Exposure Visit of officers, staffs and members of Chhattisgarh State Minor

Forest Produce Co-operative Federation Ltd, Chhattisgarh to the State of

Karnataka

11th

- 15th

September, 2017

REPORT

Organized by

Institute of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU),

74/2, JarakbandeKaval, Attur Post, Via Yelahanka, Bengaluru

Tel. No. 080-28562982, Website: www.tdu.edu.in

Exposure Visit of officers, staffs and members of Chhattisgarh State Minor

Forest Produce Co-operative Federation Ltd, Chhattisgarh to the State of

Karnataka

Background:

Chhattisgarh has about 44% geographical area under forest cover, which is very rich in

biodiversity due to favorable agro-climatic conditions. There are about 10,400 medicinal

plant/forest produce collection centers. However, the skill of stake-holders needs to be refined in

the areas of good collection practices and value addition. Training/exposure will help

stakeholders understand the ecosystem and enable them to harvest in a scientific manner. In this

regard, Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Products, Co-operative Federation of Chhattisgarh asked

TDU to organise an orientation for stakeholders in good collection practices, harvesting and

primary processing of medicinal plants.

The program was held from 11th

- 15th

, September 2017 at TDU, Bangalore, wherein 21 members

and staffs from co-operative federation attended the program.

Day 1 – 11.09.2017

Dr. M. Abdul Kareem, Associate Professor and Dr.

Subrahmanya Kumar, Assistant Professor gave an

introduction to the programme and briefed participants as to

what they will learn in five days training programme. Dr.

Kareem then gave an overview of the activities of FRLHT-

TDU.

Session on Sustainable Harvest Practices :

Ms. Deepa G.B, Asst. Professor at TDU, explained advantages

of sustainable collection practices. It was highlighted that

livelihood of present and future generation, availability of

quality raw materials to industry/users, overcoming problems of over-harvesting, illegal and

unscientific collection can be ensured through sustainable harvest practices.

Session on ‘Good harvesting and primary processing of medicinal plants’.

In this session, Dr. Veerayya Swami Charantimat, Sri

Paripoorna Sanathana Ayurveda Medical College,

Hospital and Research Centre, Nelamanagala, Bangalore

spoke about various Ayurvedic guidelines mandated in

classical literature for collection of medicinal plants. He

also explained about the right kind of soil and agro-

climatic requirements for good growth of medicinal plants.

He also informed about the possible health hazards during plant collection and methods to

prevent it.

Visit to various centers of FRLHT-TDU

Ms. Anu V. and Ms. Amrita G. took participants to a guided tour of the campus. At the center for

Repository of Medicinal plant Resources,

Dr. NoorunnisaBegum, Asst. Professor at TDU, gave a

brief introduction about the center which was

established in 1993 with a focus on medicinal plants

used in Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM). The

objective of the programme was to highlight the

morphological variations of the plants and to represent

plant species across different ecosystems by engaging

botanical surveys to collect plant specimens across

different biogeographic zones, ecosystems and habitats of the country. These botanical surveys

have resulted in additions to the existing collection of medicinal plants used in ISM as well as

the plants traded in the country. She also taught participants the importance of identification of

crude drugs with two, five crude drugs samples.She explained their substitute and adulterants

with taxonomic and organoleptic characters.

Participants were then taken to raw drug preparation

center by Dr. Udaykumar. He explained participants

about collection, processing and purification of herbal

drugs. Medicinal plants are collected and preserved at

specified temperature and then purified from toxic and

unwanted materials. Raw material will undergo various

processes and the final product is tested for its quality.

It is then sent for packaging.

