India emerging global leader in integrating AI into traditional medicine: Ayush Secretary

India is emerging as a global leader in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into traditional medicine, said Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of Ayush. Ahead of the second WHO summit on traditional medicines, Kotecha shared the importance of the event, which is set to boost the traditional medicine sector.

“I am happy to share that India is leading in the area of AI in traditional medicine. There is a working group of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). These three UN agencies are working together to develop AI in health. India has proposed to lead and to have a separate working group of traditional medicine, which was accepted,” Kotecha said.

“We are developing a lot of India-specific generative AI chatbots for our traditional medicine, digital solutions, and digital medicine platforms,” the Secretary added.

He noted that during the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to launch "Ayush Integrated Portal, which is a digital solution on Ayush, called Ayush Grid”.