Section 4 - Department of AYUSH

Medical Education Section - 4SECTION 4 : MEDICAL EDUCATIONCentral Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) is the statutory bodyconstituted under the 'Indian Medicine Central Council Act,1970' which lays down the standards of medical education inAyurveda, Unani & Siddha through its various regulations.Similarly, Homoeopathy medical education is being regulatedby Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH) through its variousregulations under the 'Homoeopathy Central Council Act,1973'. For medical education in Yoga & Naturopathy, no suchgoverning body exists.(a) Under Graduate Education:Since the inception of a separate Department for IndianSystems of Medicine and Homoeopathy in 1995, there has beena substantial increase in the number of AYUSH colleges in thecountry. There were 479 colleges conducting undergraduateAYUSH education with an admission capacity of 27135students in India as on 1.4.2007. Out of which, 20.5% of thetotal colleges with 15.8% intake capacity belong to Governmentsector. About 50% of the colleges with 41.4% admissioncapacity were of Ayurveda, whereas, about 38% of the collegeswith 49.5% admission capacity belong to Homoeopathy. Only11.7% of the colleges with 9.2% admission capacity pertain toUnani, Siddha and Naturopathy systems of medicine.System-wise Percentage Distribution of Undergraduate Collegesand their Admission capacities as on 01.04.200750.1%41.4%38.2%49.5%Number of InstitutionsAdmission Capacity8.1%6.4%1.5%1.3%2.1%1.4%Ayurveda Homoeopathy Unani Siddha NaturopathyMedical education at under graduate level was beingimparted in 24 states only as on 01.04.2007. The state ofMaharashtra had a lead over other states for having themaximum number of AYUSH colleges (23.8%), and also havingmaximum number of Ayurveda (25.8%) and Homoeopathy(25.7%) colleges in the country. The states of Uttar Pradesh andTamil Nadu had the maximum number of Unani (28.2%) andNaturopathy (40%) colleges respectively. As Siddha system ofmedicine is widely practiced in the state of Tamil Nadu, 85.7% ofthe Siddha colleges hail from this state.AYUSH IN INDIA 2007 83