Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-AYUSH initiatives towards creating benchmarks

India's rich traditional knowledge, especially related to AYUSH and local health traditions, is invaluable and relevant for all times. To address the growing needs for systematic evaluation and evidence, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been pursuing focused R&D efforts in the areas not just related to traditional medicines but also towards its co-optation and integration with contemporary modern sciences. Stakeholder cooperation towards deriving success in these inter-disciplinary sciences in important. The article narrates the diverse R&D activities of the CSIR in traditional medicines and integrative health research, and how the CSIR along with its long standing partner, Ministry of Ayush, has been creating benchmarks in this domain.