ORGANISATION OF PRESENTATION
     1. BACKGROUND
     2. OBJECTIVES
     3. FEATURES
     4. CONTENTS
     5. DEMONSTRATION
     6. BRIDGE BETWEEN TK AND MODERN SCIENCE
     7. IPR ISSUES
     8. CURRENT TRENDS 
     9. INTO THE FUTURE
                             
                      BACKGROUND
     • AYURVEDA – INDIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE
     •                                         TH
       KNOWLEDGE CODIFIED IN SANSKRIT SINCE 12  CENTURY B.C.- 
       SCRIPTURES AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC DOMAIN
     • INSTITUTIONALISED  EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
     • MEDICINAL PLANTS - PRIMARY SOURCE OF MEDICINE
     • EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PLANT 
       CHEMISTRY
     • ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
     • STUDY OF STRUCTURE - ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS
     • KNOWLEDGE USEFUL FOR LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY
                                   
                                          OBJECTIVES
             •   PUT TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN PUBLIC DOMAIN IN ENGLISH 
                 LANGUAGE IN MODERN ELECTRONIC FORMAT
             •   LINK TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO MODERN SCIENTIFIC AND 
                 PATENT LITERATURE
             •   USE DATABASE FOR DEFENSIVE AND POSITIVE LEGAL 
                 PROTECTION
             •   ADDRESS ‘PATENTABILITY’ ISSUES
             •   INCREASE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL 
                 KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
             •   CATALYSE SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
                                                           
        FEATURES OF HEALTH HERITAGE DATABASE
           •  NON-PATENT AND PATENT LITERATURE ON MEDICINAL 
              PLANTS WIDELY USED IN AYURVEDA
           •  REPRODUCTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (ORIGINAL 
              SANSKRIT, TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION)
           •  SUMMARY OF CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND 
              MEDICINAL/CLINICAL STUDIES DONE ON MEDICINAL PLANTS 
              AND THEIR EXTRACTS
           •  STRUCTURES OF NEW CHEMICALS ISOLATED
           •  FULL TEXT OF PATENTS
           •  BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
           •  FREE TEXT SEARCH FACILITY
           •  DEMO OF HEALTH HERITAGE / WIPO PORTAL
                                                         
                           AYUTA INDEX
     • KNOWLEDGE OF AURVEDA CAN BE CLASSIFIED IN THREE BASIC 
       PARTS
        – HETU (CAUSE)
        – LAKSHAN (SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS)
        – AUSHADH (TREATMENT)
     • INFORMATION SCATTERED IN DIFFERENT TEXTS
     • COMPILED REFERENCES FROM FOUR PRINCIPLE TEXTS IN AN 
       INDEXED FORM 
     • BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM EVERY 
       SIGNLE CAUSE, ALL ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS WHICH CAN CAUSE 
       EVERY SINGLE DISEASE OR CONDITION AND TREATMENT 
       METHODS
     • PREPARATION OF COMPUTER READABLE DATABASE MADE DATA 
       MINING EASY-DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE