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Ayurveda Career Options

By SchoolMyKids Counsellor| July 12, 2023

Explore all you need to know about Ayurveda (Graduates and Post Graduate), from admission Criteria to Courses/Degrees available to Best colleges offering Ayurveda Programs. Continue to read about Ayurveda career options - eligibility, courses, colleges, salary and jobs or know about other career Options after 12th with detail on courses after 12th class and admission criteria and top colleges.

Here is the complete guide to a career in Ayurveda.

Ayurveda Introduction and scope

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda, an ancient system of medicine evolved approximately around 600 BC in India and has many followers across the world today. Ayurveda makes use of natural – plants, herbs and minerals to produce medicines. Also included in course of Ayurveda are body massage, meditation and basic dietary plans which according to many practitioners have no side effects as it is based on non-invasive treatment practices.

Ayurveda has been recognized by World Health Organization.

Ayurveda Admission Process, Eligibility Requirements

What is the eligibility criteria for admission to Ayurveda courses in India? Know the eligibility criteria for Ayurveda courses in India

  • 10+ 2 with Physics, Chemistry & Biology

Ayurveda Courses & Degrees

  1. Certificate course in Ayurvedic Cosmetics Duration: 1 year
  2. Diploma in Ayurvedic Pharmacy (D.Pharma) Duration: 2 years
  3. Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery or “Ayurvedacharya” (B.A.M.S.)
  4. Bachelor in Ayurvedic Pharmacy (B.Pharma) Duration: 4 years
  5. Master in Ayurvedic Pharmacy (M.Pharma) Duration: 2 years
  6. Master of Science in Medicinal Plants (M.Sc. in Medicinal Plants) Duration: 2 years
  7. Masters in Ayurveda (MD)
  8. PG Diploma in Ayurvedic Drug Standardisation Duration: 2 years

Ayurveda Graduate level course:

5½ years (4½ year main course + 1 year Internship) Degree course leading to Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS).

Ayurvedacharya is being conducted throughout the country under IMCC Act, 1970. The syllabus and curriculum is uniform throughout the country and is being conducted only in Ayurvedic Medical Colleges affiliated to universities and only after getting permission from Dept. of AYUSH, Union Govt. Of India to start the course / undertake the admissions.

Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM) is the statutory regulatory body constituted under IMCC Act 1970 regulating the Ayurveda education at degree level as well as at PG level as well as the practice of Ayurvedic medicine in India.

Ayurveda Post Graduate level courses:

Ayurveda PG Degree Courses:

The PG degree course is of three years duration leading to specialty in the concerned subject with the degree of MD (Ayurveda Vachaspati) / MS (Ayurveda Dhanwantari) after successfully completion of the course.

The syllabus and curriculum for each specialty is uniform throughout the country and is being conducted only in Ayurvedic Medical Colleges affiliated to universities and only after getting prior permission from Dept. of AYUSH, Union Govt. of India to start the course / undertake the admissions. Post graduate Degree courses (MD/MS) are being conducted in following 22 specialities.

Course MD/MS Leading to Specialty in
Kayachikitsa General Medicine (Ay)
Panchakarma Ayurvedic specialty of Bio- cleansing processes
Stri Roga Evam Prasuti tantra Gynaecology and Obstetrics (Ay)
Shalya Samanya Surgery (Ay)
Shalya Kshar Evum Anushastra Karma Ayurvedic Para surgical Procedures.
Shalakya (Netra Rog Vigyan) Ophthalmology (Ay)
Shalakya (Karna- NasaKantha-Shirorog) ENT and Head, (Ay)
Shalakya (Mukha & Danta Rog Vigyan) Oral and Dental management. (Ay)
Kaumarbhritya (Bal Roga) Paediatrics (Ay)
Manovigyan evam Manas Roga Psychiatry (Ay)
Roga Nodan & Vikriti vigyan Pathology (Ay)
Agad Tantra evum Vyavahara Ayurveda Toxicology (Ay)
Dravyaguna Pharmacology (Ay)
Rasashastra Alchemy
Bhaishajya Kalpana Pharmacy (Ay)
Swasthavritta Preventive Medicine (Ay)
Ayurveda Samhita Ayurvedic Compendia
Ayurveda Siddhanta Ayurvedic Fundamental Principles
Rachana Sharir Anatomy (Ay)
Kriya Sharir Physiology (Ay)
Sangyaharan Anasthesia
Chhaya Evum Vikiran Vigyan Radiology

Ayurveda PG Diploma Courses

The PG diploma course is of two years duration leading to specialty in the concerned subject after successfully completion of the course. The syllabus and curriculum for each specialty is uniform throughout the country and is being conducted only in Ayurvedic Medical Colleges affiliated to universities and only after getting prior permission from Dept. of AYUSH, Union Govt. of India to start the course / undertake the admissions. Post graduate Diploma courses are being conducted in following 16 specialities.

Course Abbreviation and English equivalent Department under which the subject course in included
Diploma in Panchakarma Panchkarma Department
Diploma in Kshar Karma Shalya Department
Diploma in Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics – Ras Shastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana Department
Diploma in Ayurvedic Cosmetology & skin Disease Kayachikitsa Department
Diploma in Ayurvedic Dietetics Swasthavritta Department
Diploma in Swasthavritta and Yoga Swasthavritta Department
Diploma in Prasuti & Striroga Prasuti & Striroga Department
Diploma in Balroga Balroga Department
Diploma in Dravyaguna (Pharmacognosy and Standardization) Dravyaguna Department
Diploma in Manasik Swasthya Vigyan Manasroga/ Kayachikitsa/ Panchkarma Department
Diploma in Netra Roga Vigyan Shalakya Department
Diploma in Rasayan and Vajikaran Kayachikitsa Department
Diploma and Ayurvedic Sangyaharan Shalya Department
Diploma in Chhaya evam Vikiran Vigyan Shalya / Rog Nidan Department
Marma evam Asthi Chikitsa (Orthopaedics) Shalya Department
Rog Nidan Vidhi (Diagnostic techniques) Rog Nidan Department

Ayurveda colleges/Universities

Top Institutes offering Ayurveda course are:

  1. All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi.
  2. Ayurvedic & Uunani Tibbia College & Hospital, New Delhi.
  3. Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
  4. Rajiv Gandhi Govt. Post Graduate Ayurvedic Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
  5. Govt. Akhandanand Ayurvedic College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
  6. Govt. Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
  7. Govt. Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Jagatganj, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
  8. National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
  9. College of Ayurveda of Rajasthan Ayurvedic University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
  10. Govt. Rishikul Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Hardwar, Uttarkhand.
  11. J. B. Roy Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal.

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