I am Prof. A.J.Baxi ( retd) M.Sc., Ph. D., L.T.C, FIC (India), FICS ( Ind).Served in the field of Ayurved for more than 40 yrs doing research in Ayurvedic drugs and formulations, establishing their standards under Govt of India projects. I am duly qualified in modern Pharmaceutical Chemistry and have worked for establishing Ayurvedic drug standards.I have worked at Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar and am instrumental in separating Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciencess from main Ayurvedic medicine. I was also a short time WHO consultant to Govt of Sri Lanka on Indigenous drugs and have registered several mono graphs with WHO.