NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) is planning to create a library in which all books and manuscripts related to medicine and surgery in ancient India will be available. It has called for experts from the medical field and other disciplines to help identify and collect the books and manuscripts for this purpose.
The NMC’s decision comes amid a controversy over its decision to modify its logo to include a coloured photo of Dhanvantari – an avatar of Lord Vishnu, who is referred to as the god of Ayurveda in Puranas.
Senior NMC officials said the Dhanvantari logo has been in use for almost a year. “Earlier, it was in black and white and, therefore, not visible in printouts. We have simply used a coloured photo in the centre of the logo,” said an official.
Another official, who did not want to be named, said even the WHO’s emblem consists of the United Nations symbol surmounted by a staff with a snake coiling around it.
The NMC’s decision comes amid a controversy over its decision to modify its logo to include a coloured photo of Dhanvantari – an avatar of Lord Vishnu, who is referred to as the god of Ayurveda in Puranas.
Senior NMC officials said the Dhanvantari logo has been in use for almost a year. “Earlier, it was in black and white and, therefore, not visible in printouts. We have simply used a coloured photo in the centre of the logo,” said an official.
Another official, who did not want to be named, said even the WHO’s emblem consists of the United Nations symbol surmounted by a staff with a snake coiling around it.