By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) to promote literary research and development in Unani Medicine, Medico-Historical Research and Collaborative Research under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
JMI will provide space to CCRUM for establishing Hakim Ajmal Khan Institute for Literary and Historical Research in Unani Medicine. This collaboration will involve several academic departments and centres of the university. The MoU was signed in the presence of Professor Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor, JMI and Professor Raisur Rahman, director general, CCRUM, a release from the media coordinator, Jamia Millia Islamia said.
Speaking on the occasion, Professor Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor, JMI said that it was a moment of celebration for Jamia to honour one of its illustrious founders Hakim Ajmal Khan and hoped that the establishment of Hakim Ajmal Khan Institute for Literary and Historical Research in Unani Medicine will offer opportunities to students to engage in credible research in this specific domain of knowledge. He felt that this will also create opportunities for research scholars drawn from language departments to translate rare manuscripts that would go a long way in disseminating awareness about this alternative medicine.
Professor Raisur Rahman, expressing his happiness, thanked JMI for extending this collaborative opportunity to the CCRUM and hoped that the collaboration between the two institutions will mark a new beginning for research in Unani Medicine in India, the release said.
The MoU signing ceremony saw the presence of senior administrative and academic officials from the university and top research scientists from the CCRUM. The CCRUM will support introduction of various courses in Unani Medicine at JMI and will launch health awareness campaigns and health camps in the university campus from time to time. The CCRUM is also likely to open Unani Medicine OPD in the JMI’s Ansari Health Centre, which will help users try alternative medicine rooted in India’s tradition.
Professor Shahid Ashraf, registrar, JMI and Professor Raisur Rahman, director general, CCRUM signed the MoU document on behalf of their respective institutions in the presence of the witnesses, the release added.