“India has the world’s oldest as well as largest traditional systems of medicine which predate the age of Kaliyug.
Indian Traditional Sciences are holistic medicines of India.  The ultimate aim of these spiritual sciences: Ayurveda, Jyotish, Sangeet, Siddha, Vastu and Yoga is to promote disease-free good health and that preventative measures are better than having to find a cure. They are philosophy of life, spiritual knowledge, holistic and scientific processes to transform the mind and body.
On behalf of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Indian Traditional Sciences,
I congratulate the efforts of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s commitment to the advancement of Sciences within the Indian Traditions.
 
Along with The Lord Rana MBE, Bob Blackman MP, Matthew Offord MP, and together with Amarjeet-singh Bhamra (Lead Secretariat of the APPG Indian Traditional Sciences) who will be joining me at the celebrations of the Foundation’s 35th year Festival in Delhi, India in March 2016, I congratulate especially its founder HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.”

Lord Stone served as a Managing Director of Marks & Spencer, until his retirement in 1999.  He devotes his time to independent projects in the Middle East and has a deep interest in Arts and Science, mindfulness and spirituality.  He is Vice-Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences and Mindfulness. He currently serves as the President of the DIPEx Charity, and is a Trustee of Prism the Gift Fund, which supports efficient and meaningful philanthropic giving. He is a Life Member of the Board of the Weizmann Institute in Israel.