COURSE DESIGN

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery programme:-
The Bachelor of Ayurveda education namely, the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.) shall produce Graduates, having profound knowledge of Ashtanga Ayurveda along with the contemporary advances in the field of Ayurveda supplemented with knowledge of scientific and technological advances in modern science and technology along with extensive practical training, as an efficient physicians and surgeons for the health care services.
Ashtanga Ayurveda:-
a) Ashtanga Ayurveda means eight clinical specialties of ayurveda viz., Kayachikitsa (General/Internal Medicine), Shalya Tantra (Surgery), Shalakya Tantra (Ophthalmology, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Oro-Dentistry), Kaumarabhritya (Obstetrics and Paediatrics), Agada Tantra (Clinical Toxicology), Bhuta Vidya (Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry), Rasayana (Preventive, Promotive, Rejuvenative Medicine and Gerentology) and Vajikarana (Reproductive Medicine and Epigenetics)
b) All the eight specialties referred to in clause (a) were developed to deal all sort of clinical problems of respective specialty i.e., in general their etiopathogenesis including clinical anatomy, physiology; causative factors in terms of physical, psychological, external (injury, microbes, natural calamities etc.), dietic factors, faulty lifestyles, genetic causes (congenital, hereditary) etc.; clinical manifestation, examination/analysis of biological fluids / secretions/ excretions; various diagnostic tools including scopy (naadiyantra), diagnostic criteria, prognostication, principles of management in terms preventive, promotive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative management including surgical; pharmaco-therapeutics as well as pharmaceutics of related drugs and formulations, relevant therapeutic procedures including physiotherapy techniques such as bandhana, vesthana etc., their methods of administration, complications and management, diet and lifestyleregimen; methods of assessment of improvement/cure, causes of recurrence etc. in relation to that particular clinical condition.
c) The specialties referred to in clause (a) also deals with instruments/equipment that are required for administration of various therapeutic procedures/surgeries and other procedures, their methods of usage and maintenance. Hospital architecture, landscaping, air-conditioning and human resource management, qualities of nursing staff including ideal patient qualities.
d) Student selection process for medical education, methods of study of medical science, teaching methods including training of clinical skills on models, code of conduct for students, medical practitioners as well as teachers, student assessment methods, award of degrees, oath administration, medical registration etc.

Eligibility criteria for admission:-

The eligibility to seek admission in Bachelor of Ayurveda education shall be as under:- The candidate shall have passed 10+2 or its equivalent examination from any recognised Board with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and have obtained minimum of fifty per cent marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in the case of general category and forty per cent. marks in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes: Provided that in respect of persons with disability candidate specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the minimum qualifying marks in the said examinations shall be forty-five per cent. in the case of General category and forty per cent. in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.

No candidate shall be admitted to B.A.M.S Degree programme unless the candidate attained the age of seventeen years on or before the 31st December of the year of admission in the first year of the programme and not more than twenty-five years on the 31st December of the year of admission in the first year of the programme: Provided that, the upper age-limit may be relaxed by five years in the case of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and disabled candidates.

There shall be a uniform entrance examination for all medical institutions at the under-graduate level, namely the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to under-graduate programme in each academic year and shall be conducted by an authority designated by the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine.

In order to consider for admission to under-graduate programme for an academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum of marks at 50th percentile in the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test for under-graduate programme held for the said academic year.

Provided that in respect of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall at 40th percentile;

candidates with specified disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016) the minimum marks shall be at 45th percentile in the case of general category and 40th percentile in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes: Provided further that where sufficient number of candidates in the respective category fail to secure minimum marks in the National Eligibility - cum - Entrance Test held for any academic year for admission to undergraduate programme, the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine in consultation with the Central Government may at its discretion lower the minimum marks required for admission to undergraduate programme for candidates belonging to respective category and marks so lowered by the Central Government shall be applicable for that academic year only.

Duration of B.A.M.S. programme

The duration of the B.A.M.S. Programme shall be five years and six months as per the following table, namely:-

The candidate shall be awarded Ayurvedacharya (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery-B.A.M.S) Degree after passing all the examinations and completion of the laid down programme of study extending over the laid down period and the compulsory rotatory