The Indian with expertise in Herbal Medicine arrived in Kigali on Friday 11th February 2022 to assess the feasibility of his activities in the country.
The man who is also the founder of Life Care Phyto Labs-India (LCPR) which produces herbal medicines entered cooperation agreements with different dealers including Bold Regain International operating in Rwanda. The latter supplies nutraceuticals to different countries across the world.
Speaking to IGIHE, Dr. Rajendran revealed that he came to Rwanda to explore investment opportunities that might see him producing the nutraceuticals locally.
“I am here to provide technical assistance. We can create a linkage for the entire African continent through setting up a hub for our nutraceuticals. That is our goal because they are used by many people all over the world,” he said.
“Orders can be placed from our huge market in India but we plan to bring them here in Rwanda by setting up facilities for local production. We cave capacity do so,” Dr. Rajendran added.
He explained that using the herbal medicines is more helpful to human’s health than using pills and other medications to treat or strengthen immunity.
“Using the nutraceuticals are beneficial to human’s health because they have no side effects. They different from other drugs in terms of application. Besides, they rich in nutrients helping to strengthen body’s immunity,” Dr. Rajendran noted.
He disclosed that there are several considerations luring him to Rwanda as a country promising to be a gateway for his business in Africa. These, he said, include security assurance, Rwandans humanity as well as the fact that the country promotes gender equality and women empowerment.
Jacqueline Iryamwiza, the Country Director of Bold Regains International Rwanda has said that hosting Dr. Ranjenderm is of great significance to ongoing partnership.
She revealed that the anticipated local production would ease their operations and gradually change mindsets of a large number of Rwandans who have not yet understood the importance of herbal medicines.
During his stay, Dr. Rajendran is also expected to visit different regulatory institutions including Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) and National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA).
{{Who is Dr. Rajendran?}}
Dr. A. Rajendran has an illustrious research career spanning 30 years in herbal research. He did his Doctorate in science and humanities at Anna University, Chennai. Dr. Rajendran has an outstanding experience in Phytotechnology Innovation, Cultivation, Extraction, processing and value addition of herbal medicines, nutraceuticals, Cosmeceuticals and bio agro products.
He has own patent in Aloe vera cold processing technology through the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in New Delhi. Dr. Rajendran has been carrying on Research and Development activities in various herbal formulations and has developed several formulations of Medicines, Cosmetic and Nutraceuticals.
On 2015, he launched a company that produces herbal medicines dubbed ‘Life Care Phyto Labs’.
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