Salman Akhtar

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Salman Akhtar (born 1946) is a renowned psychoanalyst 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. After this, he left for the U.S. and trained in psychoanalysis.

Akhtar is also a poet and published author; he has published six volumes of poetry in English and Urdu and authored or co-authored over 20 books on psychology.

He is the son of the renowned Urdu poet,Jan Nisar Akhtar and brother of lyricist Javed Akhtar.


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