MoUs were signed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Chennai, under the Union Ministry of AYUSH with Universities in Argentina and Israel
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the 7th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo, in Kolkata. Earlier, two important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were signed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Chennai, under the Union Ministry of AYUSH with Universities in Argentina and Israel in the presence of Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH. These MoUs will pave the way for introducing study of Ayurveda in those countries.
Ajit M Sharan, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Anil Kumar Ganeriwala, Joint Secretary, Dr Vijay P Bhatkar, National President of Vijnana Bharati, Shomita Biswas, CEO of National Medicinal Plants Board, Bandula Yalegama, Provincial Minister, Sri Lanka and Dr Maurizio Romani, Senator from Italy were also present among the dignitaries.
The event is being organised by the World Ayurveda Foundation with support of Ministry of AYUSH, and the State Government of West Bengal. To facilitate development and growth of AYUSH system of medicine, the Ministry of AYUSH also organised AROGYA Expo at Science City, Kolkata to coincide with the 7th World Ayurveda Congress.
This year’s World Ayurveda Congress was the largest ever as compared to the earlier World Ayurveda Congress at Kochi 2002, Pune 2006, Jaipur 2008, Bengaluru 2010, Bhopal 2012 and Delhi 2014. Over 3500 delegates, including over 350 international delegates from 24 countries representing the Global Ayurveda fraternity are expected to participate. Students, Ayurvedic practitioners, traditional healers, academics, research scientists, policy makers, industry, cultivators and collectors of medicinal plants, agricultural and forestry experts, buyers from overseas, regulators from developed nations and members of society in and around Kolkata interested in Ayurveda also took part in the event.
More than 1893 scientific papers of international caliber were being considered for presentation in over 30 multi-track scientific sessions. Pre Congress workshops have already been conducted on scientific writing, Panchakarma, Ksharkarma, afforestation of medicinal plants, mental health and other matters concerning Ayurveda. For the Ayurvedic industry the B2B meet, Conclave on Ethno Seminar and scientific lectures were the added attractions.
Speaking about the history and evolution of ayurveda, Sharan said ayurveda reached South-East Asia, the Far-East and China when Hindu and Buddhist monks from India went to those countries where this ancient Indian science blended with local traditions for further improvement.
In modern times, ayurveda has reached Europe, the US and the other western countries too, where medical fraternity and health researchers are looking for leads in traditional medicines, especially in cases where conventional medicine has failed, Sharan said.
The Centre has announced 150 research fellowships in the field of Ayush out of which 100 or so would be awarded to ayurveda researchers, he added.
The Ayush Ministry works for the development of education and research in ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy.
Ayurveda must appeal to the modern generations to create demand and thus to make further headway and this ancient science must be explained in a language understood by the modern scientific community, he said.
Stating that basic fundamentals of ayurveda must be interpreted through the prism of modern science, he asked ayurvedic community and researchers to create research protocols that would be at par with modern science.
In this context, Sharan also stated that Ministry of Ayush has signed an agreement with WHO to develop benchmarks for research and practice of ayurveda.
This will lead to standardisation of ayurveda practice and convergence will happen between ayurveda terminologies and International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
EH News Bureau
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