New Delhi (NVI): The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Western Sydney University, Australia to promote the collaboration in research and developing guidelines for Integrating Ayurveda principles with modern medicine.
The MoU was signed by Professor Tanuja Nesari, Director of AIIA and Professor Barney Glover, Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University, Australia in presence of Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokharial and Education Minister of Australia Dan Tehan.
Both the institutions are committed to take the collaboration to 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, an official statement said.
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.
While speaking on the occasion Barney Glover said that India is a priority country among Australia’s international partnerships. 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”, Barney Glover added.
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