The Third BIMSTEC Conference on Traditional Medicine Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights has begun in Goa, organised by the Ministry of Ayush with the All-India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa, as nodal institute. It runs alongside the Second Meeting of the BIMSTEC Nodal Group on the same subject. Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand shared national policies, legal frameworks and experiences. BIMSTEC, whose permanent secretariat is in Dhaka and whose chair rotates alphabetically, links South Asia and Southeast Asia and bridges SAARC and ASEAN.