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Dr Anantha Narayana receives IPA award

Dr Anantha Narayana, head, Herbals Research, Hindustan Lever Research Center was recently honored with the Eminent Pharmacist Award by the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA). The annual award is given for consistent and outstanding contribution to pharmaceutical sciences. Former recipients of this award include the late Dr Pravinder Singh of Ranbaxy, late Ramanbhai Patel (founder of Cadila), Prof Harkishan Singh and Dr PC Dandiya.

Dr Anantha Narayana is an M Pharm from Saugar University (MP) and holds a PhD from Delhi University. He taught pharmacy for a decade, at Saugar University, Hamdard College of Pharmacy, and College of Pharmacy, Delhi Administration (now DIPAS). His industry experience includes long tenures in Ranbaxy Laboratories and later Dabur Research Foundation. He is credited for having led research at Dabur and later at HUL, and demonstrated the application of ‘Reverse Pharmacology’ approach for bringing out scientifically developed evidence based medicines/products form the wisdom of ayurveda.

He is a member of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission's Scientific Committee and is Chairman of its Herbs and Herbal Products Committee, an Honorary Adjunct Professor of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics at Bhavan's SPARC, and was a member of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee and ASU DTAB of Government of India as well as a Convener of Herbal Cosmetics Committee of BIS. He was Convener of a subgroup of the Dr Mashelkar Committee. He is an active member Managing Committee of Ayurvedic Drug Manufacturer's Association (ADMA) and has contributed to development of many policies related to ayurvedic products and their modernisation. He has served on IPA, and was Secretary of IPCA, and is very active in the professional field.