Rajat Chauhan

Co-Founder

South Delhi, Delhi, India21 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of La Ultra, a top ultra-marathon event.
22+ years in Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal care.
Mentor for running programs empowering rural girls.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Sports Medicine expert with a focus on athlete health and performance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sports MedicineLeadershipEvent ManagementPatient CareHealthcareLifestyle CoachingWritingCommunicationEducationMedical Writing

Other Skills

Back PainSports InjuriesGuest LecturingMotivational SpeakingMusculoskeletalRunningFitness TrainingHealthy LifestyleMental HealthHealthcare ManagementClinical ResearchInjury PreventionAmerican Board of Family MedicineTreatmentInternal Medicine

About

Runner - 41+ yrs, Sports Medicine & MusculoSkeletal Physician - 22+ yrs MBBS; MSc Sports-Exercise Medicine (Nottingham); Osteopathic Medicine / Musculo-Skeletal Medicine (London) Currently: Sports Medicine & MusculoSkeletal Pain Physician - Back 2 Fitness clinic Mentor, Running program - enriching participants’ life through running Visiting Faculty, Outdoor Training - National Police Academy, Hyderabad Program Consultant - Run 2 Fly, empowering 4,500 under-represented rural girl students through running, Haryana Columnist - Hindustan Times; Author - 3 books on Pain, Movement & Running Founder & Race Director - La Ultra - The High, an ultra marathon (111, 222, 333, 555 km) in Ladakh (Indian Himalayas) Previously: Founder Director - Sports & Exercise, Ashoka University (2014-2016) Principal Running Technical Consultant and Head Coach - Adidas India (2014 - 2017) Founding Head - Sports & Exercise Medicine department, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, 2006 Faculty - World Congress for Science & Medicine in Cricket at ICC Cricket World Cups 2007 (Chairperson - 2011)

Experience

21 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

16 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Sardar vallabh bhai patel national police academy

Visiting Faculty

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

I am visiting faculty at National Police Academy for Outdoor Training for IPS probationers, In Service Course like Mid-Career Training Programme, and Training of Trainers from State Police Academies. My role with Probationers is to opitimise Outdoor Training, reduce injuries and manage injuries that could happen during the training. For In Service courses. With in-service IPS senior officers, my role is to get them to become even physically fitter than what they are. As for Training the Trainers from State Police Academies from across the country, it is to do all the above through standardising the training pan-India by equipping the Trainers with the knowledge needed.

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Livonics institute of integrated learning and research (liilr)

Senior Fellow

Nov 2021 – Jul 2022 · 8 mos

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Ashoka university

Director - Sports & Exercise

Apr 2014 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Kundli, Haryana

Ashoka is a liberal arts university aspiring to become India's first Ivy league institution.
My role is to make all students and staff do increased physical activities, exercise & sports for life. But it'll be an integral part of the syllabus and student life, and not as an extracurricular activity alone.
We'll also lead the way to start a culture where top athletes of India are created at universities as well.

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British journal of sports medicine

Associate Editor

Mar 2013 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

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Forbes india magazine

Blogger & Contributor

Feb 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

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La ultra - the high

Race & Medical Director

Oct 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 7 mos

La Ultra – The High is an ultra-marathon of 111 km, 222 km and 333 km, held in the Indian Himalayas, in high altitude desert region of Leh-Ladakh. The course crosses over the highest motor-able mountain pass in the world, Khardung La (17,700 ft).
It's been recognized as top 7 ultras in the world by RedBull Adventure.
A few numbers that make this race interesting:
a. Oxygen content of air at some stages: 40% of what it is sea level
b. Temperatures vary from 40 C (104 F) to minus 10 C (14 F)
c. 60% higher radiation than in plans

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Mint newspaper

Columnist

Aug 2008 – Dec 2018 · 10 yrs 4 mos

On and off.

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Back 2 fitness (dba. v. g. consultancy)

Sports-Exercise Medicine Consultant & Medical Director

Jan 2008 – Present · 18 yrs 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Focus specialities:
Musculo-Skeletal Medicine (esp. Back, Neck, Shoulder, Knee pain)
Sports & Exercise Medicine
We use physical activity to get pro-active involvement of patient and client to reach their optimum level of fitness.
Target audience: from elite athletes to common man.

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Manipal hospital, bangalore

HOD, Sports & Exercise Medicine

Jul 2006 – Jul 2008 · 2 yrs

Head and Consultant of Sports & Exercise Medicine Department.
Helped set it up from scratch.
Do a lot of Musculoskeletal Medicine work, esp. Low Back Pain.
Sports medicine: esp interest in Golf and Running

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Kieser training

Head, Medical Strengthening Therapy

May 2004 – Jun 2006 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Musculo-skeletal medicine specialist, special interest in chronic low back pain and sports injuries esp. cricket, tennis, golf and running injuries. Was involved in injury prevention of some of the UK junior sprint squad who were being trained for 2012 Olympics

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