The Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute (BMARI) is a national centre of excellence in Medical Research related to Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and other Medicine systems. The BMARI is committed to improve the quality and assure the standards of Ayurveda/Unani/Siddha/Traditional and Indigenous medicine (AUSTI) research, based on principles of medical and research ethics.

The process of ethics review, by the Research Ethics Committee of BMARI (REC-BMARI) will take place paying due attention to the complexity involved with AUSTI research and the need to respect their fundamentals within the boundaries of accepted medical and research norms and ethics, catering to both improving AUSTI medical services and sharing of knowledge with broader medical, public health and scientific communities.