Founders Note
Of all the gifts, the most precious is health!
Bhagabat Drugs & Pharmaceutical Laboratory Pvt Ltd – A journey of positive Transition
It is indeed great pleasure to share my journey with you. My alliance with Ayurveda dates back to the year 1990, when I was an Allopathic Doctor aligned with the Govt of West Bengal Health services, posted in Kolkata. I was fortunate to meet Mr. Ashim Chakraborty, then Area manager, Welfare pharmaceuticals, Kolkata who first introduced me to Ayurveda. I started with voraciously reading the books by Prof & Dr. Ram Nath Chopra and associates entitled “Indigenous Drugs of India”, “Glossary of Medicinal Plants of India” and “Poisonous Plants of India” which are still amongst the most enduring and popular encyclopedia of Indian medicinal plants. I eventually realized, Ayurveda is the science of healing and rejuvenation and its scope is beyond the physical existence of life.
Coming from a background of Western school of Medicine, integration of the Indian and Western Systems was still a far cry, and a beginning had to be made. The basic fact stood strong, that early human habitat was surrounded predominantly by the vegetable kingdom and it was, therefore, natural that the first choice for the drugs was of the natural products viz. Roots, stems, barks, and fruits of plants in the vegetable kingdom. There is still abundance of these natural resources, with the capacity to provide intrinsic restorative and curative properties without adverse chemical side effects or toxicity. Ayurveda, kept herbal, aims at complete wellness, more than just cure including prevention of a disease. It is more of a nutritional diet than medicine, enabling the body to heal on its own. The idea was simple – Our body is an energetic system and disruption in the balance and flow of energy cause illness, and the right natural sources helps maintain this Bio energy balance.
After 3 yrs. of extensive research, and finally, on the 15th of April 1993, I was fortunate to Launch Bhagabat Drugs and pharmaceutical laboratory pvt ltd, along with the constant support of my wife, Mrs. Manju Rout, also an ardent follower of the alternative traditional school of medicine. The facility was one of the few of its kind in Odisha, and the only pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in the district of Jagatsinghpur. The Inauguration was completed in the presence of the Chief District Medical officer, Deputy Collector, and other honorable district and state level officers who came to grace the occasion.
Bhagabat Drugs and Pharmaceutical Laboratory manufactures Ayurvedic herbal formulations for various ailments, licensed under the Indian Drug control Act. It is GMP Certified with an updated ISO certification 2016. At BDPL, we offer an assortment of products based on modern formulation and prepared by combined methods of in the light of Ancient and modern medical knowledge, following simple and curative aspects. With Times changing, Ayurveda has grown phenomenally in popularity and demand across India and Internationally. BDPL now envisions to keep pace and march rhythmically towards the future, to create new trends in the market, retaining our unique blend of tradition and modernity, to contribute to complete Healthcare in the most natural ways.
Dr. Gokulananda Rout
Founder, BDPL , India
Vision:
“Is Heal & Maintain, treating the whole person and not just the disease”
There is something more important than enumerating diseases one by one; something more important that we must deal with every day: people who are ill, who feel ill, who suffer … as a whole!
Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of John Hopkins Hospital, wrote many years ago: “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease , Good doctors should consider the entire elaborate combination of factors that make each person unique.Disease impacts everyone differently. It is usually assumed that there is a close correlation between changes as a result from disease and changes in quality of life. Ayurveda aims at treating the patient, not just the disease, this is a simple change in perspective. But this change that can make a world of difference; it can change how effective we are at helping our patients to end up with happier and more effective lives.
Environmental Policy
Bhagat Drugs recognizes that the long-term health of our business is directly connected to the health of the planet and local communities. We remain focused on sourcing environmental solutions that will lessen our footprint, while serving as an example to our peers. Our Environmental policies focuses on finding solutions that reduce our own footprint and inspire action in others to minimize relevant environmental impacts.
Mission:
To continuously strive and create simple quality herbal formulations that are designed to restore and maintain overall balance and wellbeing of our customers.
Ayurveda involves the use of pure natural elements to eliminate the root cause of the disease by restoring balance, at the same time creating a healthy life-style to prevent the recurrence of imbalance. This investigation of restorative treatment is completely mindful of the body framework and it doesn’t smother the disturbing component which causes the disease. It goes for searching the origin of the disease and after that cures it. The cure is changeless , using simple ingredients and ensuring reduced side effects
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Our Business Conduct and Ethics sets a high standard for behavioral conduct in areas that include workplace health, safety and environment, human rights, harassment and discrimination, conflicts of interest and gifts and entertainment. Every team member is familiarized with the Code during onboarding and made to sign in the employee handbook. Breach of any of the policies is encouraged to be reported and legal actions taken as per federal laws governing the region.
Values:
“Open your arms to change but don’t let go of your values – Dalai Lama”
Over years of continious changes , some positive , some challenging , the only constant has been our Values , which has helped us sail through , improve and grow , supporting our Vision
B – Balance create quality medicines that Balance medication and Nutrition.
D – Dedicated research to consistently improve the quality of our products.
P – Maintain Purity of ingredients used, hereby maintaining and improvising effect of our products.
L – Loyalty to our customers, will always be our first duty.
Corporate Social Responsibility statement:
Corporate social responsibility is a vital identity to who we are as an organization, aiming to better the health of our society. Our policies ensure that we devotedly stand by the highest standards in ethical behavior, environmental sustainability, and giving back to Society
Mrs. Manju Rout
Managing Director
Bhagabat Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Laboratories Pvt Ltd
As Managing Director, she oversees areas of Manufacturing, Research, Quality Assurance, Regulatory AffairsFacilitating registration and re-registration,Project Management in the Company. Was responsible for the inception of the company and launch of its first product.
She is also involved in administration of Collaborating with all other operational processes of HR, Finance, Research and Product testing. She was involved in diversifying the development of research into areas such as generic human health care, for adults and infants and animal health care and launching our product Liv tone catering to them all.
Mrs. Manju has a bachelor’s degree in Science and MBA in entrepreneurship, with certifications in Alternative medicine.
She was also awarded the Best women entrepreneur in small scale industries Odisha twice and is a member of Ministry of Ayush, India.
Kasturee Rout
Commercial Director
Bhagabat Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Laboratories Pvt Ltd
Is accountable for Driving commercial operations & Marketing strategies.
Conducting extensive market research to analyze and assess market potential, tracking competitor activities for providing valuable inputs to fine-tune selling & marketing strategies
Developing marketing plans designed to assure achievement of agreed to volume, market share and profit objectives for New market entry, distributor readiness,
Additional responsibilities are supply chain management and distributors relationship product tracking, rolling and frozen forecast. She also drives sales Incentive Plans, including calculation of payments, identifying discrepancies and suggesting corrections.
Kasturee completed her bachelor’s degree in life science, Bangalore university – specializing in Genetics, followed by a MBA in HR. After working for 12 yrs. with Blue chip global companies like Standard Chartered bank, Tyco, and Merck R&D (Hilleman Labs) in India, she moved to Dubai to gain international exposure in progressive roles in HR with large organizations.
She has now joined the Family Business, rebranded and relaunched Bhagabat Drugs and pharmaceutical laboratory with a new vision.
