Foreword

The initiative and the effort are diligently expressed by the members of the faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha a constituent unit of Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed University). Sawangi Meghe, Wardha is indeed not only laudable but also praiseworthy for the very cause it has been undertaken.

It is a matter of established common knowledge that there is an imperative need for the creation of a genuine and meaningful book titled "Cancer Medicine in an Ayurvedic Perspective: A Critical Overview" for the learners of Ayurvedic Sciences at various levels studying in various Ayurvedic Schools across the country. The content embodied in the book, which caters to the need of the learners, teachers and professionals in a free flowing manner is the core necessity as of now, which has remained unattended for reasons more than one.

The initiative undertaken by the teaching faculty of Mahatma Gandhi Ayurveda College, Hospital and Research Centre, needs to be viewed with, in the context of its relevance and consequence. To my understanding, the notable effort undertaken is timely, apt and also meaningful in its own way.

It is really a very benign and genuine effort on the part of all the contributing authors to compile all the relevant intellectual inputs on a significantly vital area and render them in such a free-flowing manner, so that it is easy to understand, decipher, grasp and assimilate by the learner, teacher, professionals and a casual reader, as well.

This has been singularly achieved by the authors by virtue of their writings which are in the handy textual format and are appropriately aligned so as to render the desired grasp and much sought-after understanding of the subject in an easy yet immaculate manner, which turns out to be the unique feature of the dedicated authorship, which makes it look and feel different from the other available reading material on the subject in vogue.

The authors have painfully brought all that was needed, relevant and vital pertaining to the thematic depiction of the subject at hand in a very deserving, appropriate, chronologically lucid manner. The chapterization vividly brings out the continuum in a logical and chronological manner. The entire team effort is embodied in single-minded devotion and un-paralleled dedication on their part, which speaks volumes about their intent to cater to the larger academic task and fill in the existing vacuum.

I am sure that this elegant piece of well-meaning and suitably documented scientific literature, appropriately illustrated by suitable diagrammatic and pictorial depictions wherever warranted embodied in the book format by the authors will make every user feel that he could avail himself all that he desired, needed and expected out of it.

I have no hesitation in putting on record my deep sense of appreciation for the effort undertaken by the authors in terms of a loud statement that they have evolved a satiety centre towards quenching the ‘inquisitional thrust’ in the domain of Ayurvedic Sciences as a whole in a genuinely exemplary and emulative manner.