Ayurveda Research & Teaching Institute inaugurated By PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Ayurveda teaching and research institute here in Gujarat. The institute inaugurated by PM through video conferencing would offer a range of courses and forge interdisciplinary collaborations to give a contemporary thrust to the ancient medicine system. The institute has been accorded the status of an "institution of national importance". The university is the first institution with this status in the AYUSH sector.Â
The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA) with its campus in Jamnagar city, is created through an Act of Parliament. The Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Shree Gulab Kunverba Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Maharshi Patanjali Institute for Yoga Naturopathy Education and Research have been merged to form the university.