About
Ayurvedic Research –
By
Prof.Dr.R.R.Deshpande
Uploaded
on 31-10-13
Teachers
Should not be forced to undertake Research Activity of his own
Recently ,I have attended
one day workshop on Scientific writing for Research on 22 Oct 13 .Also I am
hearing that MUHS is making compulsion on teachers to undertake Research
Activities & publish their Research Papers in peer review Journals .Otherwise
Teachers will not be eligible for BOS ,Academic boards,Examinership etc etc
.During discussion with Teachers & Masters in Research Activities ,I am
getting different impressions from different people .
Research masters that means
Teachers ,who are fond of Research ,strong liking for Research ,they try to
learn about Research Actvities,Scientific writing,publish their papers .These
people then become masters of Research ,as compare to Normal Teachers ,who are
mainly interested in Self Learning,Teaching,guiding students for better
success,doing University work like taking Exams,paper checking,syllabus
forming,writing books for students & lay people ,Clinical Teachers are all
time engaged in examing & treating patients successfully,keeping record of
patients in the hospitals neately,All teachers are also organizing various
seminars ,Guest Lectures,Maintaining Dead stock of depts.,Maintenance & new
purchase of Instruments,models,charts,Facing different visits of
CCIM,AYUSH,MUHS etc,nearly intermittently but for the whole year. Also now in
these recent years many teachers are guiding Post Graduate students in their
research work,taking PG lectures & discussing various topics of the
syllabus .Teachers are doing all these
things as per their duties & Interest .In addition those who are
interested & time ,they are undertaking small Research projects .This is
all ok .
But
the problem starts ,when Each Teacher is asked to undertake
Research or publish ,without his own
interest & mainly without considering Time restraint ,that the Teacher has
.
Another problem ,which is
more serious that Research Masters ( Research minded Teachers) feel that they
are only survivors of Ayurveda .They feel & talk that without Research
,Ayurveda can not progress nevertheless Boat of Ayurveda will sink ,if
Ayurvedic college Teachers ,will not do Research or Publish their Research
papers.How egoistic this opinion is ?? These thoughts totally wrong .One of the
expert says that see ,whether without Petrol can car move ? So research is like
petrol .This statement is totally wrong .To drive a car there are so many
things are required like Engine in good condition,Accelerator,Breaks,Handle
& mainly good driver .In short what I want to say is that ,it is OK ,that Research is one of
the important factor in Ayurveda progress & sustenance ,but Research is NOT
ONLY THE THING.
We must try to look this
matter of Ayurveda progress in a
holistic manner.
1) We must try to get
Rajashraya or Govertment support to
Ayurveda.Ayurveda should get a place in National Health Policies 2) From School level Ayurveda should be
introduced to children .Like we have chapters on Invention of Pencillin ,TB
bacteria ,Vitamin deficiency diseases,Proteins,Carbohydrates etc .But school
going children & even adults do not know about Charak,Sushruta,Ayurvedic
Rules of eating,concept of Vata,Pitta & Kapha.
3) Haphazard Research topics
of MD students.There is no Data Base of Ayurvedic past researches for Review (
I would like to mention that myself ,Prof.Dr.R.R.Deshpande
first time introduced his brain child to MUHS
of Ayurvedic Research Data Base (ARDB) .With 1 lakh funding Ayurveda college ,Nigdi
,completed it’s first phase .Data base is or was available on web site – www.ayurvedresearch.in .) But
unfortunately then this work got stuck up due to technical reason.If there
previous Data Base is not available ,there will be duplication of work & wastage of Time,Money & Energy.
4) In spite of haphazard
research ,retrospective Research
will be more useful .Successful stories
should be collected from renowned practioners & their success stories can
be converted into Scientific mode by undertaking Research on their experiences.
5) For Progress of Ayurveda
– Teachers,Practioners,Consulting Physicians,Researchers,Stake
holders,Technical experts all are needed &
everybody is important .So there must be Team work for the progress of
science.
6) We must also understand
,even without any Research & scientific paper writing in the fashion that
we are enforcing today ,Ayurveda is existing from time Immortal ( Please do not give me example of Scientific
conferences held at the base of Himalaya etc – that everybody knows about
research attitude at Samhita period – that can be compared with Teachers
discussions amongst themselves or Teacher’s discussion with students ) .Ayurveda
is existing & will exist because of it’s – Fundamental principles,Successful treatments,Ayurvea literature
Scientific as well as Popular Literature,Ayurveda propogation in Europe,Post
graduation Research studies.
7) Post Graduate students have full time Job to think & do Research
Activities .Ayurvedic Teachers,yes ,can do something in Research with these
Post Graduate students just by guiding them,but not as a separate
responsibility
8) We must understand that Research is a full time Activity
.Research Activities comes through Curiosity,Clinical
Experinences,Doubts & some time as a accidental finding also.
9) Also note that
Researcher,Teacher,Practioner,writer everybody has different set of mind
,different life goals,different Life frame work .This is similar to Ayurvedic
Prakruti or Biotype concept .Ayurvedic
people also can be classified as Teacher Prakruti,Researcher Prakruti,Physician
Prakruti,Writer prakruti etc.Physical & Mental Health can be maintained
,if everybody keeps his or her life style as per our prakruti,mentioned as
above.
10) How Team work will be more beneficial ,with concern to Research ? –
For example in Pune ,when Dr.Jagdish Hiremath ,well-known cardiologist,is doing
research Activity ,he has a Team of people of Clinical Research .He just
continue his expertise in examining & treating Heart patients &
provides his data of observations to his Team to analyse & conclude &
guide them for publishing it .Similarly Ayurvedic Physicians will do their job
of examination & treating patients .Then group of Research worker
,Technical person make hand in hand with these physicians ,collect data,analyse
it,draw conclusions & publish it ,mentioning name of Physician
.11) Tragedy in the sector
of Ayurvedic Research – There are National Institutes like CCRAS OR ICMR .They
have Team of people ,employed for only doing research as a full time job with
good salary .But do we really think that Common Medical Practioner or Ayurveda
Teachers or Ayurveda Students from nook & corner of India are getting
benefitted by Researches done in these Institutes ?? Whether we get Medicines coming out of Research at the Medical shop
near to my clinic ? Whether all publications of CCRAS or ICMR are available at
my near Medical Book store ?? Why this can not happen ?? So is this not a
big gap in Research Activity & it’s benefit to Ayurved community ??
12) Similarly another Big
Gap – There are lot of Successful Ayurveda Vaidyas at nook & corner of
India .But as these vaidyas are very busy in their practice & also not
interested in ABC of Research – Successful
treatments can not get published in Scientific Journals & get recognition
Internationally & also can not be benefitted to other practioners,Teachers
or students .
Supporting to my article ,I
have shared also one PPT show of the same kind .Please enter this link & you
will see it
To sum up ,Ayurvedic Research is one of the Good Activity for
Scientific progress.But Research is NOT ONLY THE THING ,for Ayurved’s
Progress.Ayurvedic College Teachers should not be forced to do Research
Activities ( Another than as a Guide to PG student)
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Thanks.Have
a nice Life !! Prof.Dr.R.R.Deshpande
