The Gorkha Ayurved Company is a joint venture between Nepalese entrepreneurs and French NGO CIDR (French acronym for International Center of Development and Research), and German entrepreneurs. Production unit based at Gorkha, It was established in 1984 AD, with the aim of developing Nepal's tremendous potential. The Company has been working at Gorkha District of Nepal to strengthen the economic condition of the remote villages involving local communities in collection, cultivation and processing of Ayurveda Health products.
Gorkha Ayurved is registered as Private Limited, company in accordance to Nepal Company Act under the department of industry with the limited liabilities. The company has established its administrative and liaison office at Chhetrapati, Kathmandu in the form of a regular channel for the distribution of its entire products including medicines and herbal tea in the local, national as well as international markets and also for the maintenance of its updated accounting processes.

GORKHA AYURVED COMPANY (P) LTD. is the first established and leading private Ayurvedic medicine manufacturer and supplier in Nepal. The company receives its name from the Gorkha distict of Nepal, which has the historical significance of the being the home district of the late King Prithvi Narayan Shah, first king and unifier of the Kingdom of Nepal.

The company was established with in 1984 under the company act of HMG (His Magesty's Government) of Nepal, and is a joint venture between Nepalese and German entrepreneurs and the French NGO Center for International Development and Research (CIDR). In the beginning, French researchers proved that their assistance with the construction of the company could in turn help community groups in low-income small villages to generate income. As the company began to be more successful following its formation, the Gorkha began to increase the processing of Ayurvedic medicines. These consumer products are produced in the company's production unit in Prithvi Narayan metropolitan city ward no. 3 in Haramtari, Gorkha. Continuing to today, the company is maintaining the quality of its products and focusing on the GMP criteria of the World Health Organization. In order to increase the production of capacity to a large extent, the company management is working on plans to install a production unit in Mahador VDC, ward no. 7, Thankot, Kathmandu. At this site, an herbal garden will be installed, as well as production area and offices to help build the company in the years to come.

Currently, the company's product line is running full-swing the home market and has current overseas links to Germany, Sweden, Italy, and France. The company further aims to enhance its business with other western countries as well.

Apart from production, the company is also very active in social activities of its employees. The company aims to help generate income for poor, rural communities through the work of cultivation of medicinal herbs. This involves developing skills of local workers through trainings, workshops, etc.