Pharmacy and Ayurveda course requires the students to learn and practice exploration of drugs from various origins including the plant kingdom. Keeping in view this requirement, our institute has set up a Medicinal Plant Garden comprising of different varieties of easily cultivable plants and herbs. The herbal garden has about 100-120 different medicinal and aromatic plants. The Medicinal Plant Garden used for several purposes such as-

• To provide students the opportunity to learn pharmacognosy by studying the cultivation and preservation of medicinal, volatile oil yielding and aromatic plants from which several drugs and pharmaceuticals are obtained.
• To provide authenticated herbs and plant samples required in regular practical’s and research investigations..
• To provide an opportunity to study the factors essential for maximizing drug output of superior quality from plants and herbs.

The medicinal plant garden is situated in the campus of the institution. In garden, plants are categorized in two classes: Medicinal and aromatic plants. The garden functions as a display area for plants, herbs and spices as well as a source for conservation of several standard botanical specimens. The plants are cultivated and preserved are well labeled for easy identification and to facilitate teaching. Faculty members and students of the institution perform various activities related to benefits and uses of natural products through demonstration during different activities in the college. Some of the plants maintained in the herbal garden are listed below:

• Termenalia arjuna(Arjuna)
• Saraca indica(Asoka)
• Azadirachta indica( Neem)
• Datura metel( Devil’s trumpet)
• Commiphora mukul(Guggul)
• Plumbago zeylanica(Chitrak)
• Cymbopogon citratus(Lemon grass)
• Curcuma longa( Wild turmeric)
• Gmelina arborea(white teak, gamhar)
• Aloe barbadensis( Aloe vera)
• Cinchonaspecies ( Red cinchona, Crown bark)