tashreeh wa Munafeul Aza
Department of tashreeh wa Munafeul Aza
About the Department
Established in the year 2000, the Department of Tashreeh-wa-Munafeul Aza is providing teaching and training in the subject of Munafeul Aza (Medical Physiology) to Unani medical students, at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The department is continuously striving for improvements in the standards of the teaching and training, adopting better teaching methodologies, developing student oriented cum need based curricula and evolving holistic and comprehensive evaluation methods. To help students develop critical thinking and a balanced approach towards the health and disease, the department is not only providing a breadth and depth of knowledge in the area of physiology but simultaneously allowing the students to have an insight into the fundamental principles of Unani philosophy of health and disease using modern physiology as a tool. The department is also giving better research output with good number of publications in both National and International journals of repute; some members being part of externally funded research projects as well. The faculty members have also authored many reference and text books.
In the year 2011, after the department of Tashreehul Badan was bifurcated from it, this department was rechristened as Department of Munafeul Aza.
Vision
The Vision of the Department of Munafeul Aza, Aligarh Muslim University is to be recognized as a premier institute of research and higher education in Unani medicine globally, where it can contribute significantly to the development of the Unani system of Medicine as well as of the Nation.
Mandate
Conducting research in the areas of fundamental principles of Unani Medicine.
Scientific Validation of Unani medicine - its theories and practices to make it globally acceptable.
Demand driven Human Resource Development to meet the requirements of Educational institutes& Hospitals.
Dissemination of innovative methods and processes for growth of Unani Medicine.
Provide R&D support towards generation and dissemination of knowledge towards improved Unani health care service and greater acceptance and use of Herbal products leading to the social, economic and environmental benefits to the Nation.
Goals
1. Offer Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research Degree Levels of highest standards.
2. Benchmark its curricular framework, pedagogical practices, infrastructure and physical facilities with the best universities of the World.
3. Collaborating with institutions of global repute in the areas of curricula development, students and faculty exchange, collaborative research and knowledge development.
4. Translating into action the vision, mission and objectives of the department leading to excellence in teaching, research, publication, consultancy, patents and intellectual property.