This document discusses several organizations related to Ayurveda in India. It describes the Department of AYUSH, which oversees education and research in Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and homeopathy. It also discusses the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), Central Council for Research in Ayurveda Science (CCRAS), Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee (APC), National Medicinal Plant Board, and the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) project. The document provides information on the objectives, functions, and roles of each of these organizations in standardizing education, research, and development related to Ayurveda and traditional medicine

1. “Organizations ”
(Ayush, CCIM, CCRAS…)
Dr. Sachin S. Bagali MD (Ayu)
Assistant Professor
Department of Samhita & Siddantha
BLDEA’s AVS AMV Vijayapur

2. CONTENT
 Department of AYUSH
 CCIM
 CCRAS
 APC
 National Medicinal Plant Board
 TKDL
Organization

3. DEPARTMENT OF AYUSH
(Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy)
• Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy
(ISM&H) was created in March,1995 and re-named as
Department of AYUSH in November, 2003 with a view to
providing focused attention to development of Education &
Research in AYUSH systems.
• The Department continued to lay emphasis on up-gradation of
AYUSH educational standards, quality control and
standardization of drugs, improving the availability of medicinal
plant material, research and development and awareness
generation about the efficacy of the systems domestically and
internationally

4. Objectives:
• To upgrade the educational standards in the ISM&H colleges in
the country.
• To strengthen existing research institutions and ensure a time-
bound research programme on identified diseases for which
these systems have an effective treatment.
• To draw up schemes for promotion, cultivation and regeneration
of medicinal plants used in these systems.
• To evolve Pharmacopoeia standards for ISM&H drugs.

5. Administrative Staff:
• Union Minister For Health And Family Welfare
• State Minister For Health And Family Welfare
Official staff of AYUSH – New Delhi
• Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary
• Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director
• Advisors, Assistant Advisors
• Research Officers, Technical Officers, Statistical Officer &
Section Officers
Directors Of CCRAS, CCRUM, CCRYN, CCRH
Directors Of NATIONAL INSTITUTION OF ISM & H

6. CCIM
(CENTRAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN MEDICINE)
• The CCIM is the statutory body constituted under the Indian
Medicine Central Council Act, 1970
• Since its establishment in 1971, the Central Council has been
framing on and implementing various regulations including the
Curricula and Syllabi in Indian Systems of Medicine viz.
Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani at Under-graduate and Post-
graduate level.
• Now all the Colleges of ISM are affiliated to various Universities
in the Country. These Colleges are following the minimum
standards of education and Curricula and Syllabi, prescribed by
Central Council.
• The headquarters of CCIM  present at Janakpuri, New Delhi

7. Objectives
• To prescribe minimum standards of education in ISM
• To advise Central Government in matters relating to recognition
of medical qualification.
• To maintain a Central Register on Indian Medicine and revise
the register from time to time.
• To prescribe Standards of Professional Conduct, Etiquette and
Code of Ethics to be observed by the practitioners.
• Eligibility for BAMS- after 12th std with PCB with minimum 50%
• Duration of BAMS course 4 ½ years teaching & 1 year internship
= 5 ½ years & duration PG 3 years

8. Important works done recently:
• Translation of the syllabus of Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha
• Updating of syllabus
• Starting of new Post-graduate Diploma Courses
• Action against substandard existing colleges of ISM
• Preparation of the data base of the teaching staff
• Improvement of the functioning of the Hospital
• Revision of Minimum Standards & Requirements of Ayurveda,
Unani and Siddha colleges & hospital
• To maintain and update the Central Register of Indian Medicine.

9. CCRAS
(Central Council for Research in Ayurveda Science)
• CCRAS is an apex body in India for understanding, Co-ordinating,
Aiding & promoting research in Ayurveda
• The council was established in march 1987 after reorganization of
CCRIM&H
(Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy).
• The council carries out its activities through the network of
research institutes and centers functioning under its direct control
& through a number of units located in universities/hospital in
different part of country
• The CCRAS is an autonomous body of department of AYUSH,
ministry of health & family welfare, Government of India.

10. AIM:
To enhance the capability of council as a premier institution for
research in Ayurvedic science & to forge strategic alliances with similar
establishments & constantly strive for excellence in basic & applied
knowledge for efficient understanding of cause & preventing human
disease & their management.

11. OBJECTIVES:
• Formulate aims & patterns of research on scientific lines in
Ayurvedic system of medicine
• Initiate, Aid, Develop, Encourage & co-ordinate scientific
research in fundamental & applied aspects of Ayurveda
• Propagate basic knowledge & experimental measures relating
to the cause & prevention of disease & exchange information
with other institution with a similar approach
• Promote & assist institutions of research in the study of
diseases, their prevention & cure especially with emphasis on
covering the rural population of the country.

12. APC
(Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia committee)
• APC constituted  1963
• Containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with
formulae with method of preparation

13. Objectives :
• To prepare an Ayurvedic pharmacopeia of India of single &
compound drugs
• To prescribe working standards for compound Ayurvedic
formulations including tests for identity, purity & quality
• The term of committee  3 years from the date of meeting
• The Chairman of committee shall have the power to form sub-
committee whenever required & to co-operate experts from
outside
• The committee will have the power to frame rules & procedures
of functioning

14. National Medicinal Plant Board
• It was set up under a Govt resolution notified on 24th Nov 2000
under the chairperson of union health & family welfare minister
• India  15 Agro climatic zones, 47000 different plant species,
15000 medicinal plants
• Indian system of medicine have identified 1500 medicinal plants
of which 500 species are mostly used in preparation of drugs
• Medicinal plants contribute to Cater 80% of raw materials used
in preparation of drugs
• According to WHO report over 80% of world population relies
on traditional medicine largely plant based for their primary
health care needs.

15. Objectives:
• To establish an agency which would be responsible for coordination of
all matters relating to medicinal plants, including drawing up policies
& strategies for conservation, proper harvesting, research&
development, processing, marketing of raw materials in order to
protect, sustain & develop this sector.
Function:
• Assessment of supply position relating to medicinal plants both
within the country & aboard
• Proper guidance  formulation, schemes & programme etc &
infrastructure  collection storage & transportation of medicinal plants
• Development of protocols for cultivation & quality control
• Encouraging the protection of patent rights

16. TKDL
(Traditional knowledge & digital library)
• Since time immemorial, India has possessed a rich traditional
knowledge
• This knowledge has generally been passed down by words of
mouth from generation to generation
• A part of this knowledge described in ancient classical & other
literature, often inaccessible to common man & even when
accessible rarely understood
• The project TKDL was initiated in the year 2001

17. • TKDL is a collaborative project between Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR), ministry of science & technology &
department of AYUSH, ministry of health & family welfare & is
being implemented at CSIR
• An inter-disciplinary team of traditional medicine (AYUSH) 
Experts, Patent Examiners, Scientist & Technical Officers are
involved in creation of TKDL for Indian system of medicine.
• The project TKDL involves documentation of traditional
knowledge available in public domain in the form of existing
literature related to AYUSH in digitized format in five
international language like English, German, French, Japanese
& Spanish.

18. Achievements of TKDL:
• Approach paper on setting up of TKDL in Oct 99 by
Mr. v. k. Gupta
• Submission of approach paper to
SCIF (Standing Committees On Information Technology)
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
in the year Dec 99 by Dr R A Mashelkar general director of CSIR.