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Admissions open for all courses, for the semester beginning Feb 2026
Admissions open for all courses, for the semester beginning Feb 2026

Admissions open for all courses, for the semester beginning Feb 2026
Admissions open for all courses, for the semester beginning Feb 2026

Admissions open for all courses, for the semester beginning Feb 2026
Admissions open for all courses, for the semester beginning Feb 2026
The University of Trans-Disciplinary
Health Sciences and Technology (TDU)
The University
of Trans-Disciplinary
Health Sciences and Technology (TDU)
Research and education in integrative health sciences and technology that bridges traditional wisdom with cutting-edge science, and fosters a unique ecosystem.
At TDU, we are proud to be recognised as one of the best research university in Bengaluru, excelling in transdisciplinary research. Our core strength lies in integrating Ayurveda with modern Biology into a new area of research known as Ayurveda Biology. Other areas of trans-disciplinary research include Clinical Medicine, Medicinal Plants Systematics, Plant Genomics, Data Sciences, Local Health Traditions, Theoretical Foundations of Ayurveda, Traditional Knowledge Informatics, and Manuscriptology.
About TDU
About TDU
What is Trans-Disciplinary Research?
What is Trans-Disciplinary Research?
Trans-disciplinary research represents a powerful approach that breaks down traditional academic boundaries by weaving together knowledge, methods, and perspectives from multiple disciplines. It creates a unified framework in which experts from diverse backgrounds, both STEM and other disciplines, can collaborate to address complex challenges facing our world today.
Trans-disciplinary research represents a powerful approach that breaks down traditional academic boundaries by weaving together knowledge, methods, and perspectives from multiple disciplines. It creates a unified framework in which experts from diverse backgrounds, both STEM and other disciplines, can collaborate to address complex challenges facing our world today.
Trans-disciplinary research represents a powerful approach that breaks down traditional academic boundaries by weaving together knowledge, methods, and perspectives from multiple disciplines. It creates a unified framework in which experts from diverse backgrounds, both STEM and other disciplines, can collaborate to address complex challenges facing our world today.
Enhanced Innovation
Creative thinking and cutting-edge methodologies , merging Shasthra & Science transforming traditional approaches in to contemporary relevant,accessible and sustainable solutions.
Societal Impact
Engaging with grassroot communities to organisations and governments, we are driving impactful change creating affordable, accessible and scalable solutions rooted in Indian medical heritage for unmet social needs.










Research at TDU
Research at TDU
Trans-Disciplinary research is at the core of TDU
Trans-Disciplinary research is at the core of TDU
Trans-Disciplinary research is at the core of TDU
Transdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized as essential for addressing 21st-century challenges that are too complex for any single discipline or sector to solve alone. At TDU, Transdisciplinary research creates new frameworks and solutions by fully merging knowledge, theories, and methodologies from multiple disciplines. This approach involves stakeholders outside of academia including the community, policymakers, and industry experts, to co-produce knowledge and ensure that research outcomes are relevant and sustainable.
Transdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized as essential for addressing 21st-century challenges that are too complex for any single discipline or sector to solve alone. At TDU, Transdisciplinary research creates new frameworks and solutions by fully merging knowledge, theories, and methodologies from multiple disciplines. This approach involves stakeholders outside of academia including the community, policymakers, and industry experts, to co-produce knowledge and ensure that research outcomes are relevant and sustainable.
Transdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized as essential for addressing 21st-century challenges that are too complex for any single discipline or sector to solve alone. At TDU, Transdisciplinary research creates new frameworks and solutions by fully merging knowledge, theories, and methodologies from multiple disciplines. This approach involves stakeholders outside of academia including the community, policymakers, and industry experts, to co-produce knowledge and ensure that research outcomes are relevant and sustainable.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Inspire minds of students and faculty to design, participate and execute innovative Trans-disciplinary socially impactful research, education and outreach programs in Integrative Health Sciences and other fields of knowledge.
Inspire minds of students and faculty to design, participate and execute innovative Trans-disciplinary socially impactful research, education and outreach programs in Integrative Health Sciences and other fields of knowledge.
Inspire minds of students and faculty to design, participate and execute innovative Trans-disciplinary socially impactful research, education and outreach programs in Integrative Health Sciences and other fields of knowledge.
Our Vision
Our Vision
Social transformation through innovation inspired by Ayurveda, Natural and Social Sciences and Technology.
Social transformation through innovation inspired by Ayurveda, Natural and Social Sciences and Technology.
Social transformation through innovation inspired by Ayurveda, Natural and Social Sciences and Technology.




