Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory -
The Department of Modern Pharmacy was started as an associate department of the Modern team of the Central Institute of the Research in Indigenous system (CIRISM) in 1957 and continued to function under the same name till it was merged with the University in 1968. Afterwards, it was renamed as Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory and is functioning as one of the five laboratories in the Institute of Post-Graduate teaching and Research, Gujarat Ayurved University. The Laboratory is staffed with qualified and experienced staff members and has the facility for carrying out Research in the field of Standardization of Ayurvedic drugs and medicinal plants.
     The main objective of this laboratory is to carry out Research and Scientific study in the field of Ayurveda dravyaguna and Rasashastra The Laboratory is being upgraded with modern sophisticated instrumentation facilities.
     The Laboratory is engaged in manifold activities like teaching and practical training to M.D. Scholars, association with various research work of post graduate and Ph.D. scholars and other Departments, imparting theoretical and practical training to Post Graduate and Graduate courses like M.Pharm.(Ayu.), B.Pharm.(Ayu.) & M.Sc (Medicinal Plants).
     Analysis of samples received from Pharmacy Department of this University for evaluating their standards, planning and execution of independent research projects, consultancy in the field of Drug research, and acquisition and dissemination of information in the area of medicinal plants are the other activities of the laboratory.
     The main area of research is in the field of standardization of single and compound Ayurvedic formulations. Based on the research work carried out in the Laboratory more than 50 papers have been published/presented in various National and International Journals/Conferences.

Pharmacognosy Laboratory -
Department of Pharmacognosy has been a part of the Central Institute of Research in Indigenous Systems of Medicine (CIRISM) at Jamnagar since 1954. Afterwards the Department was renamed as Pharmacognosy Laboratory and it is functioning as one of the five Laboratories in the Institute of Post-Graduate Teaching & Research in Ayurveda. The Laboratory is well equipped and staffed by highly qualified and well-experienced staff members and has facility for carrying out teaching and research on various aspects of Pharmacognosy of medicinal plants.
    

University Garden

In view of the large number of medicinal herbs that form the bulk of the therapeutic armamentarium of Ayurveda, it is of vital importance to ensure that only genuine herbs/drugs are used in all of its various recipes. The Department has surveyed and collected Ayurvedic medicinal plants from different states of India including Gujarat, Rajasthan, U.P., Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The results of the survey have already been published in various Scientific Journals.

• The Dept. has a well-established Herbarium of Medicinal Plants and it contains 1300 species of plants belonging to 146 plant families with all relevant information.

• Experimental cultivation of Ayurvedic medicinal plants has been started since 1954. Rauvolfia serpentina and R. tetraphylla (Sarpagandha) had been cultivated for the first time in Gujarat and their alkaloidal contents have been improved. More than 200 species of medicinal plants have already been raised in various gardens of the University. A new species of Tephrosia Pers (Leguminosae) has been invented from Jamnagar

• Training programmes for tribals and forest Beat Guards in identification, method of collection, preservation and cultivation of Medicinal Plants have been undertaken with the assistance of WHO and Ministry of Health, Govt. of India.

• More than 200 colour photographs and transparencies of Medicinal plants have been prepared.

Now the Dept. has multifarious activities including teaching and giving guidance to M.D. (Ayu.) and Ph.D. Scholars; imparting theoretical and practical training to students of Post-Graduate and Graduate courses like M. Pharm (Ayu.), B. Pharma (Ayu.) and M. Sc. (Medicinal Plants). Resource development of Medicinal Plants, Establishment of tissue culture laboratory, Green Houses, etc preparation of CD for Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants, publication of books on Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants and Research Articles etc.

WHO collaborative Centre for TSM -
The Post Graduate Institute of Gujarat Ayurveda University has been approved as collaborative center of WHO since 1977. Since many fellows from the countries of South East Asia like Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar have visited and received training in the various specialties of Ayurveda. This university has also organized conferences in collaboration with WHO on medicinal plants.