11th Ayurveda Day 2026: Nagpur to Host on 23 September

The Ministry of Ayush held a curtain raiser press conference at the National Media Centre, New Delhi, on 7 September 2026. It opened the countrywide campaign for the 11th Ayurveda Day 2026. Shri Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State with independent charge for Ayush and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, addressed it.

Where and on what theme

The theme ties India's inheritance in Ayurveda to the health needs that are coming. The minister said the world is turning towards preventive care, nutrition, wellness and a healthy way of living, and that India has long experience in all of these.

Three areas for the campaign

• Integrative Healthcare for Better Health Outcomes, which draws on the strengths of different systems of medicine together.
• Evidence, Research and Innovation in Ayurveda, treated as the pillars on which wider acceptance abroad will rest.
• Ayurveda for Community Wellbeing and Sustainable Living, covering the individual, the family and the community.

The minister asked that the day grow past a government programme into a people's movement and a national health communication campaign. He asked the media to carry correct and simple information to homes, schools, colleges, young people and both rural and urban communities, and to clear away the misconceptions that surround Ayurveda.

What will be released

Prof. Sanjeev Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, listed the main items of the day. The National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Awards 2026 will be given. New programmes begin at the institute in Jaipur. Safety dossiers on medicinal plants, Standard Treatment Guidelines for skin diseases, a report on the Ayush services sector and Ayush Vision 2030 will be released, and memoranda of understanding will be exchanged. Officials of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, the All India Institute of Ayurveda in Delhi and the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga also attended.