Lok Sabha Question No. 5744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Establishment of Ayush Academic Chairs in Foreign Universities
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Naveen Jindal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 5744 TO BE ANSWERED ON - 04/04/2025

## 'Establishment of Ayush Academic Chairs in Foreign Universities'

## 5744.   Shri Naveen Jindal

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has established AYUSH  academic chairs in Bangladesh, Australia, Mauritius, Latvia and Malaysia and if so, the details to these initiatives;
- b) whether these chairs are part of a broader strategy to promote AYUSH systems of  medicine  internationally  and  if  so,  the  specific  objectives  being  pursued through this initiative;
- c) whether  the  government  has  signed  any  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoUs) with foreign institutions to facilitate research and academic exchange in AYUSH and if so, the number and details of such agreements;
- d) whether financial support is being provided to these foreign institutions hosting AYUSH chairs and if so, the total amount allocated for this purpose; and
- e) whether these initiatives are being expected to enhance global recognition and acceptance of AYUSH systems of medicine and if so, the details thereof along with the measures being taken to assess their impact?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SH. PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a)&(b) Yes Sir. The Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Chair Programme is an initiative by the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, to promote and strengthen traditional Indian

medicine systems (AYUSH) globally. Under this program, AYUSH Chairs are established in foreign universities and institutions to facilitate  academic collaboration, research, and awareness about AYUSH systems. The Ministry of Ayush,  has  established  AYUSH  academic  chairs  in  Bangladesh,  Australia, Mauritius, Latvia and Malaysia.

These chairs are part of a broader strategy to promote AYUSH systems of medicine  internationally.  The  specific  objectives  being  pursued  through  this initiative are as under:

(i) Undertake academic and research activities related to AYUSH  Systems of Medicine.

(ii) Design  and  finalize  the  curriculum  for  the  short  term/  medium  term courses  as  per  need  of  the  University  and  AYUSH  education  guidelines  in India.

(iii) Take tutorials/ lectures / practical sessions as per the curricular requirements  of  the  University  and  will  take  part  in  the  activities  such  as departmental seminars, conferences, faculty  meetings, etc. as mutually agreed between University and the Chair.

(iv) Explore feasibility of undertaking collaborative research.

(v) Act  as  credible  source  of  information  related  to  AYUSH  systems  of medicine for the host country and other neighboring countries.

(vi) Liaise with Indian Embassy/ High Commission of India, host University and Ministry of AYUSH.

(vii) Conduct workshops/ seminars on AYUSH Systems in cooperation with the host organization.

(viii)  Identify  existing  academic/  research  programmes  on  AYUSH  systems, their  strength  &  gaps  and  provide  inputs  to  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  and concerned institute in India.

(ix) Carry  on  other  incidental  responsibilities  as  may  be  determined  by  the host University such as providing clinical services for practical demonstration / clinical trainings at the attached Hospital/ Clinic.

(x) Undertake any other activity as assigned by the Ministry of Ayush from time to time.

(xi) Deliver  at  least  2  public  lectures  in  a  year  to  be  arranged  by  the University, which would be termed as AYUSH Lectures.

(c) The Ministry of Ayush, Government of India has signed 50 Institute-toInstitute  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with  foreign  institutions  to facilitate  research  and  academic  exchange  in  AYUSH.  The  details  of  the Institutes with whom the Ministry of Ayush has signed the MoUs are placed at Annexure.

(d) Ministry  of  Ayush  does  not  provide  any  financial  support  to  foreign institutions for hosting Chairs. Ministry bears the costs relating to salary, airfare and  appropriate  allowances  of  AYUSH  Chair  which  is  being  issued  to concerned Indian Mission. The Host University provides the following:

(i) Health  Insurance  to  the  candidate,  his  /her  spouse  and  minor  Child/ Children (limited to two);

(ii) Rent free furnished family accommodation, with all basic facilities/ utility charges;

(iii) Furnished  office  on  campus  and  secretarial  assistance  for efficient functioning of the Chair.

(iv) Transportation or compensation for the transport during official assignments to the Chair/ Visiting faculty.

