CSIR-NIScPR organised the National Capacity Building Workshop on “Traditional medicine
CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR) in association with the ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM) organised a National Capacity Building Workshop on “Traditional medicine: Documentation, validation and Communication”
The Inaugural function was graced by Dr Padma Gurmet, Padma Shri and Director, National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR); Prof Ranjana Aggarwal, Outstanding Scientist, CSIR and Former Director, CSIR-NIScPR; Dr Subarna Roy, Director, ICMR-National Institute on Traditional Medicine (NITM), and Dr Geetha Vani Rayasam, Director, CSIR-NIScPR who joined online.
Dr Padma Gurmet, the Chief Guest of the programme delivered an insightful talk on Sowa Rigpa and discussed in detail the inception journey of NISR . Prof Ranjana Aggarwal delivered an engaging keynote talk where she provided an overview of Indian traditional knowledge system. Vaidya Pawankumar Ramesh Godatwar, World Health Organization Centre, New Delhi delivered a very insightful plenary talk on the WHO perspectives on holistic health world-wide.
In the second technical session, Dr Charu Lata delivered an insightful talk on India’s traditional systems of medicine. She also outlined the systematic process followed under the national initiative SVASTIK from identifying and validating traditional practices to documenting and communicating them to the public through social media platforms.(updated on 7th March 2026)
