NEW DELHI: For the global acceptance and market integration of Ayush, the Government has established strategic bilateral partnerships, research collaborations, and educational exchanges worldwide.
Through strategic international partnerships, collaborative research frameworks, academic chair appointments, and specialised scholarship programmes, the country continues to establish a strong international footprint in holistic healthcare and integrative medicine.
India has signed 27 country-to-country MoUs for cooperation in traditional medicine and homoeopathy, 16 MoUs with international institutes for setting up Ayush academic chairs, and 57 Institute-to-Institute MoUs for collaborative research and academics.
This global footprint is further supported by: 46 Ayush information cells across 43 foreign nations, 104 scholarships to foreign nationals, and leading global summits, frameworks, and strategic agreements
India is now a global hub for policy and standards in traditional medicine. In December 2025, New Delhi hosted the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine at Bharat Mandapam.
Setting strict quality and training standards drives India’s global strategy. The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, acts as a primary research and policy hub. The Ministry of Ayush partnered with the WHO to create standard training guides for Ayurveda and Unani.
India continues to embed traditional healthcare into major international alliances. Following recent BRICS statements, including the Rio de Janeiro Declaration, the 16th BRICS Health Ministers’ meeting in Chandigarh established a dedicated expert working group on traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine.
