The Minister of State for AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik formally inaugurated the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH), an autonomous Institute under Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, in Shillong, Meghalaya on 22nd Dec 2016.
With this, it became the second Ayurvedic College in the North East Region with a Homeopathy college and the only Central Academic Institute of Ayush.
The NEIAH will also work with priority to popularize Panchakarma and Yoga along with production of para-medical staff for development of skill for youth of this region, the minister said.
The NEIAH has started functioning with one College of Ayurveda and one College of Homoeopathy from the academic session 2016-17.
The objective of the NEIAH is to provide good quality medical graduates in traditional medicine generate employment and promote tourism in the North East.
It is an autonomous Institute under Union Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
With this inauguration, the institute has become the second Ayurvedic College in the North East Region with a Homeopathy college.
The establishment of this Institute will solve the problem of scarcity of doctors in remote areas of
the North Eastern regions to a great extent.
The NEIAH helps in preserving folk and traditional health practices of the region which is home to rich flora.
It helps in scientific validation of these health practices based on ethnobotanical and scientific research with practical suitability for clinical practices.
The research and development activities of the institute will help in the development of herbal-agro based industry which ultimately promotes the cultivation of medicinal plants in this region.
NEIAH- It is the only Central Academic Institute of AYUSH in the North East Region.
- Its primary aim is to produce quality human resource in the area of AYUSH in general and the Ayurveda and Homeopathy in particular.
- The institute will suitably help in implementing and improving the execution of national health policies.
