VARANASI: The Faculty of Ayurveda Institute of Medical Science , Banaras Hindu University is going to undertake innovative projects for scientific analysis of Ayurvedic principles, development of scientific protocol and standardization of ayurvedic medicines.Talking to reporters on Tuesday, the dean, Prof. YB Tripathi, and Prof. VP Singh of medicinal chemistry department said that a central laboratory equipped with modern equipment worth about Rs 2 crore would be established on the campus for scientific analysis of ayurvedic principles, Besides, a scientific protocol would be developed by examining the biochemical changes in human body due to ayurvedic treatment. The scientific protocol can be tested anywhere in the world, they said adding that it would help in placing the Ayurveda on global forum.Another project is to work on research and standardization of new ayurvedic medicines to wipe off the fear of impurity or contamination in ayurvedic drugs, said Tripathi adding that the Faculty of Ayurveda has chalked out a programme to meet the standards set by the government. An IPR transfer policy have been evolved for patenting of ayurvedic medicines and transfer to medicine companies. The policy will be implemented after the approval of the university. So far 10 medicines have been patented by the teachers, he added.He further said that a digital catalogue of the museum of the departments of Rasa Shastra and Dravyaguna would be prepared. In the department of Rasa-Shastra a raw drug museum for minerals and metals is separately established. The department of Dravyaguna is having a herbarium and crude drug museum which consists of more than 450 herbarium specimens. Besides, a naturopathy clinic will also be started in Rajiv Ghandi South Campus of BHU at Barkachha in Mirzapur district, he added.

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