Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates hostel blocks at National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health, Kottayam
The postgraduate hostel blocks for both boys and girls have been constructed with a sanctioned budget of Rs 21 crores
Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated hostel blocks for post graduate students at National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health, Kottayam, Kerala. As part of providing world-class facilities to the students, the postgraduate hostel blocks for both boys and girls have been constructed with a sanctioned budget of Rs 21 crores.
National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health is a premier institute under the Central Council for Research In Homoeopathy (CCRH), an apex research organisation under the Ministry of AYUSH delivering quality mental health services for nearly five decades.
On this occasion, the Minister announced that NHRIMH will be developed as a centre of excellence in mental health by providing world-class mental health facilities. He also informed that WHO Global Centre of Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar, Gujarat is a big leap in the recognition of Ayush sectors and asked the homoeopathy fraternity to contribute to the same.
The Ministry of Ayush in 2016 upgraded this Institute to a National Institute by introducing Postgraduate courses in Homoeopathy namely MD(Hom) in Psychiatry and Practice of Medicine specialities and PhD Courses affiliated with the Kerala University of Health Sciences(KUHS). The hostel facility will be open for PhD scholars and postgraduate trainees and will also cater to international students once various student exchange programmes are initiated as part of global initiatives soon.
Director General of Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy Dr Subhash Koushik mentioned setting up of International Centre for Homoeopathy Training at NHRIMH, Kottayam and will extend the facility of the Institute to the international community by designing various short-term and long-term certification courses in homoeopathy for foreign students.
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