Dr. Rakesh Narayanan V.
Research Officer (Ay.)
Contact
Rakesh Narayanan V., M.D. (Ayu), Research Officer (Ayurveda), joined CCRAS on January 16, 2017. He is currently posted in the CCRAS Headquarters, New Delhi.
Research Areas
Literary research in Ayurveda & Manuscriptology, Standardization of Ayurveda Terminology, and Developing Information Technology tools for Ayurveda.
Academic Background
Post Graduate in Sharira Rachana from the Department of Sharira Rachana, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur. Major works include the development of Standards for Terminologies in Ayurveda including Namaste Portal and has contributed to the standardization of Ayurvedic terminology with the World Health Organization (WHO), worked on translation, editing, digitization, and cataloguing of Ayurvedic manuscripts, documentation of specialty practices in Ayurveda, and development of various IT tools such as Ayurvedagranthasamuccaya portal.