Participants visited the Centre for Pharmacognosy and

Pharmaceutics, which is a unique R&D unit of

FRLHT, with its research activities being guided by

the Traditional Knowledge. Dr. Subramanya Kumar

explained the key purpose of this Centre; this center

undertakes cross-cultural bridging research to

demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Traditional

Pharmacognosy (DravyagunaShastra, the study of raw drugs) and Pharmaceutics

(BaishajyaKalpana, the study of the products) of Indian Systems of Medicine and Modern

Science. He also informed that the Centre has been

accredited as a certifying body by the Department of

AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani,

Siddha and Homoeopathy), Government of India and

has also been certified as an ISO 9001:2000 unit. The

Centre focuses on four main areas: Research, Testing,

Consultancy and Training. The Centre is a full-fledged

Laboratory with all the necessary facilities to conduct phytochemical analyses, microbial tests

and develop molecular markers on medicinal plants and products. Custom-based product

development is taken up to support data on quality standards, consistency and stability of

products. The Centre offers different need based trainings to small-scale industries, researchers,

students, NGO’s and entrepreneurs on many subjects in the sector. Thus, the Centre is a one-stop

shop for all the requirements of the ISM sector.

At school of informatics, Ms. Tabussum gave introduction

to the database of medicinal plants. She also explained the

advantages of database and how it is used digitally.

Participants also visited Manuscript digitation center. Mr.

Ananth explained participants about how manuscripts are

preserved and are converted into digital format. He also

showed few Ayurvedic works which have been transformed

from Manuscripts to printed books along with translation of

the texts from Sanskrit to English.

The evening session saw Mr. Mudit Kumar Singh, IFS.; PCCF, Chhattisgarh & MD,

Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Products, Co-operative Federation giving an inspiring speech.

He explained overall motto and ambition in the planned program.

Day 2 – 12.09.2017

Visit to ParamparikaVaidyaParishat, Davangere

The team met the State President, Shri Nerlige Gurusiddappa, Paramparika Vaidya Parishat

(PVP), Davangere, Karnataka and discussed on the administrative setup of the association and

activities carried out by the members. They also visited the small scale production unit and

medicinal plant garden at the nearby village called Nerlige, maintained by the association.

Day 3 – 13.09.2017

Agumbe, which is situated in Megaravalli range of Shimoga district of Karnataka is known as

Chirapunji of South India as this place is next to Chirapunji in receiving a very high rainfall. It is

situated at 2,710 feet above sea level. It is a wet evergreen which harbors many rare plants,

reptiles and animals. King Cobra, lion-taletmacque, turtule, sambar etc. are some of the fauna

found in this region. Karnataka forest Department in collaboration with FRLHT, Bangalore has

established Medicinal Plant Conservation Area (MPCA) since 1995, to conserve the medicinal

plants and protect the endangered species. Ecotourism activities have been taken up to attract the

tourist at the MPCA site.

During 2006 local community has been involved in sustainable management of

NTFPs/medicinal plants. Sustainable Harvesting Methods for the species like Garcinia

gummingutta, Cinnamomum sulphuratum, Vateria indica and Myristica dactyloides has been

developed.

Participants visited the MPCA and learnt about the concept of in- situ conservation of medicinal

plants and identified the population of medicinal plants conserved at the site. They also visited

the sustainable harvest site and discussed with the communities on the sustainable harvesting

methods practiced by them.

Day 4 – 14.09.2017

Visit to Saptagiri Herbals

Participants visited M/S Saptagiri Herbals, a GMP certified Ayurvedic drug manufacturing

facility at Uppoor, Udupi. It has modern technology and automated machines with an intention

of reducing human errors and to manufacture products of high quality. GMP have been adopted

and monitored to ensure affordable, standardized, safe and effective Ayurvedic products.

Participants visited all facilities beginning from primary processing of plants, storage facility,

avaleha, taila, tablet preparation and packaging.

Then the trainees visited Kapu beach and had exposure on marine eco system. After lunch the

team headed towards FRLHT-TDU, Bangalore.

Day 5 – 15.09.2017

Session on RET Species of Chhattisgarh

Ms. Anu, Senior Research Fellow, TDU explained about the

medicinal plants of the state and the threat associated with

it. The expanding domestic and global demand of many of

these commercially valuable plants growing inside the

forests as well as outside forests, have depleted to such an

extent that their very survival has become a matter of

concern. Hence there should be a rapid threat assessment

process to assign threat status based on IUCN Red List

Categories and Criteria to the species for further conservation action. The list of the species that

were assessed during the CAMP exercise was shown to the participants for the better

understanding.

