The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) recently jointly organised an Interactive meet a first-of-its-kind for research and education in Ayush with focus on capacity building as well as set goals to capitalize on the expertise and experience of the Chairs in academic and research avenues.
The participants discussed the research education ecosystem in Ayush Colleges, in both graduation and post-graduation levels. Rajesh Kotecha, Union Ayush Secretary said, “Pandemic was the opportunity for Ayush to develop their science. We need to discuss how we can utilize Ayush science for our Young researchers which can help the country and the world to benefit from the sector. Pramod Kumar Pathak, Special Secretary, Ayush Ministry informed that the efforts are on to promote Ayush’s patents and research.
Prof. (Dr) Tanuja Nesari, Director AIIA termed the occasion as a historic movement when administrators, policy makers, education experts, researchers and distinguished scientists came together under one platform for the first time. This will help showcase each other's success stories and learn by fulfilling our gaps. “This platform gives us an opportunity to create evidence-based Ayurveda, creating a disciplinary model and integration,” she added.
Prof. Vd Rabinarayan Acharya, Director General CCRAS, said “When we compare Ayush with the Chinese alternative method of treatment, it has much more potential to go high. During Covid time Ayush system has registered more clinical studies, in comparison to the Chinese system of medicines. It is the reason we are here today, to generate pathways to expand the horizon of Ayush. It is high time to give much priority to research.”
To carry forward the work the Ministry of Ayush has appointed five Ayush Distinguished Scientist Chairs in the domains of interdisciplinary clinical research, public health and epidemiology, ayurveda biology and basic sciences, pharmaceutical drug development and consciousness and cognitive sciences.
