Government Ayurvedic College is an institute of

Ayurveda Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...

Jalukbari Jalukbari is a locality in Guwahati, Assam, India, located between National Highway 31 and National Highway 37. Education Gauhati University, Assam Engineering College, Government Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari Sanskrit School are some of the e ...

, Assam, North East India. Established in 1948, the college was first affiliated by

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assem ...

and was later brought under

Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India is established in 2009 as per The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Act, 2007. The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences is the only Health ...

in 2010.

History

It was established after independence of India with by the efforts of Lokpriya

Gopinath Bordoloi Gopinath Bordoloi (6 June 1890 – 5 August 1950) was a politician and Indian independence activist who served as the first Chief Minister of Assam. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non-violence as a political tool. Due to his un ...

, Lokbandhu Bhuvaneswar Baruah and founder principal Jagdish Ch. Bhattacharya. This college was started in a rented house at Uzan bazaar on 20 December 1948 by the then Chief Minister of Assam Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi. In July 1959 the college was permanently shifted to present site at Jalukbari, Assam.

Courses

Graduate education

* Degree awarded:

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(BAMS): 63 seats * Duration of the course: Five and a half years including one-year internship. Admission into BAMS course is based on National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test(NEET) conducted by

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Postgraduate education

Admission into MD/MS(AYU) course is based on All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) conducted by National Testing Agency. Seat distribution- *M.D. (

) in Kaya Chikitsa. : 6 seats *M.D. (Ayurveda) in Samhita Siddhanta : 6 seats *M.S. (Ayurveda) in Shalya Tantra : 3 seats *M.S. (Ayurveda) in Prasuti Tantra & Stree Roga : 4 seats *M.D. (Ayurveda) in Roga Nidan : 3 seats *M.D. (Ayurveda) in Sharir Rachana : 2 seats

Other courses

* Ph.D.

Departments

*Kaya Chikitsa (Medicine) *Shalya (General Surgery) *Shalakya (ENT & Ophthalmology) *Sanskrit, Samhita and Siddhanta (Basic Principles) *Prasuti Tantra & Striroga (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) *Bala Roga (Pediatrics) *Pancakarma (Physiotherapy) *Swasthavritta (Preventive & Social Medicine) *Dravyaguna (Pharmacology) *Rasashastra & Bhaisajya Kalpana (Rejuvenative & Pharmaceutical Science) *Agada tantra & Vidhi Shastra (Toxicology & Forensic Medicine) *Roga Nidan & Vikriti Vigyan (Diagnostic & Pathological Science) *Rachana Sarir (Anatomy) *Kriya Sarir (Physiology)

References

Ayurvedic colleges Universities and colleges in Guwahati Educational institutions established in 1948 1948 establishments in India {{Assam-university-stub