Our team
Who you will actually see.
Two psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and counsellors — the same people, over time. Continuity matters more in mental health than in almost any other kind of medicine.
Doctors
Dr. Adwait Padhye
M.D., D.P.M.
Consultant Psychiatrist & Director
President, Manodaya Trust
Leads the psychiatric practice and the trust’s public mental-health work, and presents the centre’s Marathi talks and films.
Dr. Mrs. Pallavi Padhye
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
Anaesthesia for modified ECT
Treasurer, Manodaya Trust
Electroconvulsive therapy at Manas is given in its modified form, under anaesthesia — which is why an anaesthesiologist is part of the permanent team rather than called in.
Counsellors
The people who do most of the talking therapy — individual, family, marital and child work, and who run the support groups.
Shrimati Geeta P. Mondkar
Counsellor
Secretary, Manodaya Trust
Mrs. Rajashree Deepak Joshi
Counsellor
Mrs. Smita Ganesh Malpathak
Counsellor
Mrs. Shweta Mehta-Bengali
Counsellor
Mr. Sanket Karkhanis
Counsellor
On the board outside
The centre and the trust, as they are stated at the door.
The centre and Manodaya Trust, Dombivli share the same premises and much of the same people. The clinic treats; the trust does the public work — parents’ schools, awareness sessions, support groups and the annual award function.
Dr. Adwait Padhye is Director of the centre and President of the trust. Smt. Geeta Mondkar is Secretary and a counsellor. Dr. Pallavi Padhye, an anaesthesiologist, is Treasurer — and gives the anaesthesia for modified ECT, which is why the centre can offer it on its own premises rather than referring it out.
Ask for an appointment
Say who you would like to see if you have a preference — otherwise you will be booked with whoever fits the difficulty.
Manas Psychological Health Centre, Ramnagar, Dombivli (East), Maharashtra 421 201