Prime Minister, Narendra Modi addressed the fourth Global Ayurveda Festival on March 12, 2021 in the virtual mode.
Highlights
On the occasion, the Prime Minister highlighted the growing global interest in Ayurveda. He also appreciated the efforts of those working on Ayurveda across the globe. While highlighting the importance of Ayurveda as a holistic human science and its importance from plants to the plate of human, he highlighted how the demand for ayurvedic products is steadily rising amid the covid-19 pandemic. Thus, he said, this current situation of pandemic is a right time for the Ayurveda & Traditional medicines to become more popular across the world. He also called to take advantage of Ayurveda’s popularity and opportunities which arises by combining traditional with modern medicines.
About 4th Global Ayurveda Festival
The Fourth Global Ayurveda Festival was planned for 16th to 20th May 2020. However, because of Covid-19 pandemic it shifted to 2021 and is being organised in virtual mode from 12th to 19th March 2021. Even during the pandemic, the intended intensity, impact, size, and participation have not been diluted. The even would comprise of live sessions such as plenaries, parallel sessions, symposiums, virtual exhibition, paper presentations and virtual networking. This event is providing space for organizations, institutions, associations, individuals and statutory bodies from the field of Ayurveda to meet, share, know and grow together.
Theme of the festival
Under the event, International Ayurveda Seminar will be organised under the Theme “Strengthening Host Defence System – Ayurveda A Potential Promise”; International Delegate Assembly will be organised under the Theme “Globalizing Ayurveda – Scope, Challenges and Solutions” while the “International Business Meet” will be organised under the Theme “Global Ayurveda Pharmacy – Practices, Possibilities and Policies”.