Mangalore : ‘Ayush Utsav 2014’, a State-level Ayush practitioners convention will be held at Nehru Maidan on November 22 and 23, said Dr Sathyamoorthy Bhat, president of Karnataka Ayurveda and Unani Practitioners (KAUP) Board.

Speaking at the press meet held on Sunday, Bhat said that the conference jointly by the department of Ayush, KAUP Board, Karnataka Homeopathy Board, National Integrated Medical Association, Karnataka Govt Ayush Medical officers Association (KGAMOA) and Karnataka chapter of Ayush Federation of India (AFI), will bring together the practitioners of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy under one platform for the first time.

Dr Bhat said that, the themes including Role of Ayush practitioners in rural health care,’ ‘Rural health challenges in India,’ ‘Approach to a patient in general practice’ and ‘Problems faced by Ayush practitioners in rural practice’ will be presented and discussed.

Over 250 Ayush pharmaceuticals will attend the ‘Ayu expo’ to be organized in the two-day convention. The expo will comprise of an exhibition on equipment and free health camps. The KAUPB will also have demonstration on online registration for the biometric which has been made compulsory for all practitioners to have a biometric identity card, he said.

At the present day there are many Quacks or fake doctors Quacks or fake doctors claiming themselves to be a Ayurvedic or Unani practitioners and with the help of identity card, the system of fake doctors can be checked. The Ayurveda and Unani practitioners must upload their documents including registration number, marks card to the Board, he informed.

He also said that after getting uploaded the practitioners will get an appointment to visit Board in Bangalore to get their fingerprints and other details to get smart card and ID card. The documents will be further sent to the universities for the verification of marks cards and the last date for the uploading of documents is December 31, 2014, he added.

Previously, KAUPB had issued certificates with photographs attested but it was getting misused after the death of the registered. The Board has issued biometric cards to 3,000 to 4,000 practitioners by now.