ASIC Will Empower Young Innovators to Translate Classical Knowledge into Contemporary Healthcare Solutions: Shri Prataprao Jadhav

• ASIC (Ayurvedic Sciences Incubation Centre) is a startup incubator set up at the Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI), Bengaluru, under CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush.
• Operates under the Ministry of Ayush's flagship "Startup Incubation through Ayush Institutions" scheme; provides mentorship, funding support and regulatory facilitation to Ayurveda startups.
• For UPSC: intersects Ayush sector policy, Startup India ecosystem, traditional knowledge IP, and integrative healthcare — examinable in GS-II (governance/health) and GS-III (S&T, economy).