Dr. David Frawley is an American Hindu teacher (acharya) and author, who has written more than thirty books on topics such as the Vedas, Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), Yoga, Ayurveda and Vedic astrology, published both in India and in the United States. He is the founder and director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico which offers educational information on Yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology. He is a frequent contributor to the magazine Hinduism Today. He is associated with a number of Vedic and yogic organizations in several countries. He is a Vedic teacher (Sanskrit: Vedacharya), Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor), and a Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer). Frawley has been repeatedly recognized[by whom?] as a noted spiritual teacher, especially of Yoga. In 2016, he founded Vedic Management Center along with U. Mahesh Prabhu. In 2015, he was honored by the President of India with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award granted by the Government of India for "distinguished service of a high order to the nation."