Dilip Sarkar, MD, FACS, C-IAYT, D.Litt (Yoga) and Chairman of the Center for Integrative Medicine and Yoga, Taksha Institute, Hampton, Virginia is a retired Vascular Surgeon turned Yoga Acharya, Certified Yoga Therapist, Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist and Ayurvedic Teacher. Currently he is a faculty member of the VaYU (Vivekananda Yoga University), the only yoga university outside India.

He retired as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia and now teaches Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic Philosophy and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy both nationally and internationally to health care providers, with a focus on integrating Yogic and Ayurvedic wisdom with the science of Western Medicine. Dr. Sarkar started the first category one ACCME-approved CME (Continuing Medical Education) course in the USA for physicians: “Yoga Therapy for Medical Professionals” in 2010.

He serves on several local and national healthcare boards as Past President of the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association, Hampton Roads Chapter, Virginia, Past President of the Board of Directors, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), Past Chairman of the Board, Life in Yoga Institute, Life Member, National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA). Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS) and Fellow, American Associations of Integrative Medicine (AAIM). On January 12, 2019 during annual convocation he was awarded Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree in Yoga by the best Yoga University of the world SVYASA (Swami Vivekananda Yog Anushandhana Samsthana) of Bengaluru, India. On May 17, 2023, he was nominated to be the "EMINENT YOGA ACHARYA" or an Honorary Fellow (Maanad Sadasya) of the IYA (Indian Yoga Association). This is a very prestigious recognition and only few people in the world received this recognition.

His new DVD “Yoga Therapy for Health and Healing: A Daily Practice” and his book “Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda and Western Medicine: A Healthy Convergence” published in April of 2017” has been well received by the Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda and Western Health Care community. The English edition of the book is also published in India by the famous publisher Motilal Banarsidass International in 2021. and is being translated in Bengali and will be published in India by Ananda Publisher of Kolkata, India.