Lok Sabha Question No. 2292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Research Wings in Ayurveda Colleges
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2292 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## RESEARCH WINGS IN AYURVEDA COLLEGES

## 2292.SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  address  the  problem  of  Ayurveda  as Ayurveda  practitioners  have  failed  to  develop  research  wings  in  any  of  their  institutes  or teaching colleges;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  the  Ayurvedic  Colleges  are  unable  to  teach  as  per  the  scientific  approach  to problem-solving and if so, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether there are no laboratories in Ayurveda colleges across the country and therefor all research in such colleges is confined to the study of scriptures or dated literature; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the corrective measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b) Central Government has constituted a commission namely the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) as per the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020 to provide quality and affordable medical education, ensure availability of adequate  and  high  quality  medical  professionals  of  Indian  System  of  Medicine  including Ayurveda in all part of the country and encourages such medical professionals to adopt latest medical research in their work and to contribute to research.

The Board of Ayurveda, an Autonomous Board constituted under the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) determines standards and norms for infrastructure, faculty and  quality  of  education  and  research  in  medical  institutions  of  Indian  System  of  Medicine including Ayurveda.

There  is  provisionofstudy  the  subject  on  Research  Methodology  and  Medical  -  Statistics  for Third (Final) Professional Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgeryprogramme under the Department of Swasthavritta& Yoga.Therefore, each and every recognised Ayurveda institution/ college shall have to comply with the aforesaid provision. There are 140 colleges out of  453  Ayurveda  colleges  who  runs  Post  Graduate  courses  across  the  country.The  Institute

requires to have Central Research Laboratory and Animal House for starting Post Graduate,Animal house either own or in collaboration.

(c)   The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine has made Regulations namely the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Minimum Standards of Undergraduate  Ayurveda  Education)  Regulations-2022  as  per  the  National  Commission  for Indian  System  of  Medicine  Act,  2020.  As  per  the  said  Regulation,  Ayurveda  College  are  to comply  with  the  provisions  specified  under  the  Minimum  Standards  of  Undergraduate Ayurveda Education,wherein, Ayurveda Graduates shall have profound knowledge of Ashtanga Ayurveda along with the contemporary advances in the field of Ayurveda supplemented with knowledge of scientific and technical advances in modern sciences and technology along with extensive practical training, as an efficient physicians and surgeons for the health care services.

Further, it is informed that the NCISM trained three thousand teachers of 1stProfessional course on  Medical  Education  Technology  and  introduced  Competency  Based  Medical  Education (CBME) for 1stProfessional Courses from the Academic session 2021-22, wherein, all Advance Teaching, Training as well as Assessment Methods are incorporated.

(d)  & ( e)   There exists provisionsunder the Indian Medicine Central Council ( Requirements of Minimum  Standard  for Under-graduate Ayurveda Colleges and attached Hospitals) Regulations,  2016  for  requirement  of  thelaboratories  in  Ayurveda  colleges namely Teaching Pharmacy and Quality Testing Laboratory, wherein, the college shall have a teaching pharmacy with proper training facilities for preparation of different types of Ayurveda medicines such as Churna, Vati, Guggulu, Asava-aristha, SnehaKalp, Kshar and Lavana, Lauh, Avaleha, KupipakvaRasayana  and  like  medicines,  a  raw  drug  store,  and  in-house  drug  identification. Quality Testing Lab of Pharmacy isalso used for teaching.

Further,  there  isprovision  forClinical  Laboratory  for  clinical  diagnosis  and  investigations  in hospital complex  with  specified  infrastructure  and  manpower  for  carrying  out routine, pathology,  biochemical  and  hematological  investigation  and  Ayurvedic  diagnostic  techniques on the patients referred from Out-Patient and In-Patient department of the Hospital.

There are 16 Post Graduate subjects in Ayurveda. Apart from Central Research Laboratory and Animal Experimentation Laboratory (either owned or in collaboration) which are mandatory for a Post graduate Centre, Laboratories are mandatory for the following subjects:

1. SharirKriya,
2. Dravyguna,
3. Rasa shastra&BhaishajyaKalpana
4. RogNidanaevumVikritiVigyana and
5. Dissection hall for RachanaSharira

All  the  departments  conduct  Research  studies  either  clinical  or  experimental  except  in department of Basic Principles wherein Literary Research is a part.

Besides,  to  promote  scientific  variety,  the  NCISM  is  providing  training  to  Post  graduate Teachers on ' Scientific Writing an publication Ethics '.

Central  Council  for  Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS)  being  apex  body  in  India  for formulation  and  co-ordination  of  research  in  Ayurveda,  has  initiated  a  dedicated  'Research Management Information System (RMIS)' with a panel of CCRAS Scientists and other experts in the field of Ayurveda and other related sciences to assist researchers working on the topics based on Ayurvedic concepts all over India and enthusiastic seekers across the globe.

CCRAS  under  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  also  maintaining  AYUSH  Research  Portal  (web  based portal) incorporating published research information of all Ayush system of medicines, wherein, 35928 Research papers/ abstracts, etc. are available.

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