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For Private & RestrictedRestricted Circulation OnlyOnly AYURBIZ- OctoberVol.1JanuaryVol.1 No. to DecemberNo. 8to March13October January 20122014 to December to March 201220141 A QQUUARARTERLYTERLY NEWNEWSLETTERSLETTER FFOROR AAYURYURVEVEDIDICC & HEHERBRBAAL IINDNDUSUSTRYTRY PRESIDENT Dr. P. M. Varier Arya Vaidya Sala, Kerala From the President’s Desk IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Subharthee Dey DearDear Members, Members, Dey’s Medical Stores (Mfg.) Ltd., Kolkata VICE PRESIDENTS AllWishing our members you all are Season’s aware thatGreetings our Association and A Happy is trying & Debarshi Dutta Gupta (East) itsProsperous level best New-Year to resolve 2013 the issues arised out of the East India Pharmaceutical Works Limited, Kolkata Notifications issued by the Regulators like Biodiversity, Ranjit Puranik (West) You are all aware that our industry is seriously affected Shree Dhootpapeshwar Ltd, Mumbai Ministrywith the of notifications Environment issued & Forests, by the Department Department of of AYUSH, AYUSH Dr. Rajesh Thapar (North) Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Consumer Affairs etc. Herbotech India, Ludhiana on Schedule Z, Prefix Suffix and of Labeling issues. Dr. Anil Kumar (South) Several meetings were held with all those Authorities Kerala Ayurveda Ltd, Kerala We were repeatedly requesting the Secretary, HON. GENERAL SECRETARY either to defer the Departmentimplementation of AYUSH or grant for relaxations an appointment in some to resolve clauses the of Chandrakant Bhanushali some of the Notifications. Ayurchem Products, Mumbai burning issues of the ASU industry. However, department is not showing JOINT SECREATRY anySince interest the Regulators in having dialogueare bent withupon industry implementing members. the WeNotifications, are still trying our Nimish Shroff our level best to meet the Secretary, Department of AYUSH to resolve the Charak Pharma (P) Ltd, Mumbai Industry has to face lot of hardship which is hampering the growth of the issues at the earliest. TREASURER ASU Industry. Shashank Sandu The present Executive Committee of the Association will be retiring Sandu Brothers Pvt Ltd, Mumbai We had also sought an appointment for a meeting with Shri Ghulam Nabi REGIONAL SECRETARIES accordingAzad , Hon’ble to the Minister Constitution for Health of the & AssociationFamily Welfare at the to Annualdiscuss Generalmatters Jasmeet Singh (North) Meeting scheduled to be held on 22nd February 2013. Notice of the AGM Fidalgo Healthcare, Ludhiana of great concern to Ayurvedic Industry. We are still awaiting to receive along with the nomination forms for election of new Managing Committee Hardik Ukani (West) confirmation of appointment. Vasu Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara members would be sent to all Members shortly. We earnestly request Dr. Saji Kumar (South) Recently, it is observed that Department of AYUSH is constituting Expert Dhathri Ayurveda Pvt Ltd, Kochi the Members to actively participate in the activities of the Association by MEMBERS sendingCommittees their for nomination dealing matters forms duly such filled, as Prefixby specified Suffix, date. Sale license, new Prabodh V. Shah category of Phyto pharmaceuticals etc and inviting the Representatives of I am thankful to all the members for the active support and co-operation Virgo UAP Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad the Association to discuss and get their views. Dr. J.P. Singh extended to the Managing Committee for the successful completion of Shree Dhanwantri Herbals, Amritsar Chanpreet Singh Chawla oneI am term.happy to note that following new members were enrolled as Annual Dr. Asma Herbals, Amritsar members of our Association from 1st January 2014. Dr. Amit Agarwal From October to December 2012, eight new members have been enrolled Natural Remedies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as1. aM/s. member Pankajakasthuri of our Association. Herbal IndiaI warmly Pvt welcomeLtd, Kerala them and look forward Vd. Punarvasu Agnihotri to their active participation in the Association’s activities. The names of the Shree Shanker Ayurvedic Pharmacy, Ahmedabad 2. M/s. Mosons Extractions, Kerala Pushkar Sharad Pathak new members are as follows: Chaitanya Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Nashik 3. M/s. AVA Cholayil Health Care Pvt ltd, Chennai Vd. Uday Deshpande 1. M/s SG Pharma Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai The Ayurvedeeya Arkashala Ltd., Satara 2.4. M/sM/s. Dynamic ARI Healthcare Remedies Pvt Pvt. Ltd, Ltd., Mumbai Mumbai Sunil Balchandra Tambe Santulan Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd., Karla 3.5. M/sM/s. SciTech Lokopyogi Laboratories Ayurved PvtPvt. Ltd, Ltd., Pune Mumbai Aniruddha Milind Raj Pathak Koral Pharma, Nashik 4. M/s Saiba Industries Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai 6. M/s. Bharat Ayurvedic Aushdhalay, Sangli Dr. C.K. Katiyar 5. M/s Bluemax Pharmaceuticals – Solapur Emami Limited, Kolkata Dr. J.L.N.Sastry 6.I warmly M/s Eupharma, welcome allLudhiana of them and look forward to their active participation Dabur India Limited, Ghaziabad in the association’s activities. Dr. Dilip Trivedi 7. M/s Virgo UAP Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad