Minister inaugurates new Headquarters Office Building of Central Council for Research in Siddha at Chennai
New infrastructure will provide impetus to more innovation and academic
development in CCRS and National Institute of Siddha - Sarbananda Sonowal
Union Minister
of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal dedicated two new building of
Ayush institutes to the
people of India on the occasion of 75th year
of Independence. Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated new building headquarters
office of Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) at Tambaram Sanatorium,
Chennai and new extension OPD block of Ayothidoss Pandithar Hospital of
National Institute of Siddha today.
On this occasion MA Subramanian, Minister for Health and
Family Welfare Government of Tamil Nadu, Pramod Kumar Pathak, Special Secretary,
Ministry of Ayush, Prof (Dr) K Kankavalli, Director General, CCRS, Prof (Dr) R
Meenakumari, Director, National Institute of Siddha, and other distinguished
guests, CCRS officials & Staff, NIS faculty members were present.
Addressing the gathering, Sarbananda
Sonowal, said, “I am deeply grateful and thankful to Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi ji for giving a special impetus to all the Ayush systems
including Siddha nationally as well as globally. I believe that with this new
infrastructure, further more innovations and academic developments will blossom
in the minds of the scientists, academicians and students. I am expecting
better outcomes in both research and academics from CCRS and NIS.”
Central
Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) is an apex organization for Research in
Siddha system of medicine. Its prime focus is to scientifically validate the
claims of Siddha for global acceptance. CCRS have recently proved the strength
of Siddha formulations during the COVID-19 pandemic through scientific
validation by carrying out Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trials
and has published more than 30 quality research articles in peer reviewed
journals.
Whereas, National Institute of Siddha (NIS) is an apex
and premier Institute for Siddha system of Medicine with a primary mandate for
patient care, teaching and research in higher education for post graduate and
doctoral research scholars.