Salman Akhtar

Salman Akhtar (born July 31, 1946 in Lucknow, India)cite book|last=Hellinga|first=Gerben|coauthors=Hellinga, J B van Luyn, Henk-Jan Dalewijk|title=Personalities: Master Clinicians Confront the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorders|publisher=Uitgeverij Boom|date=2000|pages=p26|isbn=9053525513|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4SyNJkffx8MC&pg=PA25&dq=%22Salman+Akhtar%22&lr=lang_en&num=50&as_brr=3&ei=ABFZSJujGaiSjgGgybGIDA&sig=q5pYoi7gv9wm1y-45cx4yb1r9Gg#PPA26,M1] is a psychoanalystcite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A334-2004Apr9 |title=Wrath Over a Hindu God (washingtonpost.com) |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2004-04-10|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZIHStbpw|archivedate= 2008-07-13|quote= |accessdate=2008-07-13] who also holds a professorship at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

He was educated at Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow and Aligarh University before moving to Chandigarh where he completed his training in psychiatry. In 1973, he left for the U.S. and trained in psychoanalysis.

Akhtar is also a poet and published author; he has published 6 volumes of poetry in English and Urdu and authored or edited more than 30 books on diverse topics in psychology,psychiatry, and psychoanalysis.He is highly sought public speaker and has addressed audiences at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Emory, and other major universities as well as the United Nations.

He is the son of the renowned Urdu poet,Jan Nisar Akhtarcite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/08/stories/2004010800590300.htm |title=The Hindu : Tumhare Naam, with love |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2004-01-08|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZIHHO6ti|archivedate=2008-07-13 |quote= |accessdate=2008-07-13] brother of lyricist Javed Akhtar.

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