S K Sharma, Adviser, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), New Delhi, speaking at a conference on Shalya, Shalakya and Prasooti Tantra at “Soushruthi 2007”, organised by the SDM College of Ayurveda, as part of its golden jubilee celebrations, informed government is going to provide a loan of Rs 2 crore to private Ayurveda colleges which intend to upgrade their infrastructure.
Sharma said to take a loan there is one condition that the institution should put in an equal amount. The repayment period for the loan is five years.
He informed that the department has selected SDM College under its quality improvement program. Under this program the college would be given Rs 5 crore to upgrade its facilities. The money would be provided during the 11th Plan period. Sharma said the Government will be starting an All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, The cost will come around Rs 250 crore. He further informed that the land for the proposed AIIA had been purchased and construction would start shortly..
On this occasion a souvenir was released by Jayaprakash Narayan, vice-president of Central Council for Indian Medicines (CCIM), New Delhi. S S Badrinath, founder of Shankar Netralaya, Chennai, inaugurated the Sri Dharmastala Mathrushri Ratnamma Memorial Golden Jubilee Building. MLC V S Acharya inaugurated the Bhava Prakasha Auditorium.Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) P S Prabhakaran inaugurated the three-day conference. Vice-president of SDM Education Society S Prabhakar inaugurated the golden jubilee celebrations of the college.
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