TDU News


India Food Systems Transformation Hackathon 2026
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Explore TDUs repository of research and expertise


Intergenerational Learning Blossoms in Dubai’s Zen Garden
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Explore TDUs repository of research and expertise


🌼 Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations at TDU
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Explore TDUs repository of research and expertise

India Food Systems Transformation Hackathon 2026
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Intergenerational Learning Blossoms in Dubai’s Zen Garden
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🌼 Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations at TDU
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ILIADE Consortium members visit to TDU
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India Food Systems Transformation Hackathon 2026
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Intergenerational Learning Blossoms in Dubai’s Zen Garden
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🌼 Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations at TDU
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ILIADE Consortium members visit to TDU
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TDU Events


Exciting Announcement | National Workshop at TDU
Topic: The Nature of Knowledge
Resource Person: Prof. Sundar Sarukkai
Dates: February 13-14, 2026
Venue: TDU, Bengaluru
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Wild Edible Experience - Forage and Feast
Join us at TDU for a transformative experience where nature’s pantry becomes your playground!
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Bridging Traditions and Learning: Ethnobotany in Nature-Based Education
The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), in collaboration with IRD, Paris, and Maharashtra Vruksha Samvardhini, Pune, is pleased to announce an online webinar titled:
“Bridging Traditions and Learning: Ethnobotany in Nature-Based Education”
Date: 28 November 2025
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (IST)
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Exciting Announcement | National Workshop at TDU
Topic: The Nature of Knowledge
Resource Person: Prof. Sundar Sarukkai
Dates: February 13-14, 2026
Venue: TDU, Bengaluru
Read more

Wild Edible Experience - Forage and Feast
Join us at TDU for a transformative experience where nature’s pantry becomes your playground!
Read more

Bridging Traditions and Learning: Ethnobotany in Nature-Based Education
The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), in collaboration with IRD, Paris, and Maharashtra Vruksha Samvardhini, Pune, is pleased to announce an online webinar titled:
“Bridging Traditions and Learning: Ethnobotany in Nature-Based Education”
Date: 28 November 2025
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (IST)
Read more

Coexistence Mela
A major milestone for our Coexistence Fellowship Programme, this event will showcase the work and the vision of this unique Programme. It brings together the indigenous communities our Coexistence Fellows work with, folk artists, and filmmakers to showcase the nuanced ways in which people relate with nature. Through a combination of performances, film screenings and exhibits, it hopes to bring these rarely heard stories and themes from all over India to a common platform, with the hope that through this joint celebration of our diverse and unique relationships with nature, we can reconnect to our roots and continue to co-adapt and co-evolve with our non-human cohabitants.
Read more

Exciting Announcement | National Workshop at TDU
Topic: The Nature of Knowledge
Resource Person: Prof. Sundar Sarukkai
Dates: February 13-14, 2026
Venue: TDU, Bengaluru
Read more

Wild Edible Experience - Forage and Feast
Join us at TDU for a transformative experience where nature’s pantry becomes your playground!
Read more

Bridging Traditions and Learning: Ethnobotany in Nature-Based Education
The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), in collaboration with IRD, Paris, and Maharashtra Vruksha Samvardhini, Pune, is pleased to announce an online webinar titled:
“Bridging Traditions and Learning: Ethnobotany in Nature-Based Education”
Date: 28 November 2025
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (IST)
Read more

Coexistence Mela
A major milestone for our Coexistence Fellowship Programme, this event will showcase the work and the vision of this unique Programme. It brings together the indigenous communities our Coexistence Fellows work with, folk artists, and filmmakers to showcase the nuanced ways in which people relate with nature. Through a combination of performances, film screenings and exhibits, it hopes to bring these rarely heard stories and themes from all over India to a common platform, with the hope that through this joint celebration of our diverse and unique relationships with nature, we can reconnect to our roots and continue to co-adapt and co-evolve with our non-human cohabitants.
Read more




About TDU
We’re a University in a larger ecosystem
We’re a University in a larger ecosystem
We’re a University in a larger ecosystem
A Unique Ecosystem, the first-of-its-kind in India, TDU is a private research university working closely with its constituent unit, the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (IAIM), a charitable research hospital, and with its parent NGO, the Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT).
A Unique Ecosystem, the first-of-its-kind in India, TDU is a private research university working closely with its constituent unit, the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (IAIM), a charitable research hospital, and with its parent NGO, the Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT).
TDU Blogs
“Mock meats” or meat analogues are often dismissed as a bizarre trend by many and countless memes have spawned from the internet’s apparent disdain for mock meats and their consumers.
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When you go shopping for snacks, juices, noodles, or chocolates, the first thing that usually catches your eye is the colorful packet, the bold brand name, or maybe a tempting picture of the food. But behind all that marketing lies the real truth – and that truth is written in the food label
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Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, gives importance to āhāra (food), vihāra (lifestyle), and vicāra (mental state) to maintain health. Among these, Ahara includes a wide range of foods, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Ayurveda is often glorified as ‘Satvik’ emphasizing vegetarianism. Meat-eating has been a part of Indian culture since time immemorial, and Ayurveda is no exception. Addressing the concept of meat eating in Ayurveda ensures that we give due regard to authentic texts and not view it with a lens of prejudice
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“Mock meats” or meat analogues are often dismissed as a bizarre trend by many and countless memes have spawned from the internet’s apparent disdain for mock meats and their consumers.
Read more

