Shillong, Mar 20: Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) organized traditional healer’s business meet at Upper Shillong for promoting traditional healthcare practices of Northeastern Region.
The initiative intends to focus of documentation, validation & evaluation of traditional healthcare practices of Manipur and Meghalaya and to establish linkages between traditional healers, scientific communities and industries. Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee, Director, IBSD addressing the meet said that the perspectives of medicinal plants including their cultivation, chemical profiling, promotion, value addition and promotion of start-ups in the region.
The programme was attended by traditional healers of Meghalaya, research scholars, scientists from BRDC, IBSD, Imphal, Shillong and other investigators from collaborative institutes.
During the programme, Dr. Suraksha S. Diwan, Head, NER-BPMC, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi highlighted various initiative of DBT for NER and various opportunities for the development of bioresources and traditional healthcare practices.
Dr. U V Babu, Director, Research & Development, Himalaya Wellness Company, Bengaluru highlighted various healthcare products developed based on the medicinal plants mentioned in Ayurveda and used by traditional healers of the region.
He mentioned the importance of various quality parameters for the development of herbal products.
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