03/11/2025
"National conference on cultivation, harvesting and sustainable utilisation of medicinal plants for farmers and traditional healers" has been conducted on 2nd and 3rd, November, 2025 by CCRAS - Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bhubaneswar in association with Vivekananda Kendra-AIKYAM at VK-AIKYAM auditorium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 120 traditional healers from various districts of Odisha and neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand had participated in the conference. There were various keynote lectures and panel discussions conducted wherein traditional healers, medicinal plant farmers, scientists, Ayurveda scholars, Botanists, Anthropologists, policy makers had taken active participation. The conference was supported by NMPB, SMPB-Odisha, KISS University, SBI, NALCO etc. Research Officers of CARI Bhubaneswar had participated in various panel discussions. Traditional healers shared their knowledge about the treatment performed by them successfully.