Girish Ramteke studied medicine at the University of Bhopal, India and trained in internal medicine and cardiology in his country. In 2002 he came to the department of cardiology of the University of Zurich to train in interventional cardiology for two years and then returned to Bhopal University as an associate professor. Today Girish Ramteke is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine and Cardiology at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Medical College and the attached Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, Indore, India.