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{{Short description|Indian physician and researcher (1925–2018)}}
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'''Paneenazhikath Narayana Vasudeva Kurup''' (1925 – 27 April 2018) was an Indian [[Ayurvedic]] practitioner, researcher, writer and the founder director of the ''Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy'' (CCRIMH).<ref name="Who is Who">{{cite web | url=http://aiccrhpwa.weebly.com/who-is-who.html | title=Who is Who | publisher=AICCRHPWA | date=2015 | access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> He is a former vice chancellor of the [[Gujarat Ayurved University]], Jamnagar and a former advisor of the Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H) of the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]. He has published several articles<ref name="Ayurveda - A Potential Global Medical System">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qo0VPGr0RF4C&q=P.+N.+V.+Kurup&pg=PP22 | title=Ayurveda - A Potential Global Medical System | publisher=CRC Press | date=2003 | isbn=9780203498583 | access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> and a book, ''A Handbook on Indian Medicinal Plants'',<ref name="A Handbook on Indian Medicinal Plants">{{cite book | title=A Handbook on Indian Medicinal Plants | publisher=Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha |author1=P N V Kurup |author2=V N K Ramadas |author3=Prapajati Joshi | year=1979 | pages=286 | oclc=12106357}}</ref> on the traditional Indian medicine system,<ref name="Amazon page">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AP.%20N.%20Vasudeva%20Kurup | title=Amazon page | publisher=Amazon | date=2015 | access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for his contributions to Indian medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born in 1925, in the south Indian state of [[Kerala]], Kurup joined the [[Gujarat Ayurved University]], [[Jamnagar]] and worked as the Professor and Head of [[Panchakarma]] Institute of the university.<ref name="Who is Who" /> Later, he moved to the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] and headed the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H), the precursor of the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), as its founder director in 1969.<ref name="Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy Pensioners Welfare Association">{{cite web | url=http://aiccrhpwa.weebly.com/ | title=Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy Pensioners Welfare Association | publisher=Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy Pensioners Welfare Association | date=2015 | access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> He presided over the division of the department into four autonomous entities, the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha (CCRAS), the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) and the Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN), in 1978.<ref name="Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy Pensioners Welfare Association" /> He has served as the vice chancellor of the [[Gujarat Ayurved University]] and has contributed to the establishment of the Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences, an institute under the university, offering education on Ayurvedic pharmaceutical studies, in 1999.<ref name="Pharmaceutical Training and Placement Cell">{{cite web | url=http://www.iaps.ac.in/ptpcell.html | title=Pharmaceutical Training and Placement Cell | publisher=Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=28 November 2015 | archive-date=19 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019234619/http://iaps.ac.in/ptpcell.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Kurup was an honorary physician to the [[President of India]] and served as the director of the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha (CCRAS). He also served as the government nominated member Secretary of the council, as well as the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH).<ref name="Who is Who" /> He published several articles on the topic of Ayurveda,<ref name="Ayurveda is not merely a traditional but scientific medicine">{{cite web | url=http://iaf-ngo.org/pdf/ARTICLE%20BY%20DR.%20PNV%20KURUP%20-%20AYURVEDA%20IS%20NOT%20MERELY%20A%20TRADITIONAL%20BUT%20SCIENTIFIC%20MEDICINE%20(No.%208).pdf | title=Ayurveda is not merely a traditional but scientific medicine | publisher=IAF | date=2015 | access-date=28 November 2015 | archive-date=3 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303094441/http://iaf-ngo.org/pdf/ARTICLE%20BY%20DR.%20PNV%20KURUP%20-%20AYURVEDA%20IS%20NOT%20MERELY%20A%20TRADITIONAL%20BUT%20SCIENTIFIC%20MEDICINE%20(No.%208).pdf | url-status=usurped }}</ref> contributed to chapters to Ayurvedic texts<ref name="Ayurveda - A Potential Global Medical System" /> and wrote a book, ''A Handbook of Medicinal Plants'', a reference text on Indian medicinal plants.<ref name="A Handbook on Indian Medicinal Plants" /> He was a founder member of the Central Council of Indian Medicine when the council was established in 1971 by the [[Ministry of AYUSH]].<ref name="List of Founder Members">{{cite web | url=http://www.ccimindia.org/members_si_ayurveda_delhi.php | title=List of Founder Members | publisher=Central Council of Indian Medicine | date=2015 | access-date=28 November 2015 | archive-date=3 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603051028/https://www.ccimindia.org/members_si_ayurveda_delhi.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also associated with the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) as a consultant.<ref name="Who is Who" /><ref name="WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VO8K9h9GvaoC&q=P.+N.+V.+Kurup&pg=PA82 | title=WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine | publisher=World Health Organization | year=2005 | pages=314 | isbn=9789241562867}}</ref> The Government of India honoured him with the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2005.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He died on 27 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iastam Newsletter, May 2018 |url=http://www.iastamindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/iastamnewslettermay2018.pdf |website=Iastam India |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Who |url=https://aiccrhpwa.weebly.com/who-is-who.html |website=AICCRHPWA |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Institute of Indigenous Medicine]]
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== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}

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