Currently, Ayurveda is at the cross roads [1]. On the one hand there is the pull of loyalty to the classical concepts & teachings which have the weight of centuries behind them and the authority of great personages of yore like Charaka, Sushrutha & Vagh Bhata [2]. On the other, there is the clarion call for modernization prompted by the popular clamour for a system based on modern medicine. What is one to do? Should we be unwavering in our loyalty to Ayurveda and refuse to change with the times? Or should we jettison Ayurveda altogether and climb on the bandwagon of so-called Modern Medicine with all its attendant problems?

This paper is an attempt to find answers to these difficult questions, based on data collected from a cross section of Ayurvedic scholars at different levels and some Practitioners. It is by no means the last word on the subject but is merely an effort to kindle thoughts on the subject of Integration.