Opening New Ayush Colleges In Hindi

The Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated six new buildings as part of the Project II of the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH) to expand capacity. The cost of the construction of these new buildings is estimated at more than 60 crores. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sonowal said that the expansion of this premier institute can play an instrumental role in furthering the role of traditional medicine in the region. We see a huge role of integrative medicine in the healthcare solutions delivery system of the country in the forthcoming years. The investment made by the government through these new buildings will embolden our effort to rejuvenate traditional medicine in this region of the country. The Minister also announced NEIAH will be starting its ambulance services soon. Speaking about the role of the Northeast’s role in traditional medicine, Sarbananda Sonowal added, “Our Northeast is blessed by Mother Earth whose natural bounty has helped us heal for many generations. We simply want to take this process forward so that it can help many more people and help them live a better quality of life. The vision of PM Modi Ji is to develop a healthcare delivery system which is effective and efficient. With the continuous impetus to build and expand capacity for research and build a scientific base for traditional medicine, I believe the six new buildings inaugurated today will play a crucial role for NEIAH towards the achievement of this objective.” NEIAH has witnessed a steady growth in patients as more and more people are experiencing better results at the hospital. In FY2022-23, the hospital saw a footfall of 52,088 patients in its OPD clinics while 504 patients were admitted as IPD patients for healing & recovery. In Ayurveda, NEIAH saw a footfall of 36,683 patients at the OPD clinics, as well as 482 patients, who got admitted to the IPD section of the university. In Homoeopathy, the footfall in its OPD clinics was 19,397 patients while 22 patients got themselves admitted under it. As many as 35 health camps& 4 CMEs (Continuing Medical Education)were conducted by NEIAH during the same period. The Six new buildings will have a boy's hostel with a capacity to accommodate 104 occupants, a girl's hostel with a capacity to accommodate 104 occupants, 8 units of Type III quarter, 6 units of Type IVA Quarter, 7 units of Type IVB cum Director’s Residence, a senior resident hostel with 25 units, and a guest house with 19 rooms & 2 suites. The buildings were made with an estimated cost of ₹60.16 crores. The event was also attended by Guests of Honour, viz. Dr Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh, Health & Family Welfare Minister, Govt. Of Meghalaya as well as AL Hek, Minister of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Govt. of Meghalaya. Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla, Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU); Prof(Dr) Nalin Mehta, Director, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and Dr Neeta Mahesekar, Director, NEIAH also attended the event. In academics, NEIAH has already enrolled six undergraduate batches into the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery (BAMS) and Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS). From 50 students in 2016-17, the intake of students has now been increased to 63 per batch. The courses are affiliated with North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya. The North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH) is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. NEIAH was established to provide health care facilities to the people of NE Region and Sikkim under Ayurveda and Homoeopathy systems of medicine. The Institute is currently running one college of Ayurveda and one college of Homoeopathy along with its attached hospitals. The Institute runs 60 bedded Ayurvedic and 20 bedded Homoeopathic Hospitals. The hospitals at the NEIAH campus are well-equipped with private wards, a labour room, Operation Theatre, a Yoga centre, a Physiotherapy unit, a Panchkarma unit etc. Investigation facilities like ECG, USG, X-ray, Laboratories, and Nadi Taranganietc. are also available at the institute. The institute is equipped with 7 OPDs in Ayurveda and 5 OPDs in Homoeopathy. There is a full-fledged IPD facility with 60 beds for Ayurveda and 20 beds for Homoeopathy. The institute is spread over an area of 20 acres. Read More►AIIA and CCRAS Jointly Organize An Interactive Meeting on Research and Education in Ayush

