On 22^nd April 2003, the R. A. Podar Ayurved Medical College, a Govt. of Maharashtra Institution has signed an MOU with Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa for setting up Ayurveda Curriculum for various courses aimed at imparting Education for the award of BAM&S Degree in South Africa.

           This MOU also aims at a collaborative research in many areas where traditional or Ayurvedic Medicines can offer better cures/management than the other conventional systems of medicine. Priority areas like HIV/AIDS, Diabetes, Bronchial Asthma etc. shall be taken up for joint funding from international agencies. Another key area to be explored and addressed to shall be related to utilizing the knowledge of Ayurveda in enriching the Traditional Medicine of South Africa which is also as old as 3000 years.