The Ministry of Ayush and Research and Information System for Developing Countries, (RIS) New Delhi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU will bring forth the overview of Ayush Service sector and will serve the continuation of academic cooperation and collaboration with RIS (a Policy Research autonomous institute of Ministry of External Affairs). Secretary, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha signed the MoU on behalf of Ministry of Ayush, whereas Director General, Prof Sachin Chturvedi was the signatory on behalf of RIS.

This Knowledge Partnership, through this MoU, will not only serve to strengthen academic cooperation and collaboration to undertake research, policy dialogue, and publications for national, regional and international, and capacity building in the field of Indian Traditional Medicine, but will also bring out Ayush Service Sector overview in a time bound frame. Also the academic cooperation between Ministry of Ayush and RIS includes continuance of Forum on Indian Traditional Medicine (FITM). 

There is a continuous need of having an inclusive and broad overview of market estimates, products standardisation, regulations etc. in international trade, and FITM is working towards it.