Creator of Herbline

The creator of Herbline Mr. Anil Khanna, Managing Director of Combii Organochem Pvt. Ltd., is 51 years old, of which he has spent 20 years in the field of research and application of Botanical & Mineral materials on the human body.

Mr. Khanna trained as an Engineer at the Maharaja Sayajirao University at Baroda and an MBA from the University of Bombay in Marketing Management. He has worked as a Senior Management Trainee with the DCM Group, as Product Manager with Glaxo India Ltd ( a subsidiary of Glaxo Laboratories, UK ), as a Marketing Controller for the Narang Group Brewery & Distiller and as a Consultant with Turcon India Ltd (a subsidiary of Turcon Copenhagen) in the field of Maltery & Brewery consultancy.

Curious by nature and seeker by heart, his interest in the field of man's relation with nature got a start-off when he joined Glaxo Laboratories and marketed the Food & Health products of their Family Product Division, where he undertook training in basic Human Physiology and Dermatology. His learning in the field of plant materials increased during his tenure as a Consultant with Turcon India, when he had the opportunity to work along with a few National Laboratories like the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow ( a premier plant material research laboratory of the Government of India and the discoverer of the anti-cancer alkaloid Vincrystacin from Vinca Rosea) and the regional Research Laboratory, Jammu & Srinagar, where he was associated in developing the know-how for growing Hops in India. He has taken formal training in "Transcendental Meditation with Maharashi Mahesh yogi, and practices TM.

He started his own venture, Combii Organochem Pvt. Ltd., in the year 1978, in association with Combii Chem U.K. a formulatory laboratory to manufacture a sterilising liquid based on the lease toxic element to humans, Chlorine, called Steriliq. He further researched and developed the process of extraction of the natural alkaloid Solasonin ( the precursor to corticosteriods like betamethasone etc) from the wild berries of Solasonin Khasianum which was available in the lower hill ranges of Himalayas. During this research, looking for more available plant materials suitable for human use directly or as extracts & derivatives, he became familiar with the Science of Ayurveda through reading and experimentation. He is a lover of the mountains and visits the Himalayan region often. He is in the process of establishing a research farm at Ranikhet Almora region, on the lower Himalayan range, to extract & export essential oils and herb-extracts. This region is at an altitude of 8,000 feet above sea level.