Shriji Herbal Products, Mumbai 8.Our M/s Secretariat Capro Labs has Exports aleady Indiasent Pvt. Bills Ltd., for renewalBangalore of membership for the Jaideep Nagrath current year. Members are requested to renew their membership along Pentavox Herbals P. Ltd., Ludhiana I hereby urge all Members who have not yet renewed their membership Sanjeev Passi with arrears, if any. This will not only support the finance of the Association for the current year to renew their membership immediately as the same Prabhat Ayurvedic Pharmacy, Amritsar but also help in the growth of the Association. Shriram Gandhi is overdue. Kindly note that your financial support is utmost important for LVG Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad Dr. P.M. Varier Ashwani Kumar Gupta the Association to provide the better service to the members. Abhishek Pharmaceuticals, Ludhiana President - ADMA Rajendra Dobriyal Subharthee Dey Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Delhi President-ADMA 2 January to March 2014 From the Secretary’s Desk Dear Members, that ADMA representatives make a presentation in presence of ASU-DCC and ASUDTAB A gist of activities and updates are who would then be requested to examine the given below for your information. issue once again. Our representatives had 1. Upon the request of our Assocition Shri an opportunity to present the various aspects Balakrishna Pisupati Ji, Chairman NBA had to ASU- DCC meeting held on 20th December given the opportunity to our Industry members 2013. We have requested on 25th January 2014 for a brainstorming session to resolve issues the Chairman ASUDTAB for a suitable time slot on Biodiversity Act and Rules and ABS for 3rd for presentation at the next ASDTAB meeting. January 2014. ASU Industry members had a 6. 2nd Global Ayurveda Exhibition and Arogya Expo fruitful discussion. Subsequent to the meeting, was organised by Global Ayurveda Festival summary of ADMA submission at the meeting from 20th -24th February 2014 at Jawaharlal was sent to the Chairman for his kind perusal International Stadium, Kochi. ADMA supported and necessary action vide letter no. 0114/ this Event and we are happy to inform that this ADMA/481/ NBA dated 15th January 2014. Event was successful. The Report of the Event 2. Representatives of ADMA was also invited by is published in Page nos.5-7 of this Ayurbiz the Chairman ,NBA to join the meeting of State issue. Biodiversity Boards that was convened by NBA 7. Department of AYUSH requested ADMA in Chennai on 21st January 2014 and make a comments on the draft guidelines and criteria for presentation on our proposal for Access and seeking approval to conduct trial in Ayurveda, Benefit Sharing. Dr. Amit Agarwal and Dr Siddha and Unani systems. ADMA had N.B.Brindavanam represented ADMA in this submitted its comments vide letter no. 0114/ meeting ADMA/495A /AYUSH dated 31st January 2014 3. We had also requested to the Chairman, NBA to Dr. D.C. Katoch, Joint Advisor (Ayurveda). to include a Member Representative of ADMA 8. Members are aware that Vibrant Gujarat permanently in their Expert Committee on Ayurveda Summit was held on 25th February Access and Benefit Sharing and also normally 2014 at Convention Area, Mahatma Mandir, traded commodities so that our Association Gandhinagar, Gujarat and invitation was would be able to actively peruse its members received from Health & Family Welfare towards compliance in the Biological Diversity Department, Government of Gujarat inviting all Act 2002 and Rule 2004. the members of ADMA and also all ASU Industry 4. We are also in follow up with the Department members to participate in this Event. ADMA has of AYUSH, NMPB and Ministry of Environment supported this Event. The Mega Summit was & Forests to resolve the issues which our organised by M/s K & D Communications Ltd., Members are facing. Gujarat. It was attended by 9000 Participants. The Concurrent Exhibition covered an area of 5. Our Association impressed on Secretary 500 Square meters occupied by 8 exhibitors. and Officials from Department of AYUSH the Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi inherent discord and hardships involved in inaugurated this Summit. implementation of the GSR 704(E) dated 25th October 2013 banning the use of Prefix Suffix on 9. The support of the ASU Industry made the the labels of ASU medicines during the meeting Event a grand success and organisers have held on 26th November 2013. It was suggested announced the Ayurveda World Expo 2015 January to March 2014 3 for 8th -13th January 2015 at Convention Area, vide letter no. 0314/ADMA/534 dated 10th Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. March 2014. 10. Ministry of Labour and Employment constituted 13. Department of AYUSH constituted an Expert Industrial Tripartite Committee for Sales Committee for formulation of a separate Promotion Employees vide their letter no. draft Bill for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Z-13025/15/2010-IR (PL) dated 31st January Homeopathy Drugs vide their Order no th 2014 wherein one seat was allotted to ADMA K11024/2/2013/DCC (AYUSH) dated 7 March 2014. It is observed that they have not as one of the Employers Representtive. included representatives from ASU Industry ADMA has nominated Mr.Subharthee Dey, on this Expert Committee.