Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 8: A weeklong Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on ‘Modern aspects in the preparation and validation of Traditional Medicines’ for AYUSH Scientists/Teachers commenced here today at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM).
The CME has been sponsored by the Union Ministry of AYUSH and a total of 30 participants from across the country have been registered for this programme, which aimed at to integrate the traditional medicines with the modern medicines besides fostering the academic collaboration and knowledge sharing among the medical and scientific fraternities.
Dr. N. Zaheer Ahmed, Director General, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Union Ministry of AYUSH was the chief guest and Dr. Subarna Roy, Director, ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), Belagavi, Karnataka was guest of honour.
During the inaugural session Dr. Zaheer, mentioned that CCRUM is engaged in multifaceted research in Unani medicine.
Dr. Subarna Roy urged the participants to connect traditional medicines with modern medicines by identification of novel formulations for research.
Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director, CSIR-IIIM emphasized the institute’s ongoing commitment to advance integrative medicine and fostering a collaborative ecosystem between science and clinical practice.
Earlier, Dr. Vikash Babu, Principal Scientist/ Coordinator, CME, delivered welcome address.
Among others present on the occasion were Abdul Rahim, Chief Scientist & Head, RMBD&IST, Dr. Asha Chaubey, Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Fermentation and Microbial Technology, Dr. Dhiraj Vyas, Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Plant Sciences & Agrotechnology, Dr. Sumit Gandhi, Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Infectious Diseases, Dr. Naveed Qazi, Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry, Dr. Rajkishore Rai, Senior Scientist & Head, Quality Management and Instrumentation.
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