Visit to Ayushraj Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

• Visit to Ayushraj Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

The Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology have jointly organized an industrial trip to Ayushraj Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. in Jaipur on 11^th October, 2018. Postgraduate students of Biotechnology and Microbiology were accompanied by Dr Sreemoyee Chatterjee for this visit. Ayushraj Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. is a national level laboratory involved in the development and designing of non-allopathic drugs and products by involving the use of ancient techniques of AYUSH (i.e. Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopath, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy).

The laboratory has various sections which include:

• The Bulk Extraction Division, where the extracts and pulps of various medicinal plants are extracted. This division includes extractors, distillators, driers, concentrators and boilers. The initial extracts for commercial production are prepared in this section.
• The Formulation and Production Division, where the medicinal formulations (in form of capsules, tablets and syrups) and Ayurvedic products (like toothpastes, chyavanprash) are prepared and packed for commercial production. Some of the important instruments used in this section are the semi-automated and fully-automated fillers (for capsules), index sealing machines, end runners (for crushing), roll compactors, pouch fillers, octagonal blender, etc.
• The Analytical Laboratory, where the research and development, and, quality control sections are present. The laboratory is well-equipped with the analytical instruments like FTIR machine, spectrophotometers (UV-VIS), chromatography machines (like HPTLC,HPLC, Gas chromatography, etc), calorimeters, pH meters, centrifuges, etc for chemical analysis of the product. The lab also contains a separate extract preparation chamber, a separate weighing chamber where weighing machine is placed on top of anti-vibrating table for accurate weighing, a separate microbiological analysis section with level 4 biosafety cabinets and various microbiological tools and instruments. The lab also contains the stability chamber for determining the shelf life of the products. The control sample room is also present where the commercial products are held for6 to 12 months, in case of any discrepancy occurrence after the market release of the products. A library is also present where books regarding the protocols and guidelines of the product manufacturingare present.

The visit to Ayushraj Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. proved very fruitful for us as we all came to know about the actual production and the steps involved before the market release of any product. This visit gave us an insight regarding the commercial production, R and D and quality control.