Login of CCRAS Ayur Prakriti web portal: A technical review from information technology perspective

• Published in: Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 114 - 119
• Main Authors: Vijaivargia, Shilpa, Lavaniya, Vinod, Narayanan, Rakesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: ayurveda; Ayur prakriti web portal; information technology; prakriti assessment scale
• ISSN: 2456-5601; 2581-9895
• DOI: 10.4103/jras.jras_165_22

Information Technology drives this digital era (IT) enabled services. IT has evolved rapidly with the integrated use of electronic communication, computers, the internet of things (IoTs), and other allied devices in almost every domain. IT software and hardware tools are considered the backbone of research as they produce results from data samples quickly, efficiently, and reliably. Integrated calculations from multitier data samples require customized IT tools per the research requirements and the standard IT tools available in the market. Organizations hire IT services and human resources to design, develop and implement such tools. The Prakriti Assessment Scale developed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, is a scale to assess the Prakriti (somatic constitution) of an individual. Based on the requirement of Prakriti assessment at multiple locations simultaneously and compilation of results for analysis, an integrated web-based solution- Ayur Prakriti Web Portal has been developed by CCRAS, which is the digital conversion of the Prakriti Assessment Scale. Currently, the Ayur Prakriti portal is in the Beta testing phase. This article will provide a technical review of the features and parameters defined in the CCRAS - Ayur Prakriti web portal login page from an IT perspective. It will also provide a comparative analysis of business processes followed in the Prakriti Assessment software viz-a-viz standard business processes to be followed in application software as per the software design guidelines/standards. The objective of this article is to carry out a situational analysis focusing on design steps taken for developing the Ayur-Prakriti Web Portal.