Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Central Council for Research (CCRH) in Homeopathy on a collaborative study between IIT KGP and CCRH on the project titled “Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) Spectroscopic Study and Raman Study in Homeopathic Potentised Medicines and Characterisation, Standardisation and Analysis of the Imponderable Medicines (X-Ray, Electricity, Magnetis Polus, Australis etc.).

The study include research activities, research schemes on Clinical Verification Research, Clinical Research, Drug Proving etc.

The MoU was signed by Dr Subhash Kaushik, Director General, CCRH and Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Deputy Director, IIT Kharagpur in the presence of Prof. V. K. Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur.

“A project based MoU has been signed between CCRH and IIT Kharagpur to undertake a fundamental research project on FTIR and Raman Study in Homeopathic Potentised Medicines and Characterisation and Analysis of the Imponderabilia Medicines,” said Dr Subhash Kaushik, Director General, CCRH.

The period of the project is for 3 years. All the patents will be registered with the help of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) with joint ownership. Both the institute shall consult each other for any publication in respect to the project which shall be a joint publication.

Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur stated, “This MoU will be instrumental in the study of Homeopathic Potentized Medicines. We need to channelise the research projects that will give us the scope to develop and augment the field of medicine through technological convergence. In this study, Raman spectroscopy can be used to study the vibrational spectra of homeopathic medicines.”