Ayurveda Courses and Training
There is a four-and-a-half-year degree course in Ayurveda -’Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery’ (BAMS). For admission to the degree course, one must have Biology, Physics, and Chemistry at the Plus 2 level.
Listed below are 10 Universities, which offer ‘BAMS’ in India. Admission to this degree course is through admission test and interview.
n Amravati University - Maharashtra
n Baba Farid University of Health Science - Punjab
n Benaras Hindu University - Varanasi, U P
n Berhampur University - Ganjam, Orissa
n Calcutta University - Kolkata
n University of Delhi - Delhi
n Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University - Agra, UP.
n Gauhati University - Gauhati
n Gujarat Ayurveda University - Jamnagar, Gujarat
You can take the one-and-a-half-year diploma course in Ayurveda from Gujarat Ayurveda University, University of Pune and from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.
You will have to contact the universities directly for further details before selecting an institute.
If you have any queries, you can email them to Kallol Dutta at: dkallol@sify.com

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