| Saturday, April 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location/Time | Speaker/Event | Title of Speech |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 1 | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Welcome and opening remarks | |
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR (Patron of the Congress) |
Consciousness – The Foundation of Health, Happiness, and Long Life |
| 9:30 - 9:45 am | AYUSH Minister - H. E. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | High Commissioner of India - H. E. Mr. Y. K. Sinha | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 am | Virendra Sharma, MP, and Amarjit-Singh Bhamra, All Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences, UK | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Dr. Jose Saraiva Felipe, Former Minister of Health and Secretary of Inter-ministerial Commission of Planning and Coordination, Government of Brazil, and Latin America delegation | |
| 10:30 - 10:40 am | Padmabhushan Vaidya Devendra Triguna, India | Ayurveda – The Prevention Oriented Health Care |
| 10:40 - 10:50 am | Prof. Dr. Subhash Ranade, India | Ayurveda Propagation Worldwide |
| 10:50 - 11:00 am | Dr. med. Rainer Picha, Austria | A Disease-Free Society — Is it Possible? |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Tea Break | |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 2 | Theme: Ayurveda Education |
| 11:15 - 11:30 am | Video Presentation | Maharishi's Contribution to the Rise of Ayurveda in the World |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Dr. Walter Mölk, Austria | Ayurveda, a Foundation for Integrative Medicine |
| 11:45 - 12:00 noon | Padma Shri Prof. Ram Harsh Singh, India | Shifting Paradigms of Ayurvedic Education in Global Perspective |
| 12:00 noon - 12:15 pm | Padma Shri Prof. Anant Darshan Shankar, India | Structure and logic underlying the Ayurvedic knowledge system |
| 12:15 - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:30 - 12:45 pm | G R O U P P I C T U R E | |
| 12:45 - 1:45 pm | Lunch Break | |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 3 | Theme continues: Ayurveda Education |
| 1:45 - 2:00 pm | John Hagelin, PhD (Harvard), USA | Maharishi Vedic Medicine is ultra-modern, cutting-edge medicine — Unified Field Based Medicine |
| 2:00 - 2:15 pm | Dr. Fred Travis, USA | Drivers of Development to Optimize Brain Maturation |
| 2:15 - 2:30 pm | Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan, PhD, FAMS, India | Integrative Approaches For The Future: Ayurveda, Genomics and Epigenetics |
| 2:30 - 2:45 pm | Mark Rosenberg, Germany | The Future of Ayurveda Education in Europe |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Dr. med. Harsha Gramminger, Germany | Cost and Health Benefits from Integrating New Age Ayurveda into European Health Systems |
| 3:00 - 3:10 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Parallel Sessions Presentations and Discussions |
Short presentations of research papers followed by general discussion on the theme between panelists and audience |
| Cremant Suite | Parallel Session 1 | Theme: Mixed Topics (Heart Disease, Cancer) |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Dr. Robert Schneider | |
| 5 speakers x 12 minutes |
Dr. Stuart Rothenberg, USA | How Modern Biomedical Science is Discovering and Validating Core Ayurvedic Principles of Health and Prevention |
| Dr. Pooja Sabhrawal, India | Cancer and epigenetics interrelationship in prevention and cure | |
| Dr. Anil Patil, MBBS, MD (BOM), India | Efficacy of "Sanyukta Upachar Paddhati®" on tubal block | |
| Dr. Rohit Sane, India | Effect of heart failure reversal treatment as add-on therapy in patients with chronic heart failure: A randomized, open-label study | |
| Dr. Mahesh Birla, India | CADRM (Coronary Artery Disease Reversal Management) Successful case studies by Ayurvedic Management | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| Hall 2 (Chalon) | Parallel Session 2 | Theme: Mixed Topics |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Dr. Oliver Werner | |
| 4 speakers x 15 minutes |
Dr. Donn Brennan, Ireland | Can Ayurveda save the NHS? |
| Prof. Stefan Lagrosen, Linnaeus University, Sweden | The Transcendental Meditation technique and workplace health promotion – review of research and conceptual analysis | |
| Associate Prof. Yvonne Lagrosen, University West, Sweden | Ayurveda for workplace health – a qualitative study | |
| Ram Shrivastava, India | Maharishi AyurVeda – Sustainable Practices and Differentiators | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| Hall 3 (Reims) | Parallel Session 3 | Theme: Panchakarma |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Schachinger | |
| 4 speakers x 15 minutes |
Rahul Kumar Singh, India | Management of spinal disorders by Panchakarma & Marma Chikitsha |
| Dr. Ambika Prasad Nayak, India | Ayurveda Panchakarma Treatment for Low back pain w.s.r. to PIVD – an evidence based practice | |
