The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) on 22nd November signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Western Sydney University, Australia.
This will promote the collaboration in research and developing guidelines for integrating Ayurveda principles with modern medicine.
The memorandum was agreed and exchange on the occasion of the event “India Australia International education and Research Workshop” at Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi.
The exchange took place in presence ofi Ramesh Pokharial, Human Resource Development Minister and Dan Tehan Minister for Education, Australian Government along with H.E Ms. Harinder Sidhu Australian High Commissioner to India.
Barney Glover, Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University said, the signed memorandum is another milestone in the history of health care industry.
Combining data-driven precision-based technologies and Ayurvedic medicine will be a valuable contribution to the current goals for providing a better and safe health care system to the Universe, specifically towards developing a safe and effective integration of traditional and complementary medicine”, said Glover.
According to AYUSH (Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy)’s statement. both the institutions are committed to take the collaboration to the next Higher Level by identifying specific areas for collaboration in education, research and practices of Traditional medicine while ensuring the quality standards and also by encouraging investment in traditional medicine related Infrastructure.
Complementing the Traditional Ayurveda Medicine with conventional concepts of Modern Medicine is expected in generating scientific evidences that further help in contributing to the global healthcare, it said.