Trisutra Unit

Ministry of AYUSH and CSIR-IGIB have partnered towards capacity building of Ayurveda Professionals for nationwide ‘Rashtriya Prakriti Parikshan Karyakram’ (RPPK) under the aegis of Ayushman Bharat Yojana. ‘Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Applied Development of Ayurveda Prakriti and Genomics’ at CSIR TRISUTRA Unit, conducted a two-day training course on ‘Prakriti Parikshan Methods and their applications in Preventive Health and Promotive Wellness’.

The inaugural program was graced Shri Roshan Jaggi, Joint Secretary and Dr. A Raghu Joint Advisor (Ayurveda), Min of AYUSH, and Dr. Anurag Agrawal, Director, CSIR-IGIB. Dr. Anurag Agrawal welcomed the participants and highlighted the importance of this initiative of M/o AYUSH, GOI, especially in understanding the variability in population health parameters and integration of prakriti in it. Dr. A Raghu explained the overall government’s initiative of AYUSH health and wellness centers under the AYUSHMAN BHARAT yojana, and importance of prakriti based analysis for preventive health and wellness of the population. He also explained about the objective of the training programme and expectations from Master trainers at the end of training. Mr. Roshan Jaggi emphasized on the role of community health officers in engaging with the population at grass root level and creating awareness about the health and wellness, for large scale implementation of the government initiative.

Dr. Bhavana Prasher, gave an overview of IGIB’s Prakriti training programme designed for the purpose of RPPK, and extended a vote of thanks.

Let's talk Prakriti! Training on 'Prakriti parikshan methods and their applications in preventive health and wellness.

Can alternative medicine be subject to modern rigour?

Dr. Bhavana Prasher, Senior scientist at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology answers the queries along with Dr. S.P. Kalantri is a Professor at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha

Published: July 03, 2020 The Hindu

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/can-alternative-medicine-be-subject-to-modern-rigour/article31973999.ece

Podcast link: https://www.thehindu.com/podcast/can-alternative-medicine-be-subject-to-scientific-rigour-the-hindu-parley-podcast/article31972869.ece

Can alternative medicine be subject to modern rigour? An integrated approach will create a win-win situation for both ayurveda and allopathy

Panel Discussion on "Opportunities and Challenges for Integrative Medicine", at All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi on 22nd Nov 2019.

Glimpses from the CME Workshop - “Training of Trainer" (T.O.T) “Ayurgenomics and Integrative Medicine for Wellness”, organized by CSIR Ayurgenomics Unit - "TRISUTRA", from 20th to 26th November 2019 at CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi

CSIR Ayurgenomics Unit - "TRISUTRA" organizes the very first “Training of Trainer" (T.O.T) CME workshop on “Ayurgenomics and Integrative Medicine for Wellness” from 20th to 26th November 2019 at CSIR-IGIB (Csir Igib), New Delhi.

(Co-organized by All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi and Supported by Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India)

New research article published in PLOS One.

Recapitulation of Ayurveda constitution types by machine learning of phenotypic traits

It provides a computational framework for predicting Prakriti classes from phenotypic attributes.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185380

Recapitulation of Ayurveda constitution types by machine learning of phenotypic traits In Ayurveda system of medicine individuals are classified into seven constitution types, “Prakriti”, for assessing disease susceptibility and drug responsiveness. Prakriti evaluation involves clinical examination including questions about physiological and behavioural traits. A need was felt to deve...

New article published in "Journal of Ethnopharmacology" entitled "Ayurgenomics for stratified medicine: TRISUTRA consortium initiative across ethnically and geographically diverse Indian populations"

Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874116304883

From the lab: Ayurveda meets modern medicine, with a little help from genomics | The Indian Express

Link: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/from-the-lab-ayurveda-meets-modern-medicine-with-a-little-help-from-genomics-2801057/

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Ayurgenomics Review Article that came out in the Journal of Genetics has been highlighted on the first page of telegraph newspaper today! (April 04, 2016 | Monday, Kolkata Edition)

Ayurgenomics Review Article that came out in the Journal of Genetics has been highlighted on the first page of telegraph newspaper today! (April 04, 2016 | Monday, Kolkata Edition)

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