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Jitendra Singh Urges Traditional Knowledge Integration With Modern Science
Jitendra Singh said India should connect its traditional knowledge with modern science and medicine.
He made the statement while visiting the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library in New Delhi.
The library records knowledge from systems such as Ayurveda and other indigenous traditions.
Singh wants universities and medical institutions to work more closely with the library.
He suggested that postgraduate medical students could study this subject with guidance from different institutions.
He also wants young researchers to learn about traditional knowledge and how it is protected.
The library uses organised data and common terms so patent examiners can search the information.
Its resources are available in several languages.
The goal is to help traditional knowledge support more research and innovation.
Union minister Jitendra Singh called for closer integration of traditional knowledge with modern science, medicine and emerging technologies.
Singh made the remarks during a visit to the CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library in New Delhi.
He urged stronger collaboration between the library and academic or medical institutions, including possible co-guidance of postgraduate medical students.
The minister said traditional knowledge should extend beyond Ayurveda and other indigenous systems to wider scientific and medical disciplines.
The library’s standardised terminology and multilingual resources help patent offices search and understand documented traditional knowledge.
- Who
- Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh.
- What
- He called for traditional knowledge to be integrated more closely with modern science, medicine and emerging technologies.
- Where
- At the CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library in New Delhi.
- When
- Tuesday, according to the report.
- Why
- To broaden traditional knowledge’s reach and societal impact, strengthen research collaboration, and support its documentation and protection.
Key facts
- Institution visited
- CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library in New Delhi
- Library institutionalised
- 2001
- Initial focus
- Ayurveda formulations
- Later expansion
- Other systems of traditional knowledge
- Proposed collaboration
- Academic and medical institutions, including possible co-guidance of postgraduate medical students
- Available languages
- English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish
- Additional initiatives
- Online learning and capacity-building programmes related to traditional knowledge
Sources
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