Sarada MK wins gold in MD ayurveda at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Dr
Sarada MK
, a postgraduate student at Govt Ayurveda Medical College, Mysuru, bagged a
gold medal
in MD (
Ayurveda Samhita and Siddhantha
) in the annual examination conducted by
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
(RGUHS), Bengaluru, in March.
She will be among the toppers whom RGUHS will honour at its annual convocation to be held at Nimhans auditorium next month.
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For Dr Sarada, this is déjà vu as she also bagged a gold medal in her five-year BAMS degree course, which she pursued at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute of Ayurveda and Hospital in Bengaluru.
"I was always interested in the Indian knowledge system from school. Additionally, my grandfather was an ayurvedic doctor. Ayurveda is facing a lot of challenges, including the need for evidence-based medicine. I wanted to contribute towards that too," she said.
Originally from Palakkad, Kerala, she is currently a senior research fellow at Central Ayurveda Research Institute in Bengaluru.
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