Anil Vartak is a PhD from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics Pune, on “Demand and supply gap in Mental Health”. He worked as the Head of the Department of Economics in S.P. College, Pune. Anil started “Ekalavya” a self-help support group in 1998 and did pioneering work in rehabilitation of persons suffering from mental disorders and increasing awareness amongst the caregivers.
Anil was a member of a Working Group appointed by Government of Maharashtra regarding Inclusion of Mental Illness as a disability in the “Persons with Disability Act”. He was also an Advisor to “Bapu Trust”, Pune. He has written a booklet “Let us try and see” based on his personal self-help strategies. Anil was on Rugan Hakka Samiti of Yerwada Mental Hospital, Pune.
In 2005 Anil received “Sangharsh Sanman” award from Muktangan Foundation of Awachat family. Anil is on the advisory board of Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) for a period of three years 2017-2020.