Genre Ayurveda Products Ayurvedic Medicines Headquarters Kuttanellur Area served India | Key people Jhony Nellur Parent organization Government of Kerala Revenue 450 million INR Net income 66.9 million INR | |
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Type Government-owned corporation Industry Pharmaceutical industry Predecessor Sree Kerala Varma Government Ayurvedic Pharmacy | ||
Oushadhi targets sale of rs 400 cr this financial year chairman
Oushadhi or Pharmaceutical Corporation (Indian Medicines) Kerala Ltd is an Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing company situated in Kuttanellur, in Thrissur City of Kerala state. It is a 100% Government of Kerala owned company and produces around 450 ayurvedic formulations.
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Handing over recognition certificate for oushadhi by oommen chandy chief minister
History
Oushadhi (The Pharmaceutical Corporation I.M Kerala Ltd) originated as Sree Kerala Varma Government Ayurvedic Pharmacy in 1941 at the instance of His Highness Kerala Varma VI the Maharaja of Cochin from 1941 to 1943. He is also known as Midukkan Thampuran, A well known Ayurvedic physician with in depth knowledge in Sanskrit and specialized in "Vishavaidyam" (Poison treatment). In 1975, the company was registered and renamed as "The Pharmaceutical Corporation (Indian Medicines) Kerala Ltd" Thrissur.
Activities
Oushadhi has two factories at Kuttanellur, Thrissur City and Pariyaram in Kannur District. The company has established 30-bed Pancha Karma Hospital and Research Institute at Thrissur City and a specialty centre for Ayurveda and Yoga at Sasthamangalam near Thiruvananthapuram. Oushadhi is also supplying Ayurvedic medicines to 1,035 Government hospitals, dispensaries and five other states at concessional prices. The company also owns two medicinal plant nurseries at Kuttanellur and Pariyaram. Oushadhi has hundreds of Agencies across Kerala, and now a new agency has been started in Bangalore called Oushadhi Ayurvedic Centre www.oushadhibangalore.in, the first ever authorized agency in Karnataka State.