Dr med Rainer Picha, IMAVF Chairman and President of IAVC and Prof Dr Subhash Ranade, IMAVF Board Member and Chairman, IAA, Pune received Maharishi Dhanvantari Awards for outstanding contributions to the field of Ayurveda at the 7th International Ayurveda Congress held in Kathmandu, Nepal in March. The Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal presented the awards.

Prof Vaidya Rakesh Sharma, President, Board of the Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine, representing the Government of India, Ministry of AYUSH, also received the Dhanvantari Award from Prime Minister Dahal.

The award recipients were enthusiastically applauded by the more than 350 delegates from 14 countries who attended the Congress.

A video of the ceremony can be viewed here: https://internationalayurvedacongress.com/nepal-2023/