DHARA (Digital Helpline for Ayurveda Research Articles) is the first comprehensive online indexing service for research articles published in the field of Ayurveda.

The DHARA project is being implemented by AVP Research Foundation (Formerly AVT Institute for Advanced Research), the research wing of the Ayurvedic Trust, AVP Group of Institutions, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

The Ayurvedic Trust was established in 1950. It is the philanthropic wing of AVP Group of Institutions. The Trust has been promoting Ayurvedic Research right from its inception and the Hospital associated with it has evolved into a referral center for Rheumatology in Ayurveda. In 1976, Trust had signed an agreement with World Health Organization (WHO) and Indian Council for Medical Research for Clinical Research in Rheumatoid Arthritis. In 2003, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA awarded PICRC Research Grant to the Ayurvedic Trust through the University of Washington to study Ayurveda in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Both these initiatives were first of its kind activities in the field of Ayurveda.

The Ayurvedic Trust, has now received the Center of Excellence grant from the Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India as a Clinical Research Hospital specializing in Rheumatology.

The first phase of the DHARA project was funded by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India from August 2010 to July 2011.

DHARA Project Contributors: Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Mr. Sujith Subash, Mr. Naveen Kumar .S, Mrs. Deepa, Ms. Sree Durga .S, Dr. Anita Mahapatra, Dr. Sujithra. R. Manohar, Dr. Aramya, Dr. Madhumitha, Mr. Premachandran, Mrs. Mala Venkat, Mrs. Vijialakshmi.

DHARA Consultants: Dr. UrmilaThatte, Dr. Nandini K Kumar, Dr. D.K. Sahu, Dr. Vasumathi Sriganesh, Dr. Abhimanyu Kumar, Dr. Supriya Bhalerao, Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi, Dr. Girish Tilu, Dr. Simone Hunziker, Dr. Alex Hankey, Dr. R.C. Bharadwaj, Dr. G. Venkateshwarlu, Dr. U. Indulal, Dr. K.V. Rajagopalan, Dr. Reshmi Sarin, Dr. Galib, Dr. Vivek Shankar, Dr. Guruprasad, Dr. Kishor Patwardhan