Posts Tagged ‘kerala’

Men’s wellness clinic opened

June 5th, 2009

punarjjani-logoTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Punarjjani Men Ayurveda Beauty and Health Clinic has opened a new branch in the city. The clinic will be an exclusive men’s wellness clinic.

The branch will function at Chandrodhayam, TC-9/P-111, Pullvkonam Lane, Sasthamangalam. Dr Mohan, the physician of the clinic, will be available for consultation from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The clinic offers special hair care treatment such as dandruff treatment, hairfall treatment and hair growth treatment. Punarjjani also offers unique grooms package for wedding day and beyond. The important packages offered at the clinic include body fitness package, fairness package, facial package, obesity treatment, neck and shoulder massage, neck and face skin sag removal, foot care, rejuvenation therapy, abhayangam, sirodhara, steam bath, herbal bath, herbal package, winter special bodycare, summer special body care, anti-aging package and special treatment for various diseases and special ayurvedic therapies.

New Medical Varsity to come up in Kerala by next year

February 6th, 2009

Thrissur, Kerala: The proposed Kerala University of Medical and Allied Sciences will start functioning from next year, Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy has said. She was speaking after inaugurating the project office of the proposed university on the Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital campus.

She hoped the project would achieve considerable progress in the next few months. Health Secretary Usha Titus said that courses would begin in the university from the 2010-2011 academic year.

“The proposed university will have departments of various medical disciplines like Modern Medicine, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and allied subjects. The departments will be developed as centres of excellence with modern research facilities,” she said. The university will be set up on about 75 acres on the Thrissur Government Medical College campus.

Kerala works on tourism promotion

February 5th, 2009

Kerala, the God’s own Country is visited by thousands of travelers each year from different regions of the world. This Indian state has various accommodation options including the beach resorts and hotels in Kerala. The beach hotels and ayurvedic resorts are equipped with modern room amenities, recreation facilities, ayurveda and yoga centre and personalized service. As Kerala backwaters and beaches form the main tourism industry of the state, most of the beach and backwater hotels are located near the backwater canals.

Kerala is endowed with various tourist treasures like backwaters, lakes, rivers, beaches, rich ayurveda and yoga culture, ritual art forms and classical dance and music, historical monuments such as temples, forts and churches. The tourism industry of Kerala is booming tremendously and to provide a comfortable stay to the tourists various beach resorts and backwater hotels are run by both
private and government sectors. Kerala Beach resorts and hotels are growing in number to cater the needs of the travelers. The uniqueness of the Kerala beach and backwater hotels is that most of the hotels have their own ayurveda centre.

Kerala beach resorts besides offering various modern room amenities provide some recreation facilities including water sports, house boat cruising, eco camp visit, music and dance concert, ayurveda massage and treatments. While one is visiting Kerala for holidaying, he can stay at a beach or backwater resort in this state. One can have quintessential experience of Kerala foods and culture at these hotels. The resorts of Kerala are well-connected to the main air, road and railways.

The beach hotels of Kerala features a wide variety of cuisine including Keralite flavors, Indian and continental delicacies. The traditional Keralite lip-smacking delicacies are sure to be soothing to the palates. The foodies can taste various mouth-watering dishes here. Besides the restaurants of the Kerala beach resorts serve Indian sea foods of various types.

Kochi, known as the hub of the hotels in Kerala houses various hotels. It has an international airport well-connected to various main tourists’ locations. Besides, Trivandrum, Alleppy, Kumarakoram, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode have also various beach and backwater hotels. While visiting this Indian state, one can explore the treasures of Kerala staying at a hotel. Mainly the hotels of Kerala are known as the beach and backwater hotel due to their location near a sea beach or a backwater. The coastal area of Kerala is known as Western Ghat in Indian geography.

Cabinet Okays combined medical university in Kerala

August 22nd, 2008

In Thiruvanthapuram the Kerala governments gave the green signal for setting up a medical university in Thrissur. The Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan gave details about the university to the reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting. On Thursday gave nod for the formation of a combined university for all systems of medicines with separate board of studies, faculty and board of examination for each stream.

The proposed Kerala University for Medical and Allied Sciences will handle all the academic activities, including the conduct of examinations from 2009-10. Before this all the colleges under each stream including paramedical colleges would be affiliated to this university. The University Act and statute will be formulated within six months and will be presented in the Assembly.

