Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|College in Assam, India}}

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| name = Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati

| native_name = চৰকাৰী আয়ুৰ্বেদিক মহাবিদ্যালয়

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| principal = Pranabjyoti Baishya

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| city = [[Jalukbari, Assam]]

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| academic_affiliations = [[Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences]]

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'''Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati''' is an institute of [[Ayurveda]] in [[Jalukbari]], Assam, North East India. Established in 1948, the college was first affiliated by [[Gauhati University]] and was later brought under [[Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences]] in 2010.

==History==

It was established after independence of India with by the efforts of Lokpriya [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], Lokbandhu Bhuvaneswar Baruah<ref>{{cite news |title=Bust of Dr Bhubaneswar Baruah unveiled |url=https://assamtribune.com/bust-of-dr-bhubaneswar-baruah-unveiled |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=[[The Assam Tribune]] |date=15 September 2010 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Assam: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation for multiple Ayush Initiatives worth Rs 100 cr |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/assam-union-minister-sarbananda-sonowal-lays-foundation-for-multiple-ayush-initiatives-worth-rs-100-cr/articleshow/108213158.cms |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=4 March 2024}}</ref>

==Courses==

===Graduate education===

* Degree awarded: [[Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery|Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery]] (BAMS): 63 seats <ref>{{Cite web|title = seat allotment |url = http://www.dmeassam.gov.in/seat-allotment-ayurvedic.asp |website = dmeassam.gov.in|access-date = 2016-10-28}}</ref>

* 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 (Undergraduate)|National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test]](NEET) conducted by [[National Testing Agency]].

===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. ([[Ayurveda]]) 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)<ref name="hospital">{{cite web | url=http://gacassam.webs.com | title=hospital | access-date=2016-10-29}}</ref>

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[[Category:Ayurvedic colleges]]

[[Category:Universities and colleges in Guwahati]]

[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1948]]

[[Category:1948 establishments in India]]

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