Brief overview and significance of the portals launched: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 23 November 2021

Brief overview and significance of the portals launched

◼️ Ayurveda Dataset on Clinical Trial Registry of India- CTRI is a primary Register of Clinical Trials under the world health Organization’s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. Creation of an Ayurveda Data Set in CTRI facilitates the usage of Ayurveda Terminologies to record clinical study based on Ayurveda interventions. This is a great step towards worldwide visibility for Ayurveda-based Clinical Trials.

◼️ CCRAS-Research Management Information System- A collaborative effort of ICMR and CCRAS, this portal will be a one-stop solution for Research and Development in Ayurveda-based studies. Free of cost research guidance by experienced Scientists, Clinicians of Ayurveda can be availed through this portal. Research tools, reference material are also in place in this portal.

◼️ E-Medha (electronic Medical Heritage Accession) Portal- Online public access catalog for more than 12000 Indian medical heritage books through NIC’s e-granthalaya platform.

◼️ AMAR (Ayush Manuscripts Advanced Repository) Portal- This Portal is of immense value and it has digitized information on rare and hard to find Manuscripts and catalogs of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa in libraries or in individual collections across India or in other parts of the world.

◼️ SHAI (Showcase of Ayurveda Historical Imprints) Portals- This portal showcases inscription, Archeo-botanical Information, Sculptures, Philological sources and advanced Archeo Genetic studies. This portal will be of tremendous use in the understanding of the Indian Knowledge system with a focus on indigenous health care practices.

◼️ Apart from these five Portals, four publications were also released by the Ministry of Ayush.

   •Proceedings of International Workshop on” Preservation and Promotion of SOWA-RIGPA in Asia

  •Compendium of Important Cereals mentioned in Ayurveda-Series-1, volume-1

  •Ayurveda Sangraha: An important classical textbook of Ayurveda which is mentioned in the Schedule 1 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. Up till now, this book was available in the Bengali language. Now it has been transliterated to Devanagari Script.

  •PathapathyaVinishcaya- An important book of Ayurveda and has details of diet and lifestyle.