[1][2] The proposal for the establishment of AIIA at New Delhi originated from then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's declaration to establish a state-of-the-art National Ayurveda Hospital at the ceremony of Vaidya Ram Narayan Sharma Memorial Award Distribution on 5 May 2000, under the aegis of All India Ayurveda Congress.

[citation needed] The cornerstone of the institute was laid in 2007 upon approval of the Finance Ministry in 2003.

The Government of India recommended the proposal to develop the institute focused on R&D, safety evaluation, and quality standards of Ayurveda medicines.

[5] Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Institute for a second time in 2017.

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