Kentucky-Lexington. She did her postdoctoral research at the NIH. She completed her coach training with Coaches Training Institute and Resilience training with Dr Sood of the Resilient Option.

Dr. Shetty has a passion for reading, yoga and nature walks. She finds singing Hindustani Classical music restorative.