About
Five Minds. One Shared Belief.
That Healing Takes More Than Medicine.
This is the story of how Sanmarg came to be and the people walking it with you.
Before Sanmarg,
There was ASSSAN.
In 2019, five psychiatrists came together in Nagpur to open ASSSAN Hospital an acute psychiatric care centre built for the moments when a mind is in crisis.
For years, they did what acute care is meant to do. Stabilise. Treat. Bring people back from the edge.
But something kept returning to them, patient after patient. Stabilisation isn’t the same as healing.
A person could leave the hospital medically stable and still walk back into the same storm the same triggers, the same silence, the same loneliness. Crisis care could save a life. But rebuilding one? That needed something else entirely.
That “something else” became Sanmarg.
Sanmarg (सन्मार्ग) Means the Right Path.
Not the fastest one. Not the easiest one.
The right one, the one that leads somewhere real.
For someone healing from a psychiatric condition or an addiction,
the right path is rarely a straight line. It has pauses.
It has setbacks. It needs patience, structure, and people who won’t leave halfway.
That is the path we walk with every person who comes to us.
A Sanctuary, Not A Ward.
We imagined a place where recovery didn’t feel clinical.
Where the walls didn’t smell of antiseptic.
Where someone could sit under a tree and hear birds instead of monitors.
So we built it.
Four acres of open green on the outskirts of Nagpur.
Sunlight, fresh air, long walking paths.
Rooms that feel like rooms, not cells. Food that tastes like home.
A team that remembers your name, not your case number.
This is Sanmarg, Central India’s first integrated centre for holistic psychiatric care and rehabilitation.
One Philosophy.
Five Movements.
Every person at Sanmarg moves through the same circle of care not as a checklist, but as a rhythm. We diagnose with precision, treat with evidence, nurture with patience, rebuild what the illness took, and help you return to your life stronger than you left it.
The Team of Caring Souls
Meet The Five, Who Made It Happen.
Five psychiatrists. One mission.
A combined experience of decades in understanding the human mind.
Dr. Nikhil Pande
M.B.B.S., DPM, M.D. (Psy) Co-founder
Brings clinical depth and a belief that no two recoveries look the same.
Dr. Shrikant Nimbhorkar
M.B.B.S., DPM, M.D. (Psy) Co-founder.
Known for his steady presence and the kind of listening that makes people feel seen.
Dr. Suleman Virani
M.B.B.S., DPM Co-founder.
Focused on addiction recovery and the long road back to self.
Dr. Sagar Chiddarwar
M.B.B.S., M.D. (Psy) Co-founder.
Believes the first conversation is often the most important one a patient will ever have.
Dr. Abha Bang Soni
M.B.B.S., DPM, M.D. (Psy) Co-founder.
Leads care for women and families with a quiet, unwavering empathy
Three things we will never compromise on.
Dignity. You will be treated as a person first. Always.
Confidentiality. What happens at Sanmarg stays at Sanmarg.
Patience. We will walk at your pace, not ours.
