Ongoing Projects
   
1
Establishment of a Centre for Research, Education, Training and Conservation of Medicinal plants: Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Mumbai (2002 onwards)
 
2
Characterisation of Ayurvedic medicinal plants conserved in the field gene bank
   
Principal Investigator Dr. Indira Balachandran
Co-Principal Investigator(s) Dr. A.B. Remashree  
  Dr. P.S. Udayan
  Mr. K.P. Unnikrishnan
Period     2006-2009 (3 years)
Funding agency   Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India
 
3
Quality standards of Indian Medicinal Plants and preparation of Monographs:
   
Principal Investigator   Dr. Indira Balachandran
Co-Principal Investigator(s) Dr. A.B. Remashree  
Period       2005-2008 (3 years)
Funding agency   Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),      Govt. of India
 
4
Micropropagation and in vitro conservation of Operculina turpethum and genetic fidelity analysis
   
Principal Investigator Dr. Geetha S Pillai
Co-Principal Investigator(s) Mr. Gerald Martin
  Mr. K.P. Unnikrishnan
Period     2005-2008 (3 years)
Funding agency   Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala
 
5
Large scale micropropagation and organic home-stead farming of medicinal plants in rural areas as a means of economic empowerment of rural women in three districts of Northern Kerala
   
Principal Investigator Dr. Indira Balachandran
Co-Principal Investigator(s) Dr. Geetha S Pillai
  Mr. Abdul Kareem
Period     2006-2009 (3 years)
Funding agency   National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Govt. of India
 
6
Pharmacognostic & phytochemical studies for developing markers for standardization and quality control of certain Ayurvedic raw drugs
   
Principal Investigator Dr. A.B. Remashree 
Co-Principal Investigator(s) Sudhakar Raja S.
  Mr. Abdul Kareem
Period     2005-2008 (3 years)
Funding agency   Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala    
 
7
Plant Systematics and Genetic resources division of CMPR is one of the participant of a collaborative project with M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai on ‘Conservation of 80 rare, endemic and threatened plants of Western Ghats(2006 – 09)
   
8

Establishing the Identity of Selected Controversial Ayurvedic Plant Drugs

 
   
Principal Investigator Dr. A.B. Remashree 
Co-Principal Investigator(s) Dr. C. Ramankutty
  Mr. Tushar K.V.
Period     2007-2010 (3 years)
Funding agency  

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India

9

Conservation, propagation, improvement and popularization of some rare, endangered and threatened medicinal plants  

 
   
Principal Investigator Dr. Indira Balachandran (Co-ordinator)
Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Geetha S. Pillai
Period     2007
Funding agency  

GAIL India Ltd.

10
Scaling up of protocol for in vitro microrhizome and mini-rhizome formation for disease free planting material production in medicinal species of zingiberaceae and their comparative field evaluation          
 
   
Principal Investigator Dr. Geetha S. Pillai
Co-Principal Investigator Dr. A.V. Raghu
  Mr. Gerald Martin
Period     2006 - 2009 (3 years)
Funding agency  

Department of Biotechnology