New Delhi, April 12 (KNN) The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic  Sciences (CCRAS) has joined hands with the University of Debrecen, Hungary to setup a Chair in Ayurveda on full time fixed term contract basis for a period of two years.
 
CCRAS is an autonomous body under the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) under Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
 
Giving opportunities to the Indian students, the centre has invited applications for the Ayurveda Chair on full time fixed term contract basis in the University of Debrecen, Hungary for a period of two years, subject to satisfactory performance and review after one year.
 
However, the centre will give preference to the candidates possessing both MD degree in Ayurveda as well as MBBS degree qualifications. The tenure of the appointment to the Chair will be for period of two years with a mid- term review at the end of first year.
 
Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H) was created in March,1995 and re-named as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in November, 2003 with a view to providing focused attention to development of Education and Research in the field.
 
The Department continued to lay emphasis on up gradation of AYUSH educational standards, quality control and standardization of drugs, improving the availability of medicinal plant material, research and development and awareness generation about the efficacy of the systems domestically and internationally. (KNN Bureau)