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==Why does it need a revision now?==

==Why does it need a revision now?==

Modern medicine or allopathic medicine has, over the past few decades, made significant strides in the area of disease management. However, in spite of the significant breakthroughs that it has witnessed, modern medicine continues to be primarily an “offense strategy” for managing ailments. It does not stress upon disease prevention because the etiology of chronic diseases is unknown. In contrast to this, [[Ayurveda]] (or Knowledge of Life) system primarily utilizes the “defence strategy” in health management- as detailed and described in the treatise. [[Ayurveda]] prescribes a holistic approach towards managing health, and diseases and is very pertinent in today’s world. However, the treatise in its existing form needs to be updated in today’s context, and for a wider audience. Realizing this critical need, Dr. Gopal Basisht, MD in alliance with [[Ayurveda]] scholars in India like Prof.R.H.Singh, Prof.M.S.Baghel, Prof. V.K.Joshi, Prof. H.M.Chandola, conceptualized the Charak Samhita New Edition and Update initiative in 2013. Dr.Yogesh Deole, Ph.D. co-ordinated this project with the able support of India’s leading authorities in the field. Mr.Pallav Mishra operated the project technically and linguistically since 2016.  

Modern medicine or allopathic medicine has, over the past few decades, made significant strides in the area of disease management. However, in spite of the significant breakthroughs that it has witnessed, modern medicine continues to be primarily an “offense strategy” for managing ailments. It does not stress upon disease prevention because the etiology of chronic diseases is unknown. In contrast to this, [[Ayurveda]] (or Knowledge of Life) system primarily utilizes the “defence strategy” in health management- as detailed and described in the treatise. [[Ayurveda]] prescribes a holistic approach towards managing health, and diseases and is very pertinent in today’s world. However, the treatise in its existing form needs to be updated in today’s context, and for a wider audience. Realizing this critical need, Dr. Gopal Basisht, MD in alliance with [[Ayurveda]] scholars in India like Prof.R.H.Singh, Prof.M.S.Baghel, Prof. V.K.Joshi, Prof. H.M.Chandola, conceptualized the Charak Samhita New Edition and Update initiative in 2013. Dr.Yogesh Deole, Ph.D. co-ordinated this project with the able support of India’s leading authorities in the field. Mr.Pallav Mishra operated the project technically and linguistically from 2016 to 2018.

==Objectives==

==Objectives==

==Copyright and license==

==Copyright and license==

The project is a pure non-commercial project and the material is being propagated for academic purpose as well as for enhancing global health for the welfare of society. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.  

 

The project is a purely academic and non-commercial in nature. The content is propagated for purpose of educational training and enhancing global health for the welfare of society. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted, additional terms may apply.

==Financial Support==

==Financial Support==

Still the project is in the process of updating vidhi with references and adding user friendly features in order to ease the access.  At this point of time, the project has 135 contributors and the list is published online. Further, online wiki editors are invited to edit and enrich the content.  

Still the project is in the process of updating vidhi with references and adding user friendly features in order to ease the access.  At this point of time, the project has 135 contributors and the list is published online. Further, online wiki editors are invited to edit and enrich the content.  

This overall work will be conducted by Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Center being established in collaboration with Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in [[Ayurveda]], Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar.

This overall work will be conducted by [[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre|Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Center]] in collaboration with Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in [[Ayurveda]], Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, India.