Valedictory

The course for the Chhattisgarh state minor forest produce members culminated with positive

feedback from participants and followed by the valedictory session. Dr. D. Narasimhan,

Professor and Head School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, TDU, Bangalore and Mr. Dugga,

District Forest Officer, Chhattisgarh distributed certificates to participants.

List of Resource Persons

1. Dr. Abdul Kareem, Associate Professor, TDU

2. Dr. Subramanya Kumar, Assistant Professor, TDU

3. Shri. D. KVed, Advisor, TDU

4. Mr. G. Harirammurthi, Advisor, TDU.

5. Dr. Veerayya Swami Charantimat, Sri ParipoornaSanathana Ayurveda Medical College,

Hospital and Research Centre, Nelamanagala, Bangalore

6. VaidyaGurusiddhappa, President, Karnataka Folk Healers Association, Davanagere

7. Dr. Noorunnissa Begum, Assistant Professor, TDU

8. Mr. JagannathRao, Associate Professor, TDU

9. Ms. Rajeshri, Assistant Professor, TDU

10. Dr. Uday Kumar, Physician, I-AIM Hospital

11. Ms. NandiniDholepat, Consultant,TDU

12. Ms. G. B. Deepa, TDU

13. Ms. Preethi, Research Fellow, TDU

14. Mr. Sumukha, Hostelinchaarge, TDU

15. Mr. Ananth, Research Fellow, TDU

16. Mr. Narayan Prakash, Senior Program Officer, TDU

17. Ms. Anu V., Senior Research Fellow, TDU

18. Ms. Amrita G., Research Fellow, TDU

Project Team:

1. Dr. Abdul Kareem, Associate Professor, TDU

2. Dr. Subramanya Kumar, Assistant Professor, TDU

3. Ms. Amrita G., Research Fellow, TDU

List of Participants

1. Shiv Bhajan Singh

2. SudarshanSahu

3. Ramesh Baghel

4. DronacharyaMandavi

5. LochanSinha

6. ManojKaushik

7. Ram Singh Usendi

8. Aagam Singh

9. Ashok Das

10. PhilamonToppo

11. Sandeep Singh

12. Aatma Ram Sahu

13. Sanjay Yadav

14. Arvind Kumar Sharma

15. B.L. Sarote

16. Prashant Tiwari

17. Rajeev LochanNayak

18. AashisHarmukh

19. Chawar Singh Seedar

20. PhoolSingh Rathiya

21. Gangu Ram Madavi

Program Schedule for Capacity Building Training on Good Field Collection Practices and

Production for Members of Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Producce Co-operative

Federation Ltd. of Chhattisgarh

Program Schedule

Monday, 11th

September, 2017

Day 1

09.30- 09.45 AM Registration at the conference Hall, Patanjali Block, TDU.

Ms. Anu V. and Ms. Amrita G., Research Scholars, TDU

Inauguration:

09.45- 09.55 AM Welcome remarks and brief introduction to the program

Dr. M.Abdul Kareem, Associate Professor, TDU

09.55-10.05 AM Introduction about SMFPCF and expectation from the visit

Team Leader, SMFPCF, Chhattisgarh

10.05- 10.15 AM Inaugural Speech

Mr. D.K. Ved, IFS (Rtd.), Advisor, TDU

10.15- 10.25 AM Self Introduction

10.25- 10.30 AM Vote of thanks

Dr.SubramanayaKumar, Assistant Professor, TDU

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10.30 -10.45 AM TEA BREAK

Technical Session:

