Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and Community Medicine is engage in two foremost aspects Ayurveda pharmacology and preventive and social medicine to impart 6 subjects including Dravyaguna Vignana (Ayurveda Pharmacology), Bhaisajjya Kalpana (Ayurveda Pharmaceutics), Rasa Shastra (Alchemy), Swastavritta and Yoga (Preventive & Social Medicine and Yoga), Agada Tantra and Voharika Vaidya (Toxicology and Forensic Medicine), Research methodology and Medical statistics.The Department aims to provide knowledge and skills on Ayurveda pharmacological concepts along with clinical pharmacology, pharmacovigilance, research and natural product developments. While affording practical knowledge on herbal, mineral and herbomineral preparations the department engages in community base positive health promotions laterally with mental, social and spiritual well-being activities. It offers various in-housed teaching and learning activities, field visits, clinical training, and external collaborations to disseminate knowledge among the students. Regular clinical training activities are conducted at the OPD of the Ayurveda Teaching Hospital, Borella and Yoga training at the Yoga center, Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo.It is well rich in substructure facilities with a pharmacy, well-equipped laboratory, herbal garden, tissue culture laboratory, animal house, yoga center, wellness center and a unit for developing natural products. Further, the Department is engaging tertiary learning communities by providing various external courses by the well trained and skilled academics of the Department.