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The National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) is located in:
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Answer: Option D — Jaipur
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The National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
About the National Institute of Ayurveda:
- Its roots go back to the "Maharaja Ayurved College", established in 1845-46 by the Jaipur royal family.
- It was set up as a national institute by the Government of India on 7 February 1976.
- It works under the Ministry of AYUSH.
- In November 2020, it was granted the status of a deemed university ("de novo" category).
- It has a satellite campus at Panchkula, Haryana.
- It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in Ayurveda, and runs a large hospital.
- It carries out research on Ayurvedic medicines and treatments.
Other national institutes of Ayurveda and traditional medicine:
- Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA): Jamnagar, Gujarat; India's first Ayurveda institute with "Institution of National Importance" status (2020).
- All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA): New Delhi (2017); India's first such institute modelled on AIIMS.
- WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM): Jamnagar, Gujarat; its foundation stone was laid in April 2022; it is the first and only global centre of its kind.
- Faculty of Ayurveda, Banaras Hindu University: Varanasi.
- Patanjali Research Institute: Haridwar (private).
About AYUSH:
- AYUSH covers India's traditional and alternative systems of medicine, including Ayurveda.
- The Department of AYUSH was created in 2003 (from the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy, 1995), and it became a full Ministry on 9 November 2014.
- National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM): set up in 2021 to regulate Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa education.
National Ayurveda Day: observed on Dhanvantari Jayanti (Dhanteras) since 2016. From 2025, it is observed on a fixed date, 23 September.
About Ayurveda:
Its main ancient texts are the "Charaka Samhita" (medicine) and the "Sushruta Samhita" (surgery). Sushruta is called the "Father of Surgery".
Why not the other options?
- ✗Jamnagar has the ITRA and the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine.
- ✗Varanasi has the Faculty of Ayurveda at BHU.
- ✗Haridwar has the Patanjali institutions.
Quick tip
Remember: National Institute of Ayurveda = Jaipur (1976; deemed university 2020); ITRA = Jamnagar (Institution of National Importance); AIIA = New Delhi; WHO traditional medicine centre = Jamnagar; Ministry of AYUSH = 2014.
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