India’s NIA and Thailand’s DTAM Sign MoU for Collaboration in Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine

Current Context: On February 27, 2024, the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) in Jaipur, India, and the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) of Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India.

• This MoU was formalized during the 10th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting. 
• The collaboration aims to promote, facilitate, and develop academic collaboration in the field of Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine.
• This MoU was signed by Bishwajit Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, and Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, Director General, DTAM.
• It will enable the exchange of experts for research and training programs, academic and technical activities, and conducting research.
• It will also facilitate the exchange of information, technologies, and best practices of traditional medicine.
• The participants will support each other with mutual cooperation and collaborative activities by facilitating training courses in Thailand and India.
• They will also conduct collaborative research studies on diseases of common interest.

Question:

Q.1 What is the main aim of India’s NIA & Thailand’s DTAM collaboration?
a. To promote, facilitate, and develop academic collaboration in the field of Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine
b. To promote tourism between India and Thailand
c. To establish a trade agreement between India and Thailand
d. To conduct a joint military exercise between India and Thailand