When you go shopping for snacks, juices, noodles, or chocolates, the first thing that usually catches your eye is the colorful packet, the bold brand name, or maybe a tempting picture of the food. But behind all that marketing lies the real truth – and that truth is written in the food label
Read more

Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, gives importance to āhāra (food), vihāra (lifestyle), and vicāra (mental state) to maintain health. Among these, Ahara includes a wide range of foods, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Ayurveda is often glorified as ‘Satvik’ emphasizing vegetarianism. Meat-eating has been a part of Indian culture since time immemorial, and Ayurveda is no exception. Addressing the concept of meat eating in Ayurveda ensures that we give due regard to authentic texts and not view it with a lens of prejudice
Read more

Our Indian traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda teaches sleeping early and waking with nature keeps the body in balance. Modern science agrees that sleeping before 10 pm supports natural cycles for better metabolism and mind
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“Mock meats” or meat analogues are often dismissed as a bizarre trend by many and countless memes have spawned from the internet’s apparent disdain for mock meats and their consumers.
Read more

When you go shopping for snacks, juices, noodles, or chocolates, the first thing that usually catches your eye is the colorful packet, the bold brand name, or maybe a tempting picture of the food. But behind all that marketing lies the real truth – and that truth is written in the food label
Read more

Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, gives importance to āhāra (food), vihāra (lifestyle), and vicāra (mental state) to maintain health. Among these, Ahara includes a wide range of foods, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Ayurveda is often glorified as ‘Satvik’ emphasizing vegetarianism. Meat-eating has been a part of Indian culture since time immemorial, and Ayurveda is no exception. Addressing the concept of meat eating in Ayurveda ensures that we give due regard to authentic texts and not view it with a lens of prejudice
Read more

Our Indian traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda teaches sleeping early and waking with nature keeps the body in balance. Modern science agrees that sleeping before 10 pm supports natural cycles for better metabolism and mind
Read more
EDUCATION
We have the best-in-class programs
We have the
best-in-class programs




Undergraduate Programs
The undergraduate programs integrate traditional wisdom and modern practices, and offer students a comprehensive education that blends theoretical knowledge with practical experience.
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Postgraduate Programs
The postrgraduate programs are designed to advance knowledge and expertise at the intersection of traditional and modern health sciences.
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Learning for Life Programs
Through workshops, seminars, and experiential learning opportunities, students are enabled with essential life skills and knowledge that extend beyond traditional academic learning.
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As 'The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU)', Bengaluru, completes 10 years of operations, we remember our transformative journey, and continue to be inspired by it.




RESEARCH & OUTREACH
More than a University
More than a University
As 'The University of Trans-Disciplinary TDU is more than a university. It is a first-of-its-kind research and outreach hub, making impactful contributions to society, in healthcare, conservation, and sustainability, offering access to various databases using innovative technology integration, and unique outreach programs. Sciences and Technology (TDU)', Bengaluru, completes 10 years of operations, we remember our transformative journey, and continue to be inspired by it.
As 'The University of Trans-Disciplinary TDU is more than a university. It is a first-of-its-kind research and outreach hub, making impactful contributions to society, in healthcare, conservation, and sustainability, offering access to various databases using innovative technology integration, and unique outreach programs. Sciences and Technology (TDU)', Bengaluru, completes 10 years of operations, we remember our transformative journey, and continue to be inspired by it.
Testimonials


Mr Ratan Tata
“I think those of us who have an open mind realize that if there could be a fusion of Ayurveda and Western Medicine, we could improve treatments and early detection of some disease”


Sri M
“A unique place doing something to bring about a change in making us reflect and respect our medical heritage. Wonderful effort!”


Mr Azim Premji
"A first rate healthcare facility for healing based on India’s great medical heritage.”


Mr Soumitra Bhattacharya
"The facility was one of its kind in India and my visit was very insightful. The detailed study being done and the meticulous way in which the data is stored and used is very impressive"


Mrs Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
“There is an urgent need for the convergence of traditional and modern medicine to augment health especially in a country like India where we have a wealth of traditional knowledge that needs to be leveraged and synergised with modern medicine. I-AIM Healthcare Centre Bengaluru is certainly a front runner in this emerging space of holistic healthcare.”


Mr S Ramadorai
" A unique university of the future building upon INDIA’s GREAT KNOWLEDGE HERITAGE”


















