*October 30, 2010* * Mumbai* The fourth World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo, 2010 will be held in the Palace grounds, Bangalore between December 9 and 13 this year. It is being organized by department of Ayush, ministry of health & family welfare, government of India and Vijnana Bharati, government of Karnataka is the co-organizer of this five-day event.
The focal theme for this fourth edition of World Ayurveda Congress is – 'Ayurveda for all' and will bring together stakeholders in the Ayurveda sector from India and abroad. Organisers said that the fourth World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo, 2010 is special because it is the largest so far in comparison to World Ayurveda Congress previously held – Kochi 2002, Pune 2006 and Jaipur 2008. We expect over 4000 delegates with over 300 international delegates from 34 countries representing the Ayurveda fraternity globally. Students, ayurvedic practitioners, traditional healers, academics, research scientists, policy makers, industry, cultivators and collectors of medicinal plants, agricultural and forestry experts, buyers from overseas, regulators from developed nations and over 500,000 members of society in and around Bangalore interested in Ayurveda – a Way of Life, would converge over a period of five days in Bangalore. * * *The response to the scientific sessions has seen over 1250 scientific papers of international caliber being considered for presentation in over 60 multi track scientific sessions. Pre Congress workshops on Scientific Writing, Panchakarma, Kshar karma, Afforestation of Medicinal Plants, Mental Health and all matters Ayurveda therein, would be the dialogue.* For the Ayurvedic industry we have a intensive training session on Good Manufacturing Practices as demanded by US FDA, a Buyer Seller Meeting organized by Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil) and a conclave of the Centre for Research in Indian Systems of Medicine (CRISM) a joint research platform between Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha and National Centre of Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, USA, organisers said. About 4th World Ayurveda Congress and AROGYA Expo With the 4th edition of the World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo, scheduled to be convened in Palace Grounds, Bengaluru from 9 to 13 December 2010, we expect to consolidate the momentum of this forum and provide a robust boost to the growing global popularity of Ayurveda and associated fields. With nearly half a million visitors and about 5000 delegates expected to be in attendance this year, the Congress is reinforcing its identity as a global summit that brings together diverse stakeholders of Ayurveda on to a common, meaningful, and popular platform. In the associated expo, Arogya 2010, the spotlight this year will be on traditional and tribal knowledge in health-care systems from India’s rural and tribal communities, with special focus on north-eastern states. Academic Sessions of the Congress The focal theme of the 4th World Ayurveda Congress is ‘Ayurveda for all’. Accordingly, this year’s Congress is designed to benefit the following target groups/areas. VaidyasEnhancing clinical competenceTeachersDiscovering apt pedagogy StudentsLearning beyond classroomsScientistsNew ideas, new science InstitutionsCapacity buildingIndustryNew products, new services IndiaGlobal leadership in health careWorldNew hopes, affordable solutions PeopleThe public healthMedical doctorsAs integrative partner Mental healthPreventive and curative dimensions The academic sessions of the Congress are structured in such a way that the plenary sessions will take on the evolution of various concepts and the parallel sessions emerging from the plenary topics. The plenary and corresponding parallel sessions will be conducted on the same dates. Listed below are the themes identified for the plenary sessions this year. *1. Ayurveda for All 2. Public Health 3. Ayurveda Research and Education 4. Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 5. Food and Nutrition in Ayurveda 6. Ayurveda Medicine for Animals and Plants * The plenaries will be addressed by the most eminent scientists, academicians, policy makers or Ayurveda practitioners (clinicians). The 4th WAC shall showcase as to how Ayurveda can provide safe, cost-efficient, and effective health care for all, especially in the following important areas. *• Food and Nutrition (including Water) • Self Reliance in Primary Health Care • Mother and Child Care • Prevention • Ayurvedic Management of Chronic Lifestyle Diseases • Veterinary and Plant Medicine • Ageing • Ethics and Moral Values* * * * Mental health related abstracts available here ** http://www.ayurworld.org/wacabstracts/abstracts.php*<http://www.ayurworld.org/wacabstracts/abstracts.php> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. 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