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Numbers of
S.
No. Research Areas Research Papers
Published
i. Survey, identification, characterisation and conservation 12
of medicinal plants.

ii. Post-harvest Management, assessment of heavy metals 16
and integrated pest management
iii. Varietal development and prospect of marketing 06
iv. Genotype Identification, genetic improvement, genome 17
study and germplasm collection & conservation
v. Development of agro techniques, standardisation of 19
nursery techniques and cultivation practices

vi. In-vitro propagation studies, micro-propagation chemical 62
& molecular profiling and phyto-chemicals evaluation
vii. Bioactivity guided fractionation studies 22
ix. Documentation and development of geo-tag digital 03
library
x. Finding out substitute and authentication of raw drugs 17

12. Protection of Traditional Medical Knowledge and GR,

Laws and Regulations Involved

A. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) is a pioneering initiative of

India, under the joint collaboration of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) and Ministry of Ayush, to prevent exploitation and to protect Indian traditional
knowledge at Patent Offices worldwide. The TKDL was set up with due approvals of
the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in 2001.

The TKDL includes India’s rich traditional knowledge related to the systems of

medicine from classical/traditional books related to Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa
Rigpa as well as practices of Yoga. The information from the ancient texts of medicine
and health existing in local languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Urdu,

Tamil, Bhoti, etc. have been digitised in five international languages, namely, English,

French, German, Spanish and Japanese in the TKDL database as prior art. The database
currently contains more than 4.5 lakh formulations/practices transcribed from texts of
Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Yoga. These formulations/practices have been
India
incorporated as structured, value-added, concise information easily understandable by

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