ITRA and Heartfulness Institute Sign 5-Year MoU on Holistic Health
Why in the news
An Ayurveda institute and a meditation-focused institute agreed to work together on wellness-based preventive care.
Key facts
- Parties: the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA) with the Heartfulness Institute.
- Duration: five years.
- Approach: Ayurveda mixed with yoga, meditation and ecology-based practices.
- Scope: research, exchanges of students and faculty, academic programmes, capacity building, innovation.
About ITRA
- Status: Institute of National Importance.
- Parent ministry: AYUSH.
Exam angle
- MoU term: 5 years.
- Ministry overseeing ITRA: AYUSH.
- Concept promoted: preventive and holistic healthcare.