Sarbananda Sonowal, Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Government of India was the Chief Guest and Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India and Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir were the Distinguished Guests of Honour.
Pramod Kumar Pathak, Special Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India will attend the inaugural function as Guest of Honour. Prof. Asim Ali Khan, Director General, CCRUM and Dr. M. A. Qasmi, Adviser (Unani), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India also attended the program.
The theme of the two-day international conference was “Diet and Nutrition in Unani Medicine for Good Health & Well-being”. A panel discussion and eight scientific sessions on the sub-themes, viz. “Diet and Nutrition – An Important Branch in the Health Sector”, “Unani Medicine for Global Health”, “Diet and Nutrition – An Important Component for Improving Immunity in Unani Medicine”, “Lessons Learned during Pandemic”, “Achieving Good Health & Wellbeing – SDG-3”, “Traditional Systems of Medicine for Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)” and “Health & Wellness” was held.
Research Organizations engaged in development of Unani Medicine and related health sciences attended the program in large number.