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.

Syllabus

Week 1 Indian Traditional Medicine Systems

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