MANU/PIBU/0207/2024
Department/Board : Press Information Bureau
Date : 27.02.2024
NIA signs MoU with Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine of Government of Thailand
MoU to serve as the establishment of an Academic Collaboration in Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine
The National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur under the Ministry of Ayush of the Government of India and Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine of the Ministry of Public Health of the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of an Academic Collaboration in Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine in New Delhi, India at 10th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting held at Hyderabad House, New Delhi today. Shri B.K. Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, and Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, Director General, Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Thailand signed the MoU in the presence of other dignitaries during the event.
The initiative has been taken to promote, facilitate, and develop academic
collaboration in the field of Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine based on
equality and mutual benefit of the Participants. This MoU will facilitate the
exchange of experts for research and training programs, academic and technical
activities, and conducting research, exchange of information, technologies, and
best practices of Traditional Medicine.
The Participants will take necessary steps to encourage and promote cooperation in facilitating academic and technical activities and conducting research for mutual benefits. Exchanging and accommodating experts, teaching instructors, practitioners, and students for research and training programmes. Exchanging knowledge, experiences, information, technologies, and best practices. Providing scholarships for education. Promoting the participation of experts in conferences, workshops, seminars, and events held by the Participants and other important areas of cooperation, with the mutual consent of the Participants.
During implementation of this MOU, the Participants, within their capacities
will support each other with mutual cooperation and collaborative activities on
the basis of equality and mutual benefits by facilitating training courses in
Thailand and India, conducting collaborative research studies on diseases of
common interest to both Participants and visits and exchanges of policy makers,
academics, experts, researchers, practitioners, and students. NIA and
Departement of Thai Tradtional and Alternative Medicine, Thailand will share
information on regulatory mechanisms, best practice, guidelines of practice and
courses of study and training; and organize conferences/meetings alternately in
India and Thailand and reviewing the progress of the implementation of the MOU
and the evaluation of the results of collaborative programmes.