The Dravidian University started the Department of Herbal Science in the year 2008 with seven regular faculty positions to start two year M.Sc. course on Herbal Science. The Department was started with seven faculty positions including Professor-1, Associate Professors-2, Assistant Professors-4 with multidisciplinary background to conduct the advanced research on Herbal Science.

The main objective to start this Herbal Science department is to protect, preserve, promote and conserve the endemic and endangered important Dravidian Herbal heritage for future generations to represent the Dravidian culture, language and civilization and to cure the various dreadful diseases such as cancer, ulcer, jaundice, diabetes, paralysis, T.B. etc.

The Department started research programmes leading to M.Sc. students dissertations, M.Phil. and Ph.D. research degrees. At present 25 research scholars are doing research on various areas of medicinal and aromatic plants. The faculty members received eight research projects from various funding agencies such as UGC, DST etc. The Department also received UGC Non-SAP to strengthen the infrastructural facilities of the Department for promoting advanced research on herbal science. The department so far four national seminars were conducted. Research papers were published in highly reputed national and international journals.

The Department developed 10 acres of medicinal plants garden representing Dravidian culture, language and civilization. The department also having advanced research laboratories and good animal house facility for conducting advanced experiments on animals by using herbal formulations.

The School of Herbal Studies and Naturo Sciences started the following departments during the academic year 2013-2014 on self financing basis namely 1) Biotechnology 2) Microbiology and 3) Zoology with a intake of 30 students each.