For deciding the policy matters of the university, the government has appointed a high-level committee headed by Health Minister P K Sreemathi in which the secretaries of Health, Higher Education & medical education heads from allopathy, Ayurveda and homoeo have been made members. Dr Usha Titus has been appointed as the project director.
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Allopathy doctor’s joins hands to seek Medical University

August 12th, 2008

Thiruvananthapuram: Allopathy doctor’s organizations have decided to join hands to seek an exclusive Medical University for modern medicine. For this all the associations working in the modern medicine sector will meet on August 15 to have a detailed discussion.

The meeting would be held at the Indian Medical Association state branch headquarters in which the state office-bearers of Kerala Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA), Kerala government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA) and other organizations would attend.

The central executive of the KGMCTA that met on Sunday decided to join hands with the KGMOA, IMA and other organizations to reach to a broader consensus on this issue.

With the LDF giving nod for setting up a combined university for Allopathy, Ayurveda and homoeo, the associations working in the modern medicine sector had expressed concern. Though these associations are not against the setting up of universities for Ayurveda and homoeo, they are against combining it. Since it would not benefit any of the system of medicines. The associations are also planning to meet the LDF leaders to press their demand. The LDF decision to establish a single medical university for three systems of medicine was against the Dr B Ekbal committee report. The report had said that the experience of the medical universities in other states reveal the fact that because of the mixing up of different systems focused approach to the research and educational needs of the different systems could not be realized.

The report had clearly urged the government to consider the establishment of a university for other systems of medicines either jointly as Ayush University (Ayurveda, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy) or separately for each discipline (like Ayurveda University).

Kerala Ayurveda companies join hands to battle new retail giants

July 13th, 2008

Kochi: Kerala’s Rs600 crore organized Ayurveda industry is embarking on an expansion and quality improvement drive as it braces to compete with retail giants moving into its turf. After a joint venture with state agencies to ensure uniform testing and manufacturing facilities, the industry wants to set up an Ayurveda export promotion council to boost exports.

The impulsion for the drive comes from the entry of firms such as Reliance Retail, through its Reliance Wellness unit, Hindustan Unilever Ltd’s (HUL’s) Ayush and Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd’s Tulsi brand of Ayurveda drugs and health centres.

Their entry into the ancient Indian system of health care is a sign of “the appeal Ayurveda holds for consumers”, says P.R. Krishna Kumar, head of the Confederation for Ayurvedic Renaissance Keralam Pvt. Ltd (CARe-Keralam), a group of 15 Ayurveda firms that are trying to reinforce the strength of their traditional knowledge of the “science of life” with marketing muscle.

Vaidyaratnam Oushadasala, which makes and markets Ayurvedic drugs and runs a nursing home, plans to set up 500 retail outlets across the country in two years, taking the total to 1,500, said managing partner E.T. Neelakandhan Mooss. The outlets will have a qualified Ayurveda doctor to attract patients. The firm has two manufacturing units, and will set up a third at Pollachi in Tamil Nadu to take advantage of the availability of herbs and cheap labour there. Vaidyaratnam also proposes to double the bed capacity of its nursing home at Thrissur in Kerala to 200.

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Kairali in National Geographic Traveler’s ‘50 Top Wellness Destinations: Asia’

April 5th, 2008

Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort, situated at Palakkad in Kerala, has been included in National Geographic Traveler’s ‘50 Top Wellness destinations: Asia’ list. This list was featured in National Geographic Traveler’s March 2008 issue.

Set amidst 50 acres, the spa has 30 villas with Deluxe, Classic, Royal and Maharaja. Ayurvedic treatments available at the resort include ayurveda, panchakarma and other treatments.

Speaking about the recognition, Ram Mohan, VP – Marketing & PR, Kairali Group of Companies said, “We are happy and proud that Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort, Palakkad, Kerala, India has been selected among the top 10 in Asia & top 50 in the world”.

Sonia lays foundation stone for Santhigiri Ashram Research Center

February 15th, 2008

Thiruvananthapuram: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the messages of universal love and total rejection of caste-ism were more relevant at a time now when religion was being used to divide people.

Speaking on the occasion of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the building of the Santhigiri Research Foundation at nearby Pothenkode, Gandhi said the founder of Santhigiri Ashram, Navajyothi Karunakara Guru’s messages on universal love and casteism were more applicable as religion was being used to trigger trouble.

The Santhigiri Research Foundation was at present operating as an umbrella body co-ordinating initiatives in research being conducted by its various wings including those of Ayurveda and Siddha systems.