| Dr. Salim Mulla, India | Efficacy of Panchakarma in Endocrinopathies | |
| Dr. Vijay Potdar, India | Role of Yoga Basti in Shwas (Bronchial Asthma) | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| Hall 4 (Epernay) | Parallel Session 4 | Theme: Brain Health |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Dr. Fred Travis | |
| 4 speakers x 15 minutes |
Dr. Priyanka Ganpat Chorage, India | Panchabhautik Approach to Maintain Brain Health |
| Dr. Sarvpreet Singh, India | Brain health - an ayurvedic perspective | |
| Dr. Pavitra Saran, India | To evaluate the efficacy of Vishnutaila Nasya in the management of Ardita W.S.R. to Bell's Palsy | |
| Dr. Geetanjali Ranade, India | Effect of Olfaction in health and disease | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Tea Break, Exhibition and Poster Presentations | |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 4 | Mixed Themes |
| 5:00 - 5:15 pm | Robert Verkerk, BSc MSc DIC PhD FACN, UK | The future of Ayurvedic botanicals in the EU |
| 5:15 - 5:30 pm | Renee Mann, UK | State of Ayurvedic education in UK |
| 5:30 - 5:45 pm | Dr. Indira Anand, PhD, B.A.Hons Ayurvedic Medicine, UK | Combining therapeutic Yoga with Ayurvedic treatment |
| 5:45 - 6:00 pm | Professor Gerard Bodeker, University of Oxford, UK | Ayurvedic dietary approaches in combatting NCD’s |
| 6:00 - 6:15 pm | Dr. Vijay Murthy, PhD, UK | Healing Intentionality & Transferring Intentionality in consciousness based practice of Ayurveda in the management of Cancer |
| 6:15 - 6:30 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Dinner | |
| Parallel Public Events | ||
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Ayurveda for Everyone | 7 Public Lectures and Traide Fair |
| 8:00 pm | MERU Concert of Classical Indian Music | |
| Sunday, April 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location/Time | Speaker/Event | Title of Speech |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 5 | Theme: Ayurveda Practice |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Ashtavaidya E.T. Divakaran Mooss and Ravi Mooss, India | |
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Vaidyaraj Sunil B. Patil, India | Ideal Panchakarma Center, Charaka's view |
| 9:30 - 9:45 am | Ashtavaidyan A N Narayanan Nambi, MD (Ayu), India | Management of Hypothyroidism in Ayurveda |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Hari Sharma, MD, DABIHM, FACN, DABP, FCAP, FRCPC, USA | Ayurveda – How Purusha (Consciousness) and Prakriti (Nature) Manage Cellular Physiology |
| 10:00 - 10:15 am | Dr. phil. Karin Pirc, Germany | Treating Diabetes II with Maharishi Ayurveda |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Dr. med. Wolfgang Schachinger, Austria | Ama Pachana, research on heart rate variability |
| 10:30 - 10:45 am | Dr. Ajit Singh, Australasia | Treating Mental Illness - Ayurveda's integrative approach |
| 10:45 - 11:00 am | Panel Discussion | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 am | Tea Break | |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 6 | Theme: Ayurveda Products - Systems and Regulations |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Ranjit Anand Puranik, India | "Quality First Programme" - Implementing universally acceptable protocols in Quality Assurance |
| 11:45 - 12:00 noon | Anand Shrivastava, India | Role of Maharishi AyurVeda in Health-Care and Longevity |
| 12:00 noon - 12:15 pm | Dr. med. Oliver Werner, Switzerland | Regulatory challenges facing Ayurvedic products in the European Union |
| 12:15 - 12:30 pm | John Fagan, PhD, USA | Consciousness Based Health Care: modulating gene expression to achieve system-wide balance and integration through the Ayurvedic modality, Transcendental Meditation |
| 12:30 - 12:45 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:45 - 1:45 pm | Lunch Break and Visit of Exhibitions | |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 7 | Mixed Themes |
| 1:45 - 2:00 pm | Dr. Sunanda Ranade, India | Concept of immunisation in Ayurveda |
| 2:00 - 2:15 pm | Dr. Asmita Wele, MD (Ayurveda pharmacology), India | Ayurveda Bio-inorganicals – Promising New Genre of Medicine |
| 2:15 - 2:30 pm | Prof. Gunvant Yeola, MD, PhD, India | Ayurveda for cognitive and behavioral disorders |
| 2:30 - 2:45 pm | Palitha Serasinghe, D.A.M.S., PGCert HE, PhD – Medicine & Pharmacology, FAMA, MIBiol, MAPA, UK | Recent Advances of Research on Rasayana Herbs |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Dr. med. Christian Kessler, MA, Germany | Comparative effectiveness of Ayurveda and conventional care in knee osteoarthritis - a randomized controlled trial |
| 3:00 - 3:10 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Parallel Sessions Presentations and Discussions |
Short presentations of research papers followed by general discussion on the theme between panelists and audience |
