The Council, with a view to develop and update their knowledge and skills, provides its medical and non-medical staff the opportunities to attend various training programmes, workshops, etc. During the reporting period, they participated in the following programmes:

• 1st AYUSH Medical Officers Conference T.S. (SEER-2016), Department of AYUSH, Government of Telangana, Tarnaka, 27 August 2016.

• 2nd National Symposium-cum-Awards on Nutraceutical, Herbals & Functional Foods, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry  of India (ASSOCHAM), New Delhi, 5 July 2016.

• 4th International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Traditional Medicine, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-10 December 2016.

• 7th International Conference on Advances in Laboratory Animal Sciences for Modeling Human Diseases, Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb Research & Development Center (BBRC), Bengaluru, 14-15 October 2016.

• BRICS Wellness Workshop, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Bengaluru, 10–11 September 2016.

• CME on ‘Iläj bi’l Tadbér, Department of ‘Iläj bi’l Tadbér, Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 6–11 March 2017.

• Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLP) Workshop on International Standards ISO 15189:2012, YRG Care, Voluntary Health Services, Taramani, Chennai, 23–25 March 2017.

• Hindi Workshop, National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Hyderabad, 28 July 2016.

• International Conference on Yoga for Body & Beyond, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, New Delhi, 22–23 June 2016.

• International Seminar on Translation of Islamic Thoughts in Persian with Focus on Imam Ja’far Sadiq, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 21–22 September 2016.

• National Conference on Moalajat – Relevance of Unani Medicine in Non-communicable Diseases, Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 21–22 March 2017.

• National Seminar on Healthcare Management, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, 3 June 2016.

• National Seminar on Unani Medicine, All India Unani Tibbi Conference (Bihar Chapter), Patna, 24 April 2016.

• National Symposium on Usool-i Tashkhees (Principles of Diagnosis), Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 5 November 2016.

• National Training cum Workshop on Plant Taxonomy: Principles and Practices, Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, Srinagar, 27–29 March 2017.

• National Workshop on Irsäl-i ‘Alaq (Leech Therapy), HSZH Government Unani Medical College, Bhopal, 28 November 2016.

• National Workshop on E-Learning and Multimodal Learning Analytics, C-DAC, Hyderabad, 25 October 2016.

• National Workshop on Holistic Approach by Regimental Therapy in Unani Medicine, Unani Medical Associate, Hyderabad, 15 May 2016.

• National Workshop on Saidla 2016, Central Unani Development Academy, Hyderabad, 8–9 October 2016.

• Rajbhasha Conference, National Institute of Rural Development, New Delhi, 22 August 2016.

• Seminar on Animal Welfare and Alternatives to Experimentation in Bio-medical Research, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, 24 April 2016.

• Seminar on Impurity Profiling and Solutions, Waters, Hyderabad, 21 April 2016.

• State Convention of Unani Medicine, All India Unani Tibbi Conference (Telangana Chapter), Hyderabad, 20 August 2016.

• Symposium on Using High Quality Rodent Disease Models in Pharma R&D, Vivo Bio Tech. & Taconic Biosciences, Hyderabad, 22 August 2016.

• Training of Master Trainers on Cancer Screening, National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida, 24–26 October 2016.

• Training Programme on DSpace, CSIR-NISCAIR, New Delhi, 1–5 August 2016.

• VIII International Symposium on Statistics and Optimization and Seminar on Statistical Inference, Sampling and Optimization Techniques & Related Areas, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 17–19 December 2016.

• Workshop on Beat Diabetes Scale up Presentation, Strength Care and Enhance Surveillance, Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 7 April 2016.

• Workshop on e-Granthalaya Software for Automation and Networking of Indian Railways Libraries, National Academy of Indian Railways, Secunderabad, 22–24 August 2016

• Workshop on e-Granthalaya, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 15–17 September 2016.

• Workshop on Teaching and Research Methodology in Manafi al-Aza, Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 13–14 November 2016.