A three-day workshop on 'Telugu Ayurvedic Manuscripts Transcription and Editing' concluded on October 28, 2026, at the National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage (NIIMH) in Hyderabad. The workshop was organized under the guidance of Padmashree Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary of the Ministry of Ayush, and Dr Koustubha Upadhaya, Advisor (Ayu) of the Ministry of Ayush, conducted by the Centre of Excellence in Medico-Historical Studies and Indian Medical Heritage under CCRAS-NIIMH.
The workshop focused on developing specialized skills for deciphering, transcribing, analyzing, and critically editing ancient medical knowledge preserved in historical Telugu palm-leaf and paper manuscripts. During the inaugural session, Prof. (Vaidya) Rabinarayan Acharya, Director General of CCRAS, outlined the Council's ongoing research initiatives for preserving Indian medical heritage, while Dr N. Srikanth, Deputy Director General of CCRAS, emphasized the need to uncover therapeutic wisdom from ancient texts.
The program featured intensive hands-on training and expert technical sessions conducted by distinguished scholars including Shri Narasimha (Conservator, TTD Library, Tirupati), Shri P.V.S. Kumar (Indic Manuscriptology Expert), and Uttama Vaidya Pammi Satyanarayana Sastry (Manuscriptology and Literary Expert). Over 37 delegates, faculty members, and postgraduate scholars from institutions including S.V. Ayurvedic College (Tirupati), Rajarajeshwari Ayurveda Medical College (Humnabad, Bidar), and Basavaraj Patil Ayurveda College (Bidar) participated.
The workshop achieved the completion of transcription, primary proofreading, and editing of 2,040 folios across 30 Telugu Ayurveda manuscripts. Participants gained extensive knowledge of palaeography, including manuscript deciphering, transliteration, editing, proofreading, text-critical analysis, and script variants, contributing to the preservation and systematic documentation of India's traditional medical knowledge.
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