| Cremant Suite | Parallel Session 5 | Theme: Nutrition and Digestion |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Prof. Gerard Bodeker | |
| 4 speakers x 15 minutes |
David Lovel Smith, PhD, New Zealand | Why Eating when Empty is Good for your Health |
| Dr. C.B. Singh, India | Prevention for diabetes | |
| Dr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma, India | A clinical observational study on patients of Celiac Disease - Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis | |
| Dr. Amrapali Patil, India | Ayurveda in Obesity Management | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| Hall 2 (Chalon) | Parallel Session 6 | Theme: Yoga and Ayurveda |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Indira Anand, PhD | |
| 5 speakers x 12 minutes |
Dr. Aditya Jahagirdar, India | Effect of Yoga postures, Pranayama and yogic kriya along with change in food habit (wholesome diet) as mentioned in Ayurved for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) |
| Dr. Madhu Pandey, India | Yoga and Ayurved - a boon for Women Health | |
| Dr. Midori Shoji, Japan | About the Bishow qiqong healing handled by life-energy (Qi) and the Miracle eight methods | |
| Dr. Pallavi Chaphekar, India | Use of singing bowls in health restoration - Ayurvedic perspective | |
| Prof. Dr. Swati Chobhe, India | Effect of Nadishodhan Pranayama on Inspiration Capacity | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| Hall 3 (Reims) | Parallel Session 7 | Theme: Women's Health |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: Rene Mann | |
| 5 speakers x 12 minutes |
Dr. Supriya Gugale, India | Study of Importance of six procreative factors (Shadgarbhkarabhavas) in antenatal care to improve the gestational age at birth |
| Dr. Gita Moghe, India | Study of dietary habits in school girls with respect to incidence of early menarche | |
| Dr. Pranav Khasgiwale, India | Ayurvedic management of uterine hypoplasia (shandhi yonivyapada) - a case study | |
| Dr. Umesh Kalekar, India | Female Infertility and miracles of Ayurveda | |
| Dr. Sandeep Deval, India | Recent Advances of Ayurveda in Treatment of Cancer | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| Hall 4 (Epernay) | Parallel Session 8 | Theme: Mixed Topics |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm | Chair: John Fagan, PhD | |
| 5 speakers x 12 minutes |
Dr. K.V. Dilipkumar, India | Ayurveda psycho therapeutic practice - experiences and experiments |
| Dr. Ratnaprabha Chaudhari, India | Role of stress in skin health | |
| Dr. Pragya Singhal, India | To study the Efficacy of Ayurvedic Management (combination of Arogyavardhini Vati and Rohitak loha) in the treatment of Yakrittroga vis-à-vis Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) | |
| Dr. Sanjay Satpute, India | A study of suicidal thoughts & its prevention like TM and other Maharshi ways | |
| Dr. Ratgamage Himalee Shantilata Kumari De Silva, Sri Lanka | Assessment of Mental Health Literacy in Ayurveda – a new area of Research | |
| Panel Discussion | ||
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Tea Break, Exhibition and Poster Presentations | |
| Cremant Suite | Plenary Session 8 | |
| 5:00 - 5:15 pm | Dr. Gaurang Joshi, India | Frontiers of Medicine in Ayurveda Dermatology - Psoriasis |
| 5:15 - 5:30 pm | Dr. Keith Wallace, USA | Microbiom and Ayurveda |
| 5:30 - 5:45 pm | Supaya Wenuganen, PhD, USA | Can Transcendental Meditation Increase Ojas and Reprogram our Genome and Gene Expression for Longevity? |
| 5:45 - 6:00 pm | Dr. Robert H. Schneider, MD, FACC, USA | Mind over Aging: An Integration of Modern Medicine and Ancient Vedic Perspectives on Overcoming Aging |
| 6:00 - 6:15 pm | Dr. phil. Malte Hozzel, Germany | Use of essential oils as anti-microbial allies |
| 6:15 - 6:30 pm | Dr. Bevan Morris, USA | Highlights of the Congress and Concluding Remarks |
| 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:30 pm | Thames River Cruise | |
| Parallel Public Events | ||
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Ayurveda for Everyone | 7 Public Lectures and Traide Fair |
| Monday, April 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location/Time | Event | Topics |
| Cognac Room | Establishing Ayurveda globally | Main topics of discussion: |
| 9:00 - 12:00 noon | Strategy and planning with the Ministry of AYUSH and Ayurveda leaders from India and throughout the world. |
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| 9:00 - 12:00 noon | Alternative Programme: London Sightseeing Tour | |
| 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm | Rich Vegetarian Lunch (open to participants in morning and afternoon sessions) | |
| Cognac Room | Global Maharishi AyurVeda Summit | Main topics: |
| 2:00 - 5:00 pm | Strategy and planning with the leaders of Maharishi AyurVeda from all countries of the world Session chaired by Dr. Tony Nader, MD, PhD, Patron of the Congress |
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