Agashe served as a professor of Psychiatry at the B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital in Pune . Apart from his medical career , he also worked in the fields of clinical psychology and psychopharmacology . Agashe was also instrumental in establishing the Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health in 1991 , a state level training and research institute in Mental Health Sciences , located in Pune , India . Agashe headed the five-year study on the trauma of the 1993 Latur earthquake , initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research . Agashe started his early career by opting to work in a government Hospital at Pune . He also chaired the organising committee meetings for the Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Armed Forces Medical College , Pune.In 1998 , Agashe 's project to improve mental health education and service led to the formation of a new policy on mental education by the Government of Maharashtra . He has also served as an Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra on Mental Health Education and Service . Agashe is presently Principal Investigator for an Indo – US joint project on Cultural Disorders of Fatigue and Weaknesses
1993 Latur earthquake
1993 Latur earthquake
Mohan Agashe