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The IIT Alumni Council (IITAC) has launched what it calls the world’s first open-source health and longevity platform.  

Conceived as a global healthcare common, the platform seeks to integrate ancient medical practices with modern sciences such as genetics and epigenetics, fostering a collaborative ecosystem where healthcare knowledge is openly shared.

The initiative is free, non-commercial and accessible to all, beginning with Ayurveda Revisited: Process Technology Breakthrough, a five-volume work by Dr Shantaram Kane.

Ravi Sharma, President of IITAC, said at the launch on Independence Day that there is no greater freedom than freeing healthcare from exclusivity. According to him Ayurveda can play the same role in medicine that Linux played in computing — rigorous, credible, and open to all. ``This is not about replacing allopathy, but about standing alongside it as part of an integrated, universal healthcare model,’’ he said

Dr Kane’s work forms the foundation of the movement. Over four decades, drawing on expertise in process engineering and nanoscience, he developed methods to transform herbal and mineral formulations into highly concentrated ‘Super-Extracts’, effective in just a few drops.

“My first breakthrough was simplifying siddha taila preparation,” he recalled. “To my amazement, a dose diluted a thousand-fold was equally potent. That discovery drove me to keep experimenting with herbs, minerals and bhasmas. This book brings together those Super-Extracts, process methods and applications as my open-source contribution — knowledge placed in the public domain for families, practitioners and researchers.”

Supporters see the initiative as part of a larger transformation. “Dr Kane combines the precision of an engineer with the vision of a technocrat,” said Satish Mehta, convener of the IIT Alumni Social Fund. “His contribution enriches India’s scientific heritage and lays the foundation for a global open-source health and longevity platform.”

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