CCRAS, BIS Join Hands to Set Global Ayurveda Standards
Partnership aims to strengthen quality assurance, scientific validation and international acceptance of Ayurveda and other Ayush systems.
- CCRAS and BIS sign MoU to develop quality standards for Ayurveda and Ayush.
- Partnership will strengthen laboratory quality and conformity assessment.
- 128 Indian Standards are currently under the BIS Ayurveda Sectional Committee.
- BIS says the agreement is its 100th MoU and first with an Ayush organisation.
GG News Bureau
New Delhi,7th Aug: The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop quality standards and strengthen scientific research and conformity assessment across the Ayush sector.
The agreement is aimed at establishing globally benchmarked quality standards for Ayurveda and supporting safer, scientifically validated and internationally accepted Ayurvedic products, practices and research.
The MoU was signed by CCRAS Director General Prof. (Vaidya) Rabinarayan Acharya and BIS Deputy Director General (Standardisation-II) Sanjay Pant in the presence of Ministry of Ayush Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha.
Under the partnership, the two organisations will collaborate on developing standards for Ayurveda and other Ayush systems, strengthening laboratory quality and conformity assessment mechanisms and promoting scientific validation of traditional knowledge.
The initiative is also expected to enhance India’s contribution to international standardisation efforts in traditional medicine.
“Quality is the foundation of credibility, and credibility is the key to global acceptance,” Kotecha said, describing the partnership as a step towards developing robust and science-driven standards for Ayurveda.
243 Ayush Standards Developed in Three Years
CCRAS Director General Acharya said several institutes and laboratories under the council have already secured accreditation under NABL and ISO standards. He said the BIS partnership would further improve research quality, laboratory standardisation and development of scientifically validated benchmarks.
BIS Deputy Director General Sanjay Pant said the agreement was the standards body’s 100th MoU and its first with an Ayush organisation. He added that the participation of CCRAS scientists would strengthen and accelerate the formulation of Indian Standards for Ayurveda.
According to BIS, 128 Indian Standards are presently under the Ayurveda Sectional Committee, while 243 standards covering different Ayush domains have been developed over the past three years.
The partnership is expected to strengthen laboratory capabilities, support evidence-based research and the Ayush industry, and contribute towards developing internationally accepted standards for Ayurveda.
