Dr Kembhavi's Research Methodology and Biostatistics for Ayurveda PG Scholars
is the definitive NCISM-aligned research training resource for MD and MS Ayurveda
postgraduate students in India.

Covering the complete Semester I curriculum for AYPG-RM (Research Methodology,
9 credits) and AYPG-BS (Biostatistics, 8 credits) within a single integrated volume,
this book is written from inside Ayurveda — by a clinician and educator with over
35 years of experience in Ayurveda academic and research institutions.

WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS

Research Methodology (Part One):
• Evidence-based medicine and the research process
• Research methods in Ayurveda with Pramana framework connections
• Literature searching, critical appraisal, and research gap identification
• PICOT, FINER, hypothesis formulation, and study objectives
• Research ethics, IEC and IAEC processes, pharmacovigilance, and IPR
• The full spectrum of study designs: from case reports to adaptive trials,
including n-of-1, Black Box, Whole System Research, Reverse Pharmacology,
network pharmacology, and non-inferiority trial designs
• Literary research, tool development, systematic review, and research
communication

Biostatistics (Part Two):
• Fundamentals of statistics with Ayurvedic data classification
• Probability, distributions, sampling, and sample size calculation
• Hypothesis testing, Type I and II errors, p-values, and statistical power
• Parametric and non-parametric statistical tests with Ayurveda examples
• Disease frequency, demography, and vital statistics
• Correlation, regression, logistic regression, and survival analysis

15 COMPREHENSIVE APPENDICES INCLUDING:
• Research Design Selector for Ayurveda
• Ayurveda-specific validated outcome measures catalogue
• Classical concepts mapped to research frameworks
• Statistical formulae with Ayurveda worked examples
• CTRI registration walkthrough for Ayurveda trials
• Critical appraisal templates for all Ayurveda study types
• Ethics case scenarios from Ayurveda research practice
• Sanskrit-English-Research Method trilingual glossary

CRITICAL SECTIONS UNIQUE TO THIS BOOK:
• The outcome proliferation problem in Ayurveda dissertations
• Why the Shamana-Shodhana three-group design proves only what classical
texts already predict
• Superiority, non-inferiority, and equivalence trials — what Ayurveda must adopt
• The dissertation comparator trap — seven levels of methodological error
• The Need of Study that justifies nothing
• The baseline parameter crisis and the national study Ayurveda urgently needs
• The case for interdisciplinary collaboration with modern medicine specialists

FOR WHOM:
MD/MS Ayurveda PG scholars (NCISM 2024-25 batch onwards)
BAMS students preparing for PG entrance examinations
Ayurveda faculty, PhD guides, and research coordinators
PhD scholars at RGUHS, TNMGRMU, and Ayurveda universities across India

Published by Astanga Wellness Pvt. Ltd., Hubli.
Part of the Astanga Wellness Education Series.
Companion volume: The PG Scholar's Synopsis Writing Handbook.