The third in the ‘Ayush Hard
Talk’ webinar series, jointly organized by the ‘Ayush Valley Foundation’ in tie
up with the ‘Ayurveda & Health Tourism’ Magazine, will be held on December
six.

‘Ayush Hard Talk’ series is
a string of hard-hitting debates and in-depth analysis of bottleneck issues
hindering the progress of AYUSH medicines.

The topic ‘What is
Scientific Evidence’ will be discussed in detail by a panel of experts,
including Dr Arti Ghattaora, Ayurveda Sansaar, London, UK, Prof Prabhakar
Sastri, Consultant, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration,
Manipal, India, and Dr Rammohan Rao, Faculty, California College of Ayurveda,
US, during the one-hour session to be held from 4.30 pm (IST) on Sunday.

Scientific evidence serves
to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis and is expected
to be empirical evidence and interpretable in accordance with scientific
method. However, many challenges have to be addressed including the extend, cost
involved for research works and whether the standard applicable to one system
can be adopted to the other.

The series will be moderated
by Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya MD MPH (Harvard) PhD (Ayu-BHU). She is a Fullbright
Specialist (2018-2022) in Public Health and Clinical Assistant Professor of
Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York. Trained as a biomedical
scientist, international public health specialist, and primary care physician
before gaining skills as a holistic healer, Dr Bhaswati practices and teaches
Ayurveda and holistic family medicine in Manhattan and in India.

The webinar series is being held
on the first Sunday of every month. Experts and ‘Who is Who’ from various
health systems will discuss the critical issues hindering progress of the AYUSH
system of medicines despite its growing acceptance among global audiences.