Global Ayurveda

This page is organized for the International Working Groups of Ayurveda (IWGA), whose inception was overseen by the Department of AYUSH, Government of India, in Delhi, in late 2008.  The group has been dormant since the reappointment of a new Secretary of AYUSH, Mr. Anilkumar, who is not supportive of the IWGA movement.

On March 17, 2009, several international stakeholders and well-wishers of ayurveda, as well as NGO participants, and AYUSH officials gathered at The Hotel Ashok in Delhi, for a two-day meeting on the prospects of global propagation of ayurveda. The meeting was organised by the Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. AYUSH Secretary Mrs. S. Jalaja presided over the meeting, with active involvement of her staff and colleagues.

By the end of the meeting, a decision had been made by international participants that working groups in five areas of focus would help to sustain the efforts to globalize the timeless wisdom of ayurveda. Please see the 2009 members list for a list of  participants. Members in attendance determined as a group that the work of the March 16-17 conference needed to continue, as groups worldwide continue to have growing information.

An interim meeting was held in Baden Baden, Germany in October 2009, with a focus on the legislative priorities of THMPD in Europe.

The second Interactive Meeting of the IWGA was held May 3-4, 2010, in Delhi, at the Hotel Ashok, under the auspices of the Department of AYUSH. The agenda was to determine what work the international community of ayurveda wants to do to promote the global propagation of ayurveda. Structure and resources within India were also examined.  Presentations of 2009 work were made. Please see the 2010 members list for a list of participants.

The optional two-day Prelude was held at the CSIR Science Center on May 1-2, 2010, as a joint collaboration between the IIIM-Jammu/CSIR and The Dinacharya Institute. In total, twenty people attended the sangha.