Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee

Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee (APC) was initially established in September 1962 under the chairmanship of Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra along with 21 eminent members. The first meeting of APC was inaugurated at Madras on 10th January, 1963, by Dr. SushilaNayar, the then Union Minister for Health.

Summary of constitution/reconstitution of APC for the past committees is as below:

S.No.	Chairperson	Year
1.	Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra	1962
2.	Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra	1966
3.	Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra	1969
4.	Prof. A. N. Namjoshi	1973
5.	Prof. A. N. Namjoshi	1981
6.	Prof. A. N. Namjoshi	1988
7.	Prof. A. N. Namjoshi	1994
8.	Vaidya I. Sanjeeva Rao	1998
9.	Dr. P.D. Sethi	2001
10.	Dr. (Ms.) Savita Satakopan *	2005-06
11.	Prof. S.S. Handa	2009
12.	Dr. S. K. Sharma	2012
13.	Prof. V. K. Joshi	2014
14.	Prof. V. K. Joshi	2017
*Prof. S.S. Handa took over the charge after Dr. (Ms.) Savita Satakopan made herself apart from the chairmanship.

APC was initially functional at M/o Health & Family Welfare, subsequently at Dept. of ISM&H/AYUSH with its establishment (1995) and later transferred to Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha from year 2006. Further the APC was brought under Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine with its establishment in 2010.

Composition of APC

Presently APC officiates under auspices of PCIM&H and works under the supervision of Scientific Body of PCIM&H. Constitution of incumbent APC is as follows:

S. No.	Composition of APC	Position
1.	A person of eminence with academic distinction in Ayurveda and having significant experience in work related to development of pharmacopoeia Prof. V. K. Joshi	Chairman
Ex-Officio Members
2.	Adviser (Ay.), Ministry of AYUSH Dr. Manoj Nesari	Member
3.	Director, PCIM&H Prof. Vd. K. Rama Chandra Reddy	Member
4.	Director, Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM), Ghaziabad Prof. Vd. K. Rama Chandra Reddy (Director In-charge)	Member
5.	Director General, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi Prof. Vd. K.S. Dhiman	Member Secretary
Non-official Members
Analytical Chemistry/ Pharmaceutical Chemistry or Pharmaceutics (02 experts)
6.	Prof. V. K. Kapoor	Member
7.	Dr. Subrata De	Member
Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical science (01 expert)
8.	Prof. Karan Vasishth	Member
Pharmacognosy (02 experts)
9.	Dr. Malati Chauhan	Member
10.	Dr.(Mrs.) Hemalatha	Member
Dravyaguna (02 experts)
11.	Prof. M.C. Sharma	Member
12.	Prof. Tanuja Nesari	Member
Rasashastra and BhaishajayaKalpana (02 experts)
13.	Dr. S. K. Dixit	Member
14.	Dr. Shisir P. Pande	Co-Opted Member
Ayurvedic industry - experienced in the manufacture (02 experts)
15.	Dr. Sindhu A.	Member
16.	Mr. RanjeetPuranik	Member
Biotechnology
17.	Dr. B. Ravishankar	Member
Bhasma/Metals & Minerals (02 experts)
18.	Prof. Dhananjai Pandey	Member
19.	Dr. Nikhil Dhawan	Member

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Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy