Subject-based Network for Ayurveda

1. Subject-based Network for Ayurveda Faculty of Ayurveda Institute of Medical sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 Email: sbnayurvedabhu@gmail.com

2. Objectives • To develop freely available, open-access, web-based e-resources for Ayurvedic teachers and professionals, with a focus on integrating Ayurveda, oriental sciences and contemporary sciences • To develop high quality Ayurvedic peer-reviewed e-content in the form of E-books, slide presentations, video lectures, audio lectures/ audio books, interactive tutorials, quizzes, digitized manuscripts, curricula and other documents • To develop such resources that are also oriented at professionals in allied and contemporary mainstream disciplines so that they may get motivated to work in the field of Ayurveda

3. Targets visualized • The content will be developed with a focus on the basic domain knowledge, advanced domain knowledge, and, the prospects for future research in the field • Clinical, applied and case-based content on Ayurveda Physiology, Ayurveda diagnostics, Ayurveda therapeutics including bedside clinical case discussions • Practical application of the domain knowledge will receive maximum emphasis. • The techniques of administration of Panchakarma, KsharaSutra etc. will be demonstrated via suitable media. • 25 e-books, 100 Videos, 100 Articles / Lecture Notes, 50 Audio Lectures, 25 Quizzes and thousands of links to other recourses

4. Organizational Structure: Administrative • Coordinator: Dr. KishorPatwardhan, Professor • Co-coordinator: Dr. K.H.H.V.S.S. Narasimha Murthy, Associate Professor

5. Organizational Structure: Academic Co-Investigators • Dr. KishorPatwardhan, Professor • Dr. K.H.H.V.S.S. Narasimha Murthy, Associate Professor • Dr. Manoj Kumar, Associate Professor • Dr. ShobhaBhat, Associate Professor

6. Work done • Shortlisting of Experts • Shortlisting of Editors • Shortlisting of Assistant Editors • Members of Advisory Board

7. Work done………. • Selection of 50 experts from specific specialties of Ayurveda • In each subject, mostly two experts from main Ayurveda discipline and one from allied discipline of modern biomedical stream • Experts from relevant disciplines subjects (Applied Arts, Statistics, Library and Sanskrit) • Correspondences for consent and acceptance is in pipe line.

8. List of Experts

9. Advisory Board: Proposed Members Ex officio members from the following organizations: • AIIA- Director • NIA- Director • GAU-VC and Director • RAU- VC • CCRAS- DG • Secretary AYUSH Ministry • Advisor- AYUSH • UKAU-VC etc.

10. Editorial Board • Preferably younger generation of experts • Conversant with digital platforms • Will be the helping hands for preparing the final form of contents to be uploaded (proofreading/editing etc) • Looking after the website/ layout

11. Infrastructure Development/Personnel Recruitment / SBN Establishmentis in progress • Due to the superannuation of the Principal Investigator – Prof . M. Sahu, The then dean, Faculty of Ayurveda, the position of Principal Investigator is not clear. Clarification has been sought. • There was a delay in communication of release of funds from MHRD (Sanctioned dated the 6th September, 2016 and communication received in Nov. 2017) • Approval of prioritized break-up of budget – in pipeline • Purchasing will begin as soon as the budget is approved

12. Revised break-up of budget

13. Revised break-up of budget

14. Thanks!