Lok Sabha Question No. 1012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: AYUSH-ICMR Advanced Centre
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1012 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  JULY  2025

' AYUSH-ICMR Advanced Centre '

## 1012  Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama:

## Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched the AYUSH- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Advanced Centre for Integrated Health Research in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS);
- (b) if so, the salient features along with the objectives for launching the said centre;
- (c) whether the Government has also announced any mega joint initiatives between Ministry of AYUSH and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the kind of AYUSH healthcare facilities that are likely to be provided in these centres?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a)&(b) Government of India has launched the Ayush-ICMR Centres at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to develop integrative health research through integrating Ayush system with conventional bio-medicine and modern technology to bring  integrative  health  care  to  the  people  for  improved  patient  outcome  through innovations related to diagnostics, preventive, health promotive as well as treatment methods.
- The  objectives  of  establishing    Ayush-ICMR  Advanced  Centre  for  Integrative Research at AIIMS are as under:-
- To harness the mutual understanding and research environment between the different systems of medicine leading to Integrative Health Research.
- To identify priority areas where the approach of integrative medicine may have potential and conduct integrative research in these priority areas to generate robust evidence.
- To develop Integrative management protocols with inputs from both traditional and modern medicine in the identified priority diseases based on the generated evidence.
- To carry out mechanistic studies to explain the integrative medicine approach.
- To develop guidelines and establish pathways to facilitate cross referrals utilizing the integrative medicine approach.

Under  this  program,  four  research  areas  in  four  AIIMS  have  been  identified  as follows:-

1. AIIMS Delhi:
- i) Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research in Gastro-intestinal Disorders
3. ii) Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research in Women and Child Health
2. AIIMS Jodhpur: Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research in Geriatric Health
3. AIIMS Nagpur:  Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research in Cancer Care
4. AIIMS Rishikesh:  Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research in Geriatric Health
7. (c) The Government has announced mega joint initiatives between the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Ayush on Multicentre clinical trial on Anaemia.

CCRAS under the  Ministry of Ayush and ICMR has undertaken a research study on Anaemia  entitled  'Efficacy  and  safety  of  Punarnavadi  Mandura  alone  and  in combination  with  Drakshavaleha  compared  to  iron  folic  acid  in  the  treatment  of moderate iron deficiency  anaemia  among  non-pregnant  women of reproductive age group':  a  community -based  three  arm  multicenter  randomized  controlled  trial.  The eight  sites  identified    Zfor  the  study  are    Mahatma  Gandhi  Institute  of  Medical Sciences  (MGIMS)-Wardha,  All  India Institute of Medical Sciences  (AIIMS) Jodhpur,  National  institute  of  Traditional  Medicine  (NITM)  Belagavi,    Rajendra

Institute  Of  Medical  Sciences  (RIMS)-Ranchi,  King  Edward  Memorial  (KEM) Hospital  Research  Centre  Pune,  AIIMS  New  Delhi,  AIIMS  Bhopal,  and  AIIMS Bibinagar.

- (d) The Ayush-ICMR Advanced Centers for Integrative Health Research in AIIMS will offer  integrated  healthcare  services, combining  conventional  medicine  with  Ayush systems like Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy. These centers will focus on research, diagnostics,  preventive,  promotive,  restorative,  and  treatment  methods  for  various health  conditions. Specific  areas  of  focus  include  Geriatric  Health,  Gastro-intestinal Disorders, Women and Child Health and Cancer Care.

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