10.45- 11.30 AM Sustainable collection, Manufacturing and Value addition of

medicinal plants with special focus to Chhatisgarh

- Mr.JaganathRao, Associate Professor, TDU& Mrs. Deepa

Assistant Professor, TDU

1130 AM. - 12.30 PM Drug collection- An Ayurvedic Approach

Nature and Human relation - Panchabhuta and Prakruti

Purushasamyata theory

Season and Ayurvedic treatment

- Dr.Yoganarasimhaiah N, Director of ISTA Multispecialty

Ayurveda Hospital

12.30- 01.30 PM Post-Harvest Management

Drying

Primary processing and other special methods of

processing

- Dr. Subramanya Kumar

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01.30 - 02.00 PM Lunch

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02.00 -04.30 PM Visit to various centers of TDU

- Mrs. Amritha. G. & Ms. Anu

02.00 -02.20 PM Raw Drug Production unit-collection, processing and purification

of herbal drugs

- Dr. Uday Kumar, Physician, I-AIM

02.20 – 02.40PM Repository of Medicinal plant Resources–importance of

identification of crude drugs- substitute and adulterants with

taxonomic and organoleptic characters.

Dr. Noorunissa Begum, Associate Professor, TDU

02.40- 03.00 PM Database- documentation of database of medicinal plants

Dr. Venugopal, Associate Professor, TDU

03.00- 03.20 PM Manuscript Center- how manuscripts are preserved and are

converted into digital format

Dr. Hemanth, Research Associate, TDU

03.20- 04.30 PM Laboratory- phytochemical analyses, microbial tests and

develop molecular markers on medicinal plants and products.

Custom-based product development is taken up to support data

on quality standards, consistency and stability of products

Dr. Subramanya Kumar and Team, Assistant Professor TDU

Field Visit: Tuesday, 12th

September, 2017

Day 2

07.00- 07.30 AM Breakfast

8.00 AM Departure to Shimoga

12.00- 01.00PM Visit to Vaid’straining center, Devangere, Karnataka

Visit to Medicinal plant garden

Show the small scale production unit

VaidyaGurusiddappa, Davangere& Mrs. Rajashree, TDU

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01.00- 02.00 PMLunch atDevangere

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02.00-04.00 PM Interactive meeting with a group of Healers-

VaidyaGurusiddappa, Davangere& Mrs. Rajashree, TDU

08.00 PM Dinner and Halt at Shimoga

Field Visit: Wednesday, 13th

September, 2017

Day 3

07.30- 08.00 AM Breakfast

08.00- 08.30 AM Visit to Mandagadde bird sanctuary

10.30- 12.30 PM Visit to Agumbe Medicinal Plant Conservation Area, Sustainable

harvest Site

- Mr. Poornesh, Task Team Member, Agumbe, Mr. JagannathaRao,

TDU

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12.30- 01.00 PM Lunch at Agumbe

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01. 00 - 04.30 PM Community Interaction on SHG activities on Natural resource .

Management, Value addition of NTFP and Ecotourism activities

04.30 - 05.30 PM Visit to ecotourism spot and sunset point

-Ms. Annapoornama, SHG member and Mr. JagannathaRao,. TDU

06.00- 0 8.00 Travel to UDUPI

Thursday, 14th

September, 2017

Day 4

07.30- 08.30 AM Breakfast

09.00- 12.00 AM Visit to Saptagiri herbals, Udupi (procurement, storage, processing

unit, Marketing, branding)

12.00- 02.00 PM Visit to costal biodiversity and ecosystem management

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01.00- 01.30 PM LUNCH

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01.00 PM Departure to Bangalore

09.00 PM Dinner and Halt at Bangalore

Friday, 15th

September, 2017

Day 5

07.30- 08.30 AM Breakfast

09.30- 10.30 AM Threatened Medicinal Plants of Chhattisgarh

- Ms. Anu.V, Senior Research Fellow, TDU

10.30-11.30 AM Feedback, Valedictory and Distribution of Certificates

Guest: Mr. Narshiman, Head of Liberal Arts and Science,

Professor, TDU .

11:30- 11:45 AM Tea

11.45 -04.00 PM Visit to Botanical Garden, Bangalore.