(e) These  initiatives  help  to  enhance  global  propagation,  recognition,  and acceptance  of  AYUSH  systems  of  medicines.  For  assessing  the  impact  of AYUSH Chair, a monthly report on activities undertaken is obtained from the chair.  The  evaluation  of  the  chair's  impact  is  being  conducted  based  on  the report.

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## Details of Institute-to-Institute level MoUs

|   Sl. No. | Details of MoU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Country        |
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|         1 | MoU between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of AYUSH (on behalf of all the research councils- CCRAS, CCRUM, CCRS, CCRH, CCRYN) and the University of Mississippi, USA, on behalf of National Centre for Natural Products Research (NCNPR) for cooperation in the field of traditional medicine                                            | USA            |
|         2 | MoU between CCRH and Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, UK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | United Kingdom |
|         3 | MoU between Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and College of Homeopaths of Ontario (CHO), Canada                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Canada         |
|         4 | United States Pharmacopoeia Convention and Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | USA            |
|         5 | MoU on cooperation in the field of Research and Education in Homeopathy Medicine was signed between CCRH and Universidad Maimonides, Buenos Aires, Argentina                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Argentina      |
|         6 | MoU on Cooperation in Research and Development in the field of Ayurvedic Science was signed between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and the Medical Research Infrastructure and Health Services fund of the Tel Aviv Sourasky medical Institute (TASMC), Israel                                                                                     | Israel         |
|         7 | MoU between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science, on Behalf of All Research Councils, Ministry of AYUSH(Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy), Government of India located in New Delhi, ('CCRAS') and The Governors of the University of Alberta as Represented by the Integrative Health Institute Located in Edmonton, ALBERTA, Canada | Canada         |
|         8 | MoU between National Institute of Ayurveda and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia in the field of Education, Training, Research, Publication and Popularization of Ayurveda in Malaysia                                                                                                                                                                     | Malaysia       |

|   9. | MoU between Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine &Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) with Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States (HPCUS)                               | USA            |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|   10 | MoU between Scientific Society for Homoeopathy (WissHom), Germany and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH)                                                                                                                    | Germany        |
|   11 | Agreement on cooperation in the field of Research and Education in Homoeopathy between Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Federal University of Rio De Janerio (FURJ), Brazil                                           | Brazil         |
|   12 | MoU on cooperation and collaboration in the field of Ayurveda between the All India Institute of Ayurveda, (AIIA), Ministry of AYUSH and European Academy of Ayurveda (Birstein), (REAA) Germany                                            | Germany        |
|   13 | MoU on Cooperation in the field of Research in Homeopathic Medicine was signed between Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel | Israel         |
|   14 | MoU on cooperation in the field of Research in Homeopathy was signed between Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and National Institute of Integrative Medicine (NIIM), Australia                                            | Australia      |
|   15 | MoU on Establishment of an Academic Collaboration in Ayurveda between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and College of Medicine (UK) was signed during the visit of Hon'ble PMof India to UK                                           | United Kingdom |
|   16 | MoU on collaboration in the field of Ayurveda was signed between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and the Medical University of Graz, Graz Austria                                                                                    | Austria        |
|   17 | MoU on cooperation in the field of Unani medicine was signed between Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) and State Educational Establishment' Tajik State Medical University named AbualiIbn Sino'                       | Tajikistan     |
|   18 | MoU on the establishment of an academic collaboration in Ayurveda has been signed between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Ministry of                                                                                               | USA            |

