6th International Ayurveda Congress - 23 November 2021 - Roermond, The Netherlands

6th INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDA CONGRESS The Congress was opened with a live video address by Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, in the presence of a high-ranking delegation from India´s AYUSH Ministry, Directors of Maharishi Research University (Netherlands) and International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation (Netherlands) as well as leading Ayurveda experts from Europe. The Congress´s theme was ""Bringing Ayurveda into the Mainstream -- Education • Training • Practice • Research • Products". It also saw the auspicious occasion of launching of the first "Certificate of Endorsement" by Ministry of AYUSH for an institution outside of India - for 5 courses offered by MERU - which is propagating and offering Ayurveda across the globe. Please see the full congress programme at: https://internationalayurvedacongress... 00:00 Opening of the Congress 01:24 Recitations by Vedic Pandits 08:12 Opening Remarks by Prof Dr Sharda Nandram (Professor at VU University in Amsterdam, and Moderator of the Congress) 10:33 Opening Speech by Dr Girish Momaya (Director at MERU and Organizer of the Congress) 17:48 Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai (Minister of State for Ayurveda, Ministry of AYUSH) 26:32 Official presentation of "Certificate of Endorsement“ for 5 MERU Ayurveda Courses to Dr Bevan Morris (International representative of the global Maharishi organization) 28:20 H.E. Shri Pradeep Kumar Rawat (Ambassador of India to The Netherlands) 38:45 Dr Rainer Picha "Bringing Ayurveda into the Mainstream" 49:00 Dr Anupam Srivastava "Quality Initiatives for Ayurveda Education and Training" 01:17:57 Dr Walter Mölk "Ayurveda - A Foundation for Integrative Medicine“ 01:37:00 Prof Dr Sumit Nathani "India´s Experience in Mitigation of Covid-19: Ayush Perspective“ 01:52:18 Dr Sachin Kumar "An Overview on Major Initiatives by Ministry of Ayush 02:10:10 Dr Joban Modha "Initiative Towards Standardization in Ayush Sector“ 02:25:54 Dr Walter Mölk introducing the Patron of the Congress, Dr Tony Nader (MD PhD MARR) 02:27:27 Dr Tony Nader, Patron of the Congres „Ayurveda - Wholeness in Health“ 02:45:24 Franz Rutz - Official Ayurveda Professions in the National Trainings of the Swiss Education and Health System 02:57:55 Mirta Castellaro & Stefano Mancin “FRIENDS - School Projects of the EU“ 03:11:32 Dr Gordana Markovic (State Expert Committee on Complementary Medicine, Health Ministry, Serbia) 03:2:51 Dr Simone Hunziker (President Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation) 03:30:25 Claudia Wagner "Current Trends and Future in Ayurveda Tourism“ 03:44:57 Dr Karin Pirc "Panchakarma treatment experiences with 30.000 European patients“ 03:57:54 Dr Kiran Vyas "Tapovan Open University of Yoga and Ayurveda, Paris & Normandy, France“ 04:10:53 Prof Madan Thangevelu (Genome Biologist at Cambridge University, UK; Board Member of AYU) 04:44:00 Dr Uli Bauhofer (Founding President, German Ayurveda Association) 04:48:07 Shantanu Banerji (Director, Maharishi Ayurveda Europe BV, Netherlands) 04:59:37 Raja Peter Warburton (UK) 05:05:04 Prof Hari Sharma (Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam) 05:11:00 Prof Bruno Renzi (Milan, Italy) 05:15:35 Dr Rainer Picha "Closing Remarks“ 05:18:16 Dr Girish Momaya "Thanking the AYUSH Minister and Delegation for participating" 05:20:07 Dr Anupam Srivastava "Concluding Remarks“