Press Information Bureau · All India · 20 Sept 2026
Ministry of Ayush Advances Artificial Intelligence for Ayurveda and Traditional Medicine
The Ministry of Ayush is advancing Artificial Intelligence for Ayurveda and the wider Ayush sector, building on the digital foundation of Ayush Grid. It has launched several AI chatbots and collaborations, including with IndiaAI and Bhashini, and was featured in a global health AI casebook at the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026.
Key facts
- The Ministry of Ayush is advancing Artificial Intelligence for Ayurveda and the wider Ayush sector, building on Ayush Grid.
- The Ministry has developed six AI chatbots: MAISP, ARP Research Assistant, eLMS, e-CHARAK, Yoga Saarthi, and Nivesh Saarthi.
- At the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026, a snapshot titled 'AI-driven Decision Support for Ayurveda: A Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Approach' was featured in the AI Impact Casebook on Health developed with the World Health Organization.
- On 11 July 2025, the WHO, ITU and WIPO jointly released a technical brief, 'Mapping the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Traditional Medicine'.
- Through the Bhashini collaboration, Ayush Grid portals are available in 22 scheduled languages of India.
Summary written by Suchna Board from the official release; the release itself is the source.
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