BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Pune, is a leading research centre under the aegis of Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. It was established in May 1961 by the Indian Government, and the foundation stone was laid down on 14th November 1964. The institute has 19.5 acres of land mainly used for the cultivation and conservation of Ayurvedic medicinal plants. The institute maintains more than 400 medicinal plants, including 22 Rare, Endangered, and Threatened (RET) plant species, and two Miyawaki forests (Aushadha aranyam). Additionally, it houses 16000 herbarium sheets and 500 crude drug samples in the museum for reference. Apart from this, the institute has Botany, Pharmacognosy, In-vitro Pharmacology, Animal Histopathology, Genotoxicity, Molecular Biology, Plant Tissue Culture, Biochemistry laboratories, and Animal house facility, equipped with high-end instrumentation to carry out various research activities. The institute is accredited by NABL for the authentication of medicinal plant and Pharmacognosy work in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards.
