Dr Majeed is
an innate of Kollam district in Kerala. Dr. Majeed completed his B Pharm degree from
the Medical College, Trivandrum. After that in 1975, he went to US for pursuing
higher education. There he also worked for some of the famous pharmaceutical
companies like Pfizer, Carter Wallace and Paco Research. Dr. Majeed continued his studies along with the job
and attained Ph.D. in the stream of Industrial Pharmacy in 1986 from St. John’s
University in New York. Many research projects were successfully completed
during his career period and he earned appreciated experience in the most important
and newer technologies developing in the drug manufacturing industry.
Through the activities
and researches of him, Americans were given an introduction
about the magical effects of Ayurveda that can be used for the treatment of
many diseases. Dr. Majeeds continuous hard work and determination yielded success among
the people of America and they named Ayurveda as Alternative medicine. As years
passed, popularity increased tremendously and by 2000, Alternative medicine was called
as Complimentary medicine and presently it is known as Integrated medicine. The
real potential underlying Ayurveda was revealed to the Americans through each
and every step put forward by this genius.
By integrating the
latest technologies with Ayurveda, Dr. Majeed decided to establish himself as a
businessperson and this marked the beginning of a new and successful venture. The
innovations and discoveries made by him were real wonders to the industry. New
drugs were made with the actives derived from various herbs. Major and time
consuming researches were made on the medicinal values of different types of
plants, some of which were really new to field of Ayurveda. Some of the
examples are:
Boswellin - an
anti-inflammatory cause which is obtained from Boswellia Serrata
Tetrahydro Curcuminoids
– used as cosmetic and an anti-oxidant obtained from Curcuminoids which is a
special type of turmeric without the normal yellow colour
Petro Selenic Acid – is
derived from coriander oil
Gugulipid, Bioperine,
Citrin etc. are also the new inventions made in Ayurvedic medicine.
He is
one of the pioneer Indians who contributed to the increasing popularity of
Ayurvedic medicinal concepts to the West. In 1988, Sabinsa Corporation was
founded by him Sabinsa Corporation is a nutraceutical and
pharmaceutical company which is mainly research oriented intended for marketing
Ayurvedic products. This marked the beginning of his life as a successful businessperson.
In 1991, he also started a research centre at Bangalore called Sami Labs Ltd. Manufacturing
and marketing of medicinal products happens in Sami Labs. Many awards were
given by different Indian American groups for the enterprising work and
progress shown by his company. In 1997, Sabinsa Corporation was ranked
90th among the fastest growing companies in America. In New Jersy,
Sabinsa was ranked 7th among the Technology based companies.
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