IIT Delhi, OHSL to set up centre integrating Ayurveda & western medicine
The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi is collaborating with Open Health Systems Laboratory (OHSL), USA to set up an international Centre of Excellence (CoE) on computational and biomedical sciences with an initial funding of Rs 10 Crore from OHSL. “The objective is to build a global team science consortium by leveraging the best of biomedical informatics to address key questions of biomedical sciences,” said the statement adding that a “major area” will be the “integration of Ayurveda and Western medical sciences” for research in various fields related to treating cancer. The two institutions will also seek further funding from national and international sources.