Revitalising India's Medical Heritage

towards holistic and affordable healthcare for all

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.

Ayurveda Biology and Holistic Nutrition

Delivering consumer relevant health and wellness solutions through food & medicine

Clinical Research

Researching Ayurveda's impact on non-communicable diseases, wellness tools and primary healthcare.

Coexistence Studies

Research, education and public engagement towards learning to live well with nature and all other beings around us.

Community Health

Developing transdisciplinary links and turning research into outreach solutions in primary healthcare.

Conservation of Natural Resource

At the forefront in demonstrating the medicinal plants conservation program

Ethno-Veterinary Science and Practice

We ensure production of drug-residue free milk, meat and eggs for the food basket

Functional Genomics and Bio-Informatics

We apply genomic technologies to understand the concepts of traditional life science practice

Traditional Knowledge, Data Science and Informatics

We develop tools in the field of preventive, promotive and curative aspects of health.

Our Research collaborators

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.

Collaboration with Savitribai Phule Pune University

India has a rich tradition of health practices like Ayurveda, Yoga, Siddha, Unani and Sowa Rigpa systems. Importance of transdisciplinary scientific research to understand and validate the integrative health practices into medical practice and public health has been globally recognize. The Savitribai Phule Pune University has established ‘Center for Complementary and Integrative Health’ (CCIH) at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences to promote high quality scientific research, collaborative consortia, teaching, training, extension, policy, analysis, advocacy and translation.

I-AIM

The Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (I-AIM) is a part and parcel of the FRLHT trust founded by Sam Pitroda and Darshan Shankar. It is a high quality 100 bed, integrative healthcare hospital visualized by the founders as a ‘seed’, to be nurtured into a world class “Integrative Healthcare”, services, research, and education institute. It has a fraternal relationship with TransDisciplinary University (TDU) since both are creations of the FRLHT Trust.