Annapurna Research Center (ARC), is a dedicated non-governmental, non-political, non-profitable, and service-oriented institute established in 2011 under the umbrella of Annapurna Neurological Institute & Allied Sciences (ANIAS). The group of professors, scientists, researchers and people involved in academic sectors empowered to the establishment of the ARC to work together in the field of medicinal plants, orchid conservation, biomedical research and molecular diagnostics.