This course strategy will prove to be effective in creating awareness for benefits of Indian traditional medicinal and aromatic plants, increasing conservation and employment as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. Various Indian traditional medicinal plants are in demand in global market, yet many farmers/tribals/learners hardly know about: how to cultivate and harvest or where to find market? This course intervention is focused on reclaiming sustainability in Indian traditional medicinal and aromatic plants through educating learners with scientific knowhows, guidelines, quality policies, processing and developing a viable value addition and sustainable product. Objectives: To aware learners (student, faculty, professional) about the rich Indian traditional knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants, their protection, regulations, quality control and market.To clear myths and propose scientific evidences of traditional medicinal and aromatic plants benefits.To aware learners about cultivation, conservation, value addition and socioeconomic development through the knowledge of Indian Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic plants To aware learners (especially urban) to identify few important Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic plants To aware learners about Entrepreneurship and Start-up opportunities based on market for Indian Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic plants Eligibility: Anyone who is having interest in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants can enroll this course. Student, professionals, faculty from pharmacy, alternative medicines, life sciences, biotechnology, agriculture, natural chemistry and food technology.
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1 Indian Traditional Medicine Systems
Week 2 Raw Material-Cultivation, Collection and Processing
Week 3 Product Development-Value addition and Entrepreneurship, startup opportunities
Week 4 Quality control, Standards and Regulations of traditional Plant Drugs
Week 5 Safety, Efficacy and Toxicity of traditional Plant Drugs
Week 6 IPR and Protection of Traditional Plant drugs Knowledge
Week 7 Market Analysis and Success Stories
Week 8 Field Visits
- Lecture-1 Introduction to Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy & Sowa-Rigpa Systems and Traditional Formulations
- Lecture-2 Important Medicinal Plants mentioned in ancient texts
- Lecture-3 Important Medicinal Plants mentioned in ancient texts
- Lecture-4 Important Aromatic Plants mentioned in ancient texts
- Lecture-5 Workshop-I Ayurvedic formulations processing (Asava, Aristha, Bhasma, Vati)
Week 2 Raw Material-Cultivation, Collection and Processing
- Lecture-6 Good Cultivation and Collection Practices guidelines-WHO, NMPB-AYUSH, Voluntary Certification Scheme for Medicinal Plant Produce, Conservation of rare and endangered traditional plants,
- Lecture-7Subsidies from Indian Government, Buyback Agreement and Contract farming with AYUSH and other Companies
- Lecture -8 Workshop-II Cultivation/Agrotechniques of Few Medicinal Plants
- Lecture-9 Workshop-III Cultivation/Agrotechniques of Few Medicinal Plants
- Lecture -10 Workshop-IV Cultivation/Agrotechniques of Few Aromatic Plants
Week 3 Product Development-Value addition and Entrepreneurship, startup opportunities
- Lecture-11 Medicinal Plant Extracts
- Lecture-12 Aromatic Plant Essential oils
- Lecture- 13 Value added products: AYUSH Products, food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and agrochemicals, Entrepreneurship and start up opportunities in Plants (Licensing and manufacturing)
- Lecture 14 Case study-I Value added products of Giloy
- Lecture-15- Case Study-II:Value added products of Neem, Aloe
Week 4 Quality control, Standards and Regulations of traditional Plant Drugs
- Lecture-16 WHO and ICH Guidelines
- Lecture-17 AYUSH, CDSCO and FSSAI Guidelines
- Lecture-18 Case Study-III: Quality Control of Traditional Formulations
- Lecture 19 Case Study IV: Comparative evaluation of Pharmacopoeial standards – Licorice
- Lecture 20 Case Study V: Comparative evaluation of Pharmacopoeial standards- Ashwagandha
Week 5 Safety, Efficacy and Toxicity of traditional Plant Drugs
- Lecture-21 Preclinical evaluation -In vitro, In vivo, Ex vivo Evaluation
- Lecture-22 Clinical evaluation Guidelines, Pharmacovigilance
- Lecture-23 Case study-VI Clinical trials registration
- Lecture-24 Case Study-VII: Indian Medicinal and aromatic plants, derived formulations for Arthritis
- Lecture-25 Case Study-VIII: Indian Medicinal and aromatic plants, derived formulations for Diabetes
Week 6 IPR and Protection of Traditional Plant drugs Knowledge
- Lecture-26 IPR and Traditional Knowledge, Indian Government Initiatives:TKDL and TKCL
- Lecture-27 Geographical Indications Act 2003, Biological Diversity Act 2002 and Rules 2004
- Lecture-28 Plant Varieties Protection and Farmer's Rights Act, 2001 (PPVFR Act), Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, Protection of traditional knowledge bill, 2016
- Lecture-29 Case Study IX-Kani Tribes
- Lecture 30- Demonstration Patent, Geographical indication and Trademark registration
Week 7 Market Analysis and Success Stories
- Lecture-31 Import and Export of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, derived products, HSN Code
- Lecture-32 Success stories of drug discovery based on traditional knowledge
- Lecture 33 Institutes involved in Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research
- Lecture 34 Industries involved in Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Products
- Lecture 35 Workshop-V Medicinal and aromatic plant’s -Buyers and sellers platform “E-Charak”
Week 8 Field Visits
- Lecture-36 Field Demonstration of few Medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation sites
- Lecture-37 Field Demonstration of Medicinal and aromatic plant Nursery
- Lecture-38 Virtual Visit to Ayurvedic rasshala or Companies manufacturing traditional medicines
- Lecture 39 Tutorial-1
- Lecture 40 Tutorial-2
Taught by
Dr. Sharada L Deore
