CCRAS's AI-ready DRAVYA portal to catalogue 100 Ayush substances in first phase
PIB said on 9 October 2025 that the DRAVYA portal of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, unveiled at the 10th Ayurveda Day event in Goa on 23 September, will catalogue 100 key medicinal substances in its first phase.
Summary
PIB reported on 9 October 2025 that the DRAVYA portal, developed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and unveiled by the Ministry of Ayush at the 10th Ayurveda Day event in Goa on 23 September 2025, will catalogue information on 100 key medicinal substances in its first phase. The open-access, AI-ready database brings together data from classical Ayurvedic texts and modern research platforms, includes QR codes for standardised display in medicinal plant gardens and drug repositories, and will later link with the Ayush Grid. Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav called it the living embodiment of India's knowledge tradition.
Key facts
- Portal
- DRAVYA — by CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush
- First phase
- 100 key medicinal substances
- Unveiled
- 10th Ayurveda Day, Goa — 23 Sep 2025
- Features
- Open-access, AI-ready, QR codes; to link with Ayush Grid
Practice MCQs 1 questions
How many medicinal substances will the CCRAS DRAVYA portal catalogue in its first phase?
Show answer
Correct answer: C — 100
PIB: in its first phase, the DRAVYA portal aims to catalogue information on 100 key medicinal substances.