Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for ‘Ayush Diksha’, a first-of-its-kind centre for development of human resources for Ayush professionals of future. This state-of-the-art centre will be developed within the campus of Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bhubaneswar.

"This centre will enable the Ayush professionals to hone up their skills and upscale their dexterity in providing world class patient care services to the people of the country", said the Minister.

The institution will offer training programmes for Ayush professionals, especially those from Ayurveda, as it aims to collaborate with national institutes of prominence for capacity development, strengthening human resources, facilitate research and development, achieve self-sustainability with an objective to generate revenue.

The Ayush Diksha centre is being built with a budget of Rs 30 crore. It will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities including two auditoriums, 40 modern rooms with all amenities, suites for VIPs, dedicated space for a natural library, discussion rooms, modular kitchen, dining lounge, among other amenities.