PCIM&H and WHO-SEARO Organize Training Program

Current Context: The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) in collaboration with the World Health Organization South East Asia Region (WHO-SEARO) organized a training program in New Delhi.

• It is a three-day training program which was inaugurated by the Special Secretary of the Ministry of AYUSH, Pramod Kumar Pathak.
• The Regional Adviser-Traditional Medicine of WHO-SEARO, Dr Kim Sungchol and the Director of PCIM&H, Dr Raman Mohan Singh, also attended the inaugural event.
• The primary objective of this program is to:

1. Impart skills for the upgradation of laboratory capacity
2. Maintain the quality of herbal and traditional products

• For imparting quality control skills to the participants, the program will provide training on the following laboratory methods:

1. Macroscopy
2. Microscopy
3. Microbiology
4. Phytochemistry
5. High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

• Nine countries have taken part in the training program:

1. India
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. Indonesia
5. Maldives
6. Nepal
7. Sri Lanka
8. Thailand
9. Timor-Leste

Question:

Q.1 The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) in collaboration with the World Health Organization South East Asia Region (WHO-SEARO) organized a training program in?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Gandhinagar
d. Varanasi