The Trust proposes to expand its current programmes to serve more and more people in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other Indian states as well. Several well-wishers support its current programmes. In order to reach more communities at a faster pace, it plans to collaborate with the government and other organizations.

GLOBAL AYURVEDA HUB@ SAIGRAM

Saigram is all set to develop an integrated global campus linking traditional Ayurveda with modern science and technology. This campus will comprise of

  • A hospital complex
  • State of the art laboratories for Ayurvedic research
  • An Ayurveda college with best in class infrastructure, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level courses along with paramedical courses in Ayurveda
  • A convention facility to host scientific events
  • A herbal garden to nurture rare medicinal herbs
  • A centre for the preservation of knowledge and nature
  • An eco-friendly Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing unit compliant to WHO standards

  • Herbs Cultivation

    Cultivate rare & endangered herbs and grow them commercially for medicinal use and research

  • Farm Tourism

    The Trust envisages farm tourism for people from India and abroad to bring the urban populace closer to farming communities and their hardships

  • Environmental Technology

    The Trust will promote environmentally friendly and ecologically compatible innovative technologies that are adaptable and acceptable to agrarian communities. The focus areas would be

    • Environmental technology (envirotech)
    • Green technology (greentech)
    • Clean technology (cleantech)

    The objectives guiding these efforts would be the application of one or more environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devices

    • To monitor, model and conserve the natural environment and resources
    • To curb the negative impacts of human involvement

  • Non-conventional energy

    The Trust plans to

    • Identify, design and promote location specific non-conventional energy sources (biogas, solar energy, smokeless choolas etc.,
    • Facilitate the setting up of minihydel projects
    • Conduct awareness and skill development training programme on the use and establishment of non-conventional energy sources

  • IT Enabled Services

    IT enabled services for the development of Ayurveda such as

    • Software applications for
      • Ayurvedic hospital administration
      • Ayurvedic research projects management
    • Manuscript digitization
    • Web hosting and application development

  • Human Resource Development

    Conduct short term courses and training programmes for the public, Self-help Groups (SHGs), and government employees/ officers in

    • Agriculture and allied subjects
    • Disaster management
    • Health
    • Education
    • Personality development
    • Capacity building

  • Vocational Training Hall

    The Trust plans to construct a vocational training hall for farmers to acquaint them with modern technologies in agriculture for sustainable agricultural production.