Royal Institute of Ayurveda

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PRESS RELEASE

 

We are pleased to inform you that the Royal Institute

of Ayurveda has been established as an international

association between the educational programmes of the

Maharaja of Mysore and The Ayurvedic Company of Great

Britain. It is hoped that

Mr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minster of India, will

inaugurate the institute on the 14th of January, 2006.

 

It has been felt by the Ayurvedic community across the

world that the time for such an institution is now

overdue in order to protect the intellectual property,

authenticity of the knowledge, practice and philosophy

of the ancient Indian tradition of Ayurveda.

 

In this joint venture between the Maharaja of Mysore

and ACGB, both partners share these objectives as well

as the protection of the interests of the Indian

Ayurvedic community across the world. The Royal

families of Mysore and Kerala have always been at the

forefront of the Ayurvedic tradition and its practice

and protection for many centuries.

 

The objectives of the Institution are as follows:

• To provide continuing education and training for

Ayurvedic students and graduates from India and

abroad.

• To conduct lectures and seminars for the general

public, Ayurveda and herbal experts and the Western

medical community.

• To provide treatment and therapies for both

residential and out-patients.

• To act as a conduit for information exchange and

research projects between Western and Indian medical

institutions.

• To develop and carry out new research projects on

efficacy and toxicity of Ayurvedic medicine and

treatment and to publish the findings in international

journals.

• To protect the intellectual property of Ayurveda and

its Indian roots.

• To generate a nationwide move in India to inculcate

the knowledge and practice of Ayurveda in rural and

urban communities in cooperation with The Agastya

Foundation and other Indian agencies.

• Professional members of the Royal Institute of

Ayurveda can carry the post nominal le�ers MRIA

(Member of the Royal Institute of Ayurveda).

Professional members will be subject to an examination

conducted in centres in India and London

for all university graduates of Ayurveda (BAMS, BSc,

BA degree holders). MD degree holders in Ayurveda from

any recognised university are eligible for membership

without an examination.

 

The principal office bearers :

President Executive Chairman

HRH The Maharaja of Mysore

 

Mr. G K Warrier

Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Chairman of ACGB

 

Heritage Director:

Princess Gauri Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore

 

The institute will be located at the Banglore Palace

of the Maharaja of Mysore and one of the palace

annexes will be used for treatments and training of

Ayurvedic graduates in research and in treatments

using ancient Ayurvedic techniques. The

Institute will also serve as the academic and

professional Institute for Ayurvedic graduates from

all over the world to share ideas and concerns for the

future development

of Ayurveda across the world and for their Continuing

Professional Development.(CPD)

 

The training of first batch of graduates from Europe

and UK will begin in January 2006.

 

On the January 16th, a�er the inauguration at

the palace, a poetry and dance performance will be

held at The Agastya Foundation at Kuppam – the

ecological park connected with ACGB and the Royal

Institute of Ayurveda.

 

For further information and membership details please

contact

Sally Douglas on (044)207 224 6070 (UK) or by

e-mailing her at sally.

 

or at royalinstayur

 

London Office:

The Ayurvedic Company of Great Britain

81 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 9RF.

Tel: +44 207 224 6070

Fax: 0207 224 6080

 

DR NILESH WAKDE

Ayurvedic Physician & Lecturer

 

Thames Valley University,London

Ayurvedic University of Europe