Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscripts under Ministry of Culture and Central Sanskrit University under Ministry of Education successfully conducts two National level Workshops on Transliteration of Rare Ayurvedic Manuscripts — Building capacity of young Ayurveda and Sanskrit scholars to work on traditional manuscripts transliterating over 1,600 Pages of manuscripts.
In a significant step towards preserving India’s traditional wisdom under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), under the , Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, is expanding its research footprints into traditional Ayurveda manuscripts across the country.
By systematically locating, digitising and decoding rare Ayurvedic texts and promoting young talented Ayurveda and Sanskrit scholars to work on these traditional manuscripts, the CCRAS aims to unlock timeless health knowledge to address contemporary health challenges while strengthening India’s leadership in global traditional medicine research.
As a significant step in this direction, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has successfully conducted two national-level Transliteration Capacity Building Workshops on Ayurvedic Manuscripts, in collaboration with two major institutions under the Government of India — the National Mission for Manuscripts (now renamed Gyan Bharatam Mission) under the Ministry of Culture and the Central Sanskrit University under the Ministry of Education to support the prestigious “Gyan Bharata Mission (GBM) initiative of the Government of India aimed at preserving and promoting India’s traditional intellectual heritage.
These workshops were designed to build a strong resource pool of Ayurvedic and Sanskrit scholars, seek to safeguard India’s tangible Ayurvedic manuscript heritage, foster greater access to rare classical texts for scholars and researchers and encourage collaborative academic exchange.