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The two-day (November 17 & 18; 2017) international conference on Ayurveda and Yoga concluded at the RD Memorial Ayurved College and Hospital, Bhopal. Minister for Science and Technology, Umashankar Gupta inaugurated the conference on Friday. He also released a souvenir on the occasion. The main objective behind the conference was to discuss on the topic Ayurveda and Yoga and psychosomatic disorders on a single platform. The theme for the conference was considered by keeping in tune with the theme of the World Health Organization for 2017 as Depression. The uniqueness of this seminar was that it brought the soul sisters of health system- Ayurveda and Yoga on a single platform to combat the most burning issue of the present era – the psychosomatic disorders.

The first day witnessed talks by experts about the importance of Ayurveda, Psychological counseling, Herbal Treatment and the preventive measures of various harmful diseases which is available in Ayurveda. Lectures on the importance of Ayurveda Chikitsa in Social Media Addiction caught a lot of interest from the audience.

According to a comment by Prof. Dr. PK Prajapati, social media is harmful as it has stopped out mental development. He said that, today’s students do not refer books for knowledge instead they prefer the internet to learn about recent inventions which consequently leads to its addiction and blocks mental development. He said that today’s irregular lifestyle of the youth is leading to many diseases like insomnia, computer vision syndrome and more which can be easily corrected through the regular practice of Yoga.

Dr Madhav Singh Baghel, another leading Ayurveda expert, talked about neurosis, anxiety neurosis, and anxiety disorder which is seen to be very common these days. This, he said, is due to the bad lifestyle adopted by the youth these days. He also explained how anxiety neurosis was treated even in the days of Mahabharatha with the help of Ayurveda.

Dr Nitin Agrawal, National Secretary Vishwa Ayurveda Parishad focused on elaborating on ‘Quality Control in Ayurveda Industry’. Dr Oleg Sorokin, Chief Executive Officer of NAMA from Russia, spoke on ‘The development of national ayurvedic medical for Russia’. He talked about his invention of an ‘Analog for pulse reading’ which he made 15 years ago to prove western doctors wrong. Dr. Oleg is also finding correlation between Ayurvedic terms and terms of western physiology, so that it could be easily understood by western doctors.

The highlight of the day was the talk by Dr Oleg Sorokin from Russia who elaborated about his inventions related to Ayurveda and the correlation between western studies and Ayurveda.

On the day two of International Seminar, the session began with guest lectures of Ms Maria Theochorus, Dr. Prashant Kakoda, Dr. Vinay Mishra and Dr. Nishi Arora. The day also witnessed unique Ayurveda Food Festival in which the participants prepared healthy dishes using various herbs and spices. The Food Festival  was inaugrated by Ms Maria Theochorus, Dr. Olege, Dr. Nitin Agarwal and chairman, RD Memorial College Mr Hemant Singh Chauhan. These dignitaries also judged the best dishes.

Ms. Maria Theochorus, a yoga teacher for over 12 years,  gave a brief account of the present trends and awareness about yoga in Cyprus and Greece. She said it is transforming the lives of the people there.

Dr. Narendra Jain spoke about the neurotransmitters and their role in psychosomatic disorders and also gave a brief account of the medicines which can be used to maintain the balance in the neurotransmitters and relieve. His concept was Indian medicine for Indian body.

Dr. Dilip Nalge explained stress and how to combat the stress by accepting, listening and introspecting.

The valedictory function was presided over by Mr Nandkumar Singh Chuahan. He praised the initiative of organizing successful international conference on Ayurveda and Yoga. He also assured all possible support from Madhya Pradesh Government to promote Ayurveda and Yoga in the State. Prof K S Dhiman Director General CCRAS was guest of honour for valedictory function. Mr Chauhan distributed the prizes to the winners of paper and poster presentation and also the Winners of Ayurveda Food festival.

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