All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) jointly organized an Interactive meeting for Research and Education in Ayush with a focus on R& D, Education, and capacity building today at New Delhi. The objective of the interactive meeting was to brainstorm and 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, at both graduation and post-graduation levels. The meeting was focused on Research & Development, Education & capacity building in the Ayush sector. All the Directors presented their success stories. On this occasion, Vd. Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary of the Ministry of Ayush, said “Today we all have gathered here to brainstorm how we can collectively use the expertise and knowledge of the distinguished chair and set up the goal for the future. The pandemic allowed Ayush to develop their science, and Ayush did it by developing Ayush 64, etc.”. Pramod Kumar Pathak, Special Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, said “This meeting will help researchers to get the insights from Ayush Distinguished Chairs and know their experience in their field. An initiative like today’s was the need of the hour. The Ministry of Ayush is working to promote Ayush’s patents and research”. Welcoming everyone Prof. Tanuja Nesari, Director of AIIA said, “It is a historic movement when Administrators, Policy makers, Education experts, Researchers, and distinguished Scientists have come under one platform. This platform gives us an opportunity to create an evidence-based Ayurveda creating disciplinary model and integration. Prof. Vd Rabinarayan Acharya, Director General CCRAS, said “When we compare Ayush with 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 high time to give much priority to research,”. The meeting was attended by Heads of all Ayush National Institutions, Research, Councils, and advisors of MoA, Chairman of NCSIM Vaidya Jayant Deopujari, and NCH Dr. Anil Khurana including five newly- distinguished appointed scientists Ayush Distinguished Scientist Chairs Dr. Nandini K. Kumar (Interdisciplinary Clinical Research), Dr. Arvind Chopra, (Public health and Epidemiology), Dr. Sharmila Shekhar Mande (Ayurveda Biology and Basic Sciences), Dr. Madhu Dikshit (Pharmaceutical Drug Development) and Dr. B.N. Gangadhar (Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences). The meeting occurred in the August presence of Sec Ministry of Ayush Vd Rajesh Kotecha, Special Secretary P.K. Pathak, and Prof (Dr) Tanuja Nesari, Director, AIIA, Prof. (Vd.) Rabi Narayan Acharya, Director General (CCRAS) MDNIY Director Dr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi and Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan, National Ayush Chairs, Directors of National Institute, and research councils. Read More►Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences Focused on “Impact of Mann ki Baat on Ayush Sector”

आयुष मंत्रालय ने ‘आयुष सेक्टर पर मन की बात का प्रभाव’ पर केंद्रित केंद्रीय आयुर्वेदिक विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद (सीसीआरएएस) की आधिकारिक अनुसंधान पत्रिका जर्नल ऑफ रिसर्च इन आयुर्वेदिक साइंसेज (जेआरएएस) पत्रिका के एक विशेष संस्करण का विमोचन किया है। आयुष तथा पत्तन, पोत परिवहन और जलमार्ग मंत्री सर्बानंद सोनेवाल ने आज आयुष सचिव वैद्य राजेश कोटेचा तथा मंत्रालय के वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों की उपस्थिति में पत्रिका का विशेष संस्करण का विमोचन किया। अपने संबोधन में सर्बानंद सोनोवाल ने कहा, 'प्रधानमंत्री के ‘मन की बात’ संवाद आयुष को सकारात्मक विश्वास प्रदान करने में मददगार रहे हैं, प्रस्तुति की अपनी नवोन्मेषी तथा अनूठी संवादमूलक शैली के साथ, इस रेडियो कार्यक्रम ने अपने लिए एक उत्कृष्ट स्थान बनाया है और यह समुदायों के बीच लोकप्रिय हो गया है।' पत्रिका के विशेष संस्करण के कंटेंट ने आयुष सेक्टर पर हमारे प्रधानमंत्री के विभिन्न विचारों से प्रेरणा ली है। आयुष का उल्लेख ‘मन की बात’ के लगभग 37 एपिसोडों में किया गया है। प्रधानमंत्री ने नागरिकों से एक स्वस्थ जीवनशैली अपनाने, योग अभ्यास करने, साक्ष्य आधारित आयुर्वेद को अंगीकार करने तथा जीवन के आयुर्वेद मार्ग को अपनी जीवनशैली में आत्मसात करने का आग्रह किया था। आयुष क्षेत्र को बढ़ावा देने के प्रधानमंत्री के प्रयासों के परिणामस्वरूप न केवल भारत में बल्कि विश्व स्तर पर पारंपरिक भारतीय चिकित्सा पद्धति के लाभों के बारे में जागरूकता बढ़ी है। पत्रिका के विशेष संस्करण के कंटेंट पिछले नौ वर्षों के दौरान आयुष प्रणालियों पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के विभिन्न संवादों से प्रेरित है। यह आयुष सेक्टर पर ‘मन की बात’ के प्रभाव और किस प्रकार आयुष देश की राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य नीति तथा स्वास्थ्य युक्तियों का एक मूलभुत स्तंभ बन रहा है, को रेखांकित करता है। विख्यात विशेषज्ञों के कुल 24 लेख, सात संभावित क्षेत्रों अर्थात नीति एवं सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य, विज्ञान एवं साक्ष्य, स्वास्थ्य शिक्षा एवं जागरूकता, योग एवं स्वास्थ्यवृत्त (जीवन शैली, व्यायाम, भोजन, पोषण), कोरोना के विरुद्ध युद्ध, उद्योग एवं शिक्षा क्षेत्र सहयोग तथा वैश्विकरण और अंतरराष्ट्रीय सहयोग पर लिखे गए हैं। विशेष संस्करण में आयुष मंत्री सर्बानंद सोनोवाल, आयुष राज्यमंत्री डॉक्टर मुंजपारा महेंद्रभाई के विशेष संदेश शामिल हैं। आयुष मंत्रालय के सचिव वैद्य राजेश कोटेचा, शिक्षा क्षेत्र (जैसे-एनएमसी के डॉक्टर बी.