Activities

Society for Ethnopharmacology, India

 

The Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFE) is a registered society under the West Bengal Society Registration act and affiliated to the International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE). The ISE is an international scientific organization of researchers dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the pharmacological actions of plants, animals, insects, and other organisms used in medicines of indigenous and modern, past and present, cultures. The society is also committed to the preservation and conservation of such practices for future generation.

 

The Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFE - India) was constituted by the eminent academicians, researchers, industrialists and others with the vision of providing an environment for knowledge sharing among industrialists, researchers, students, healthcare-practitioners, decision-makers and others interested in promotion of Ethnopharmacology and medicinal plant. The mission of the society is promotion and development of traditional medicine and medicinal plants through dissemination of knowledge and development of collaboration and cooperation with the its vision on “Globalizing local knowledge and localizing global technologies”.

 

After the grand success of the 12th International Congress of International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE) organized by the School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur University Kolkata in February 2012, the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFE – India) was constituted in 2013. The Society is extremely grateful to Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, for his inspiration and support since its inception.

 

For further details please visit : ethnopharmacology.in or e-mail: sfeindian@gmail.com .

 

 

International Society for Ethnopharmacology, Switzerland

 

International Society for Ethnopharmacology is a collaborative, interdisciplinary group of scientists - anthropologists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, phytochemists, and others - all fascinated by the study of the global use of medicines. ISE are particularly concerned about understanding the medicinal uses of plants in traditional societies. The ISE promotes a critical discussion between everyone interested in local and traditional knowledge on medicinal, food and toxic plants and their past, present and future.

 

In many regions of the world such knowledge is changing fast and an ongoing concern of many members of the society is both a dialogue with the owners of traditional knowledge and to find ways to ascertain that such knowledge is passed on to future generations. Knowledge about traditional drugs/medicines is put into practice in different cultural settings in daily health care, nutrition, veterinary, hunting, pest control etc. The Society are interested in the perception and the interface of the emic and ethic perspective of such knowledge and also promote the future use of such local and traditional knowledge.

 

For further details please visit : ethnopharmacology.org

Member of the following professional bodies

Expert Member (Chemistry), Governing Body, Central Council of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2022.
Chairperson, Expert group for subject of Traditional Medicine including Medicinal Plants in the Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) Division, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2022.
Nominated Member, Drugs and Cosmetics Act., Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi 2022.
Panel expert, Phyto-pharmaceutical drugs proposal for regulatory approval, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, 2018.
Member of the Empowered Committee, Consortium for Academic and Publication Ethics (CARE), University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, 2018.
Member of the Governing Body of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences – An autonomous institute under Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi 2018.
Member of the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), DST - on Plant Sciences for the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2012.
Member of the Expert Group of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), on “Translational Research for Products and Processes from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants” of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi, 2014.
Member of scientific advisory committee, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Kolkata, 2015.
Member Expert committee in Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission [IPC], Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Ghaziabad, 2012.
Council member of the Society for TCM Pharmaceutical Analysis under the world Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), Shanghai, China, 2012.
Member Academic Planning and Evaluation Board (APEB) Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Task Force member of DBT - worked as task force member of Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India for the 10th Five year plan in Biotechnology based Programme for Women and Rural Development, 2002-2007

Visiting scientist in international universities and research centre:

Visiting Indian Scientist at the Medicinal Plants Innovation Center, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand in the field of “Metabolomics in Drug development from Botanicals”, from 25.10.2018 to 02.12.2018.
Visiting Indian Scientist at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany in the field “Synergy research on Botanicals with system biology approach”, from 02.03.2018 to 10.03.2018.
Visiting Indian Investigator at the Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa in the field of “Development of Lead from botanicals for Neuro-degenerative disorders”, from 29.09.2017 to 13.10.2017.
Visiting Scientist at the School of Pharmacy, University of London in the field of medicinal plant research for safety evaluation of medicinal plant and their metabolisms, 2007-2008.
Visiting Scientist at the King’s College London at the Pharmaceutical Science Research division of King’s College London in the field of medicinal plant research for drug development of Acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors from natural resources, 2005-2006.
Visiting Scientist at Tokushima University at the Institute of Health Bio Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Japan in the field of development of medicinal plants of therapeutics for Allergy including an overview on the development of molecular mechanisms for activities related with the natural health products and dietary supplements; April 9-20, 2007.
Visiting Researcher at the CDS Safety Inc., New Jersey, USA with Dr. P K Paul in the field of Drug safety with special emphasis to botanicals including an overview on Pharmacovigilance, safety surveillance, risk management on drug and pharmaceuticals including natural health products and dietary supplements; June 30-july 18, 2005.

Member of the scientific/professional bodies:

Drug Information association [DIA], USA
Phytochemical Society of Europe, UK
New York Academy of Science, USA
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), USA
International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Switzerland
Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Mumbai
Pharmacists Association, Kolkata
Indian Pharmacological Society, New Delhi
Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association, New Delhi
Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata
Ethno botanists’ Society of India
International Society for Ethnopharmacology [ISE], Swithzerland
Society for Ethnopharacology [SFE], Kolkata, India
Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India [APTI], India.
Indian Society of Pharmacognosy, India
Indian Society of Ethnopharmacology, India
Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association (IPGA), New Delhi.
Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Indian Pharmacological Society, India
Indian Association for the Study of Traditional Asian medicine (IASTAM), India