Dr. Chandra Kant Katiyar - Chairman

Born on September 27, 1954, Dr. Chandra Kant Katiyar is MD in Ayurveda and Ph. D. Pharmacology/Rasa Shastra from Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. This unique combination of Ayurvedic and Modern Medicine knowledge has helped him in interpreting Ayurvedic principles and practices in modern scientific language. For the last more than 28 years Dr Katiyar has worked at India’s best Research and Development driven companies Like Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Gurgaon as Director, Herbal Drug Research and Dabur India Ltd as Head and Vice President of Dabur Research and Development Centre, NCR Delhi. Currently Dr Katiyar is CEO Health Care (Technical) of Emami Ltd. at Kolkata, India. During his tenure Dr Katiyar has developed several of top selling Ayurvedic /herbal OTC and Ethical products besides pharmaceutical products in the field of Neurology and Oncology. He has also made significant contributions in New Drug Discovery from medicinal plants. Dr. Katiyar has authored books including “Ayurveda at the turning point” published from UK in 2018 and “Modern Ayurveda: Milestones Beyond the Classical Age” published by CRC Press, USA in 2012. He has contributed more than 10 book chapters, about 75 research papers and has about 20 patents to his credit. Dr Katiyar is member of making ASU Drugs Technical Advisory Board, Governing body, All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi, Scientific Advisory Board, Central Council for Research in Ayurveda Sciences and Scientific Advisory Group, Indian Council of Medical Research. He is currently Vice Chairman of National Phytopharmaceutical Mission of Department of Bio Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr Katiyar has made important contributions in quality control of Ayurvedic/ Herbal drugs being member of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee, Herbal Committee for Indian Pharmacopoeia and South East Asia Expert Panel on Dietary Supplements for United States Pharmacopoeia. Dr Katiyar is a reputed researcher, academician and expert in regulatory policies for Traditional Medicines including Ayurveda.

Dr. R. C. Uniyal - Member Secretary

Born on 07th December 1968, Dr. R. C. Uniyal did his M. Phil (1990) in Environmental Plant Physiology and D. Phil. (1995) in Botany (Seed Biology) from High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal. Dr. Uniyal is presently working as Head, Bio-resources Development, Emami Ltd. Kolkata. He also served as Consultant to National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush, New Delhi. He also worked as Consultant under UNDP-GEF-MoEF project. Dr. uniyal also worked for WWF-TRAFFIC India as a researcher. He was Member of Expert Committee, which formulate Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCP) for Indian Medicinal Plants. He was also Member of Himalayan Task Force for Medicinal Plants constituted by NMPB (2008-09) and Member of High Power Committee under Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2014-15) for Medicinal Plants sector in Uttarakhand. Dr. Uniyal has experience of more than 24 years and his specialized areas includes Bio-resources Management, Conservation, Cultivation, Primary Processing & Value Addition, Supply Chain Management and Procurement of herbal raw materials. Dr. Uniyal has over more than 70 research papers published in national and international journals. He has also published 03 books and have produced 01 Documentary on Medicinal Plants.

Mr. Dilip Poddar - Member Treasurer

Born on 24 February, 1957, Mr. Dilip Poddar did his B. Com (Hons.) from Kolkata University, Kolkata. He is presently working as Vice President (Co-ordination) with Emami Ltd., Mumbai. Mr. Poddar has experience in International Market specifically in Sub Sahara Africa/ USA / Canada / Latin America / Australia / New Zealand for personal care, cosmetics, nutrition and wellness. He is also experienced in product and process innovation, packaging development, and in export of goods.

Dr. Rahul Singh - Member

Born on 22nd September 1969 Dr. Rahul Singh is Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry from University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Singh has more than 26 years’ experience in Quality Management System, Method Development & its Validation, Standardization of Ayurvedic/Herbal/Natural Products, Isolation and Characterization of Phytochemicals, Extraction techniques, Development of Quality parameters for Herbal/Ayurvedic/Natural, Foods, Personal Care & Home Care products. Dr. Singh has worked at India’s best Research and Development driven companies Like Lupin Laboratories as Scientist (1994-2002), Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Gurgaon as Senior Group Leader (2002-2009), Dabur India Ltd as Head – R&D Analytical of Dabur Research and Development Centre, NCR Delhi (2009- 2013). Currently Dr. Singh is Head, Corporate Analytical Design Excellence at Emami Ltd. at Kolkata, India. Dr. Singh is member of Herbal Products and Crude Drugs Committee of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP), Expert Group for “Establishment of GMP accredited Pilot Scale Extraction with QA&QC Facilities For Development of Herbal or Phytopharmaceutical products from the Medicinal Plants of NE India” (Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India). Dr. Singh has 12 patents to his credit and has published more than 30 research papers.

Mr. Anoop Agarwal - Member

Mr. Anoop Agarwal is an Advertising and Marketing Professional /Entrepreneur, with over 17 Years of experience across FMCG, Media, advertising and digital ecosystem. Anoop completed his schooling from The Scindia School, Gwalior and is a double graduate (B.Com Hons. (Kolkata) and LL.B. (Mumbai). He holds dual post graduate degree in Marketing (Mumbai) and Entrepreneurship from IE Business School, Spain. He is an active marathoner, who has participated across the country, including in Ladakh marathon in Leh (the world’s highest marathon).

Mrs. Pratibha Gupta - Member

Born on 8 May, 1958, Mrs. Pratibha Gupta did her M. Sc. from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and PG Diploma in Herbology from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She has 15 years of working experience in the field of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. She also worked in a joint –venture pilot project for bio-diesal production with STEP-IIT Kharagpur, W.B. and West Bengal Rural Energy Development Agency. Mrs. Gupta has published one research paper.

Dr. V. K. Bisht - Member

Born on 11th February, 1980, Dr. V. K. Bisht did his M. Sc. in Botany and Ph. D. in Plant Physiology from HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand. Dr. Bisht presently working as Scientist In-Charge at ZFHC, Ambach, Valsad. He also served as Scientist, Herbal Research and Development Institute for more than 8 years. He has a work experience of more than 16 years. Dr. Bisht also work as a researcher in UNDP-GEF project for “Inventorization of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Uttarakhand”. He has made a pioneering contribution in introduction and commercial cultivation of Amomum subulatum (Large Cardamom) in Uttarakhand. His research and interest focus on conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants, plant and seed physiology, phyto-chemistry, biological activity analysis and ethnobotany. Dr. Bisht has published more than 55 research papers in the national and international journals, apart from many presentations in symposia and seminars. Dr. Bisht has supervised 09 students of M. Sc., M. Pharma from different university for their dissertation work.