|    | AYUSH and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, USA                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| 19 | MoU CCRAS, Ministry of AYUSH and Department of Neurology and Complementary Medicine, Lutheran, Hospital Hattingen, Germany for Cooperation in the field of Research and Education in Ayurveda                                                                        | Germany        |
| 20 | MoU between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Wester Sydney University (WSU), Australia                                                                                                                                                                     | Australia      |
| 21 | MoU between MORARJI DESAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOGA (MDNIY) MINISTRY OF AYUSH, GOVT OF INDIA NEW DELHI and DIVINE VALUES SCHOOL, ECUADOR (DVSE)                                                                                                                     | Ecuador        |
| 22 | MoU between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, (CCRAS) Ministry of AYUSH Government of the Republic of India and University of Debrecen, Hungary (UD) on the Intention of Establishment of European Institute of Ayurvedic Sciences (EIAS), Hungary | Hungary        |
| 23 | MoU between NIA & the University of West Indies for Collaboration in the field of Education, Training, Research, Treatment, Publication etc                                                                                                                          | West Indies    |
| 24 | An Agreement signed between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Ministry of Ayush and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK for undertaking research on Ashwagandha for promoting recovery from Covid-19 in the UK.                           | United Kingdom |
| 25 | MoU between Shimane University, Japan and All India Institute of Ayurveda                                                                                                                                                                                            | Japan          |
| 26 | MoU between Fizz, Frankfurt, Germany and All India Institue of Ayurveda                                                                                                                                                                                              | Germany        |
| 27 | MoC with Japan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Japan          |
| 28 | MoU between CCRUM and Hamdard University Bangladesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Bangladesh     |

|   29. | MoU between CCRAS, Ministry of AYUSH and OCCAM, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services, Government of the United States of America                                                        | USA               |
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|    30 | Memorandum of Understanding between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of AYUSH, and The Institute for Social medicine, Epidemiology and the Health Economics, Charite University Medical Centre, Berlin Germany | Germany           |
|    31 | Institute for the History of Medicine, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany on Cooperation in the Field of Development of Museum on AYUSH System and Archives on Homoeopathy                                                                | Germany           |
|    32 | MoU between MORARJI DESAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOGA (MDNIY) MINISTRY OF AYUSH, GOVT OF INDIA NEW DELHI and Leaders Development Institute (LDI), Ministry of Sports Saudi Arabia                                                                   | Saudi Arabia      |
|    33 | MoU between Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth (RAV) and Fundacion De Salud Ayurveda Prema, Argentina                                                                                                                                                    | Argentina         |
|    34 | MoU between AIIA and Future Vision Institute, Brazil and University of Sao Paulo Brazil                                                                                                                                                            | Brazil            |
|    35 | MoU between AIIA and The University General Hospital in La Reunion - CHU de La Reunion in the field of Ayurveda                                                                                                                                    | Chu de La Reunion |
|    36 | MoU between AIIA, The Fedral University of Rio De Jenerio (UFRJ) and The Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health (CABSIN), Brazil                                                                                                     | Brazil            |
|    37 | MoU between National Institute of Ayurveda Jaipur and Philippines institute of traditional and Alternative Healthcare, (PITHAC)Philippines                                                                                                         | Philippines       |
|    38 | MoU between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and University Health Netwrok (UHN), Canada                                                                                                                                                     | Canada            |

|   39. | Agreement on Co-operation in collaborative research in the field of Ayurveda and Siddha between CCRAS, Romanian Society of Medicine and Suraj Ayurveda Clinic and Research Centre Pune.      | Romania        |
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|    40 | MoU between CCRAS and PHFI for Ayush- WHO- PHFI collaborative project entitled Assessment of integration of AYUSH System into the public health system for combating COVID-19.               | WHO            |
|    41 | India Yoga Center (IYC), Korea                                                                                                                                                               | Korea          |
|    42 | MoU between AIIA and UCMH, Havana Cuba The Establishment of an Academic Collaboration In Ayurveda                                                                                            | Cuba           |
|    43 | MoU between AIIA and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)                                                                                                 | Japan          |
|    44 | MoU Between MDNIY and Sarv Yoga International Italy                                                                                                                                          | Italy          |
|    45 | MoU Between ITRA and National Institute of Health, Republic of Peru                                                                                                                          | Peru           |
|    46 | MoU between AIIA and Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster, Croatia                                                                                                                                 | Croatia        |
|    47 | MoU between NIA and Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine                                                                                                                  | Thailand       |
|    48 | MoU between All India Institute of Ayurveda and Sri Vajera Foundation and Associated Institutions                                                                                            | Brazil         |
|    49 | MoU Between CCRUM and Allied Health professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA)                                                                                                             | South Africa   |
|    50 | A Tripartite MoU between Charles University Czech Republic with NIA, Jaipur and MDNIY New Delhi was signed on 17.07.2024 on the Establishment of Academic Collaboration in Ayurveda and Yoga | Czech Republic |