एन. गंगाधर तथा एनआईएमएचएएनएस के पूर्व निदेशक) के विख्यात लेखक, उद्योग (जैसे पतंजलि के आचार्य बालकृष्ण, इमामी के डॉक्टर सी.के.कटियार), अनुसंधान (सीएसआईआर-टीकेडीएल के डॉक्टर सत्तिगिरी), क्लिनिशियन, विशेषज्ञ (मुंबई के टाटा मेमोरियल सेंटर के निदेशक डॉक्टर राजेन्द्र ए. बडवे), जैवप्रौद्योगिकी विशेषज्ञ (प्रोफेसर एवं सावित्री भाईफुले पुणे विश्वविद्यालय के जैवप्रौद्योगिकी की प्रमुख कल्पना जोशी), अंतररराष्ट्रीय विशेषज्ञों एवं हितधारकों (जर्मनी, स्वीडन और अमरीका के) ने इस संस्करण में योगदान दिया है। जर्नल ऑफ रिसर्च इन आयुर्वेदिक साइंसेज (जेआरएएस) नई दिल्ली के केंद्रीय आयुर्वेदिक विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद (सीसीआरएएस) की एक समकक्ष-समीक्षित, ओपेन एक्सेस, यूजीसी-केयर सूचीबद्ध आधिकारिक पत्रिका है। इस पत्रिका का प्रकाशन त्रैमासिक रूप से किया जाता है तथा यह प्रिंट एवं ऑनलाइन दोनों ही रूपों में उपलब्ध है। यह आयुर्वेद, योग, प्राकृतिक चिकित्सा, सिद्ध अंतरविषयक स्वास्थ्य विज्ञानों सहित होम्योपैथी क्षेत्रों में अनुसंधान के प्रकाशन के लिए एक बहु-विषयक मंच है। इस पत्रिका का प्रकाशन मेडनो द्वारा किया जाता है जो अपने पोर्टफोलियो में 450 से अधिक चिकित्सा पत्रिकाओं के साथ विश्व के सबसे बड़े ओपेन एक्सेस प्रकाशकों में से एक, वोल्टर्स क्लुवर हेल्थ का एक हिस्सा है। यह अंग्रेजी में भी पढ़े►Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences Focused on “Impact of Mann ki Baat on Ayush Sector”

Ministry of Ayush has launched a special edition of the official research publication of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (JRAS) focused on the “Impact of Mann ki Baat on Ayush Sector”. Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal today launched the special edition of the journal in the presence of Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, of Ayush, and senior officials of the Ministry. In his address, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal said,  “Prime Minister’s “Mann ki Baat” conversations have been instrumental in giving a positive trust to Ayush. With its innovative and unique interactive style of presentation, the radio program has carved out a niche for itself and has become popular among communities. The content of this special edition of the journal has taken inspiration from various thoughts of our PM on the Ayush sector.” Ayush has been mentioned in about 37 of the “Mann Ki Baat” episodes. The Prime Minister had urged citizens to adopt a healthy lifestyle, practice yoga, and adopt evidence-based Ayurveda and imbibe the Ayurveda way of life into their lifestyle. As a result of the Prime Minister’s efforts to promote the Ayush sector, there has been an increase in awareness about the benefits of traditional Indian systems of medicine, not only in India but also globally. The content of the special edition of the journal is inspired by various conversations of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Ayush systems during the last 9 years. It highlights the impact of “Mann ki Baat” on the Ayush sector and how Ayush is becoming a fundamental pillar of the country’s national health policy and health interventions.  A total of 24 articles by renowned experts are included in 7 potential areas i.e. Policy & Public Health, Science & Evidence, Health Education & Awareness, Yoga & Swasthavritta (Lifestyle, Exercise, Food, Nutrition), War against Corona, Industry & Academia Collaboration and Globalization & International Cooperation. The special edition includes a special message from Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State for Ayush Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, secretary, Ministry of Ayush, eminent authors from academia (like Dr. BN Gangadhar, NMC and former Director NIMHANS), Industry (Like Acharya Balkrishna of Patanjali, Dr. C K Katiyar of Emami), Research (Dr. Viswajanani Sattigeri of CSIR-TKDL), Clinicians, experts (Dr. Rajendra A Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai), Biotechnology experts (Kalpana Joshi, Professor, and Head Biotechnology, Savitribhai Phule Pune University), International experts and stakeholders (from Germany, Sweden, and USA) have contributed in this edition. Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (JRAS) is a peer-reviewed, open access, UGC-CARE-listed official publication of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi. The Journal is published quarterly and is available in both print and online forms. It is a multidisciplinary platform for the publication of research in Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Siddha, and Homeopathy fields including interdisciplinary health sciences. The journal is published by Medknow, which is a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, one of the largest open-access publishers worldwide with more than 450+ medical journals in its portfolio. Also, Read This in Hindi► मन की बात संवाद आयुष को सकारात्मक विश्वास प्रदान करने में मददगार - सर्बानंद सोनोवाल