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The newly issued guidelines for Ayurveda colleges in July by the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), which controls the Ayurveda sector in the country, has irked a few stakeholders in the field.
The Ayurveda Medical Association of India viewed the guidelines as an attempt to help the self-financing lobby and is planning to stage a nation wide protest in this regard. “The Department of AYUSH has released the new guidelines without even consulting the Central Council of Indian Medicine. This is an attempt to help the managements of the private Ayurveda colleges. These guidelines will bring down the quality of the colleges in the country and that of the Ayurveda doctors,” said Dr G Vinodkumar, president of Ayurveda Medical Association of India.
According to the new guidelines, the land required to start an Ayurveda college has been brought down to three acres, from the 10 acres mentioned in the existing guidelines.
It also suggests that out of the total 10 acres, five acres should be put aside for the cultivation of medicinal plants. For a college with a strength of 60 students, a 100-bed hospital is the minimum requirement, while the new directive suggests only a 60-bed hospital. The total strength of the teaching faculty needed for such a college has been reduced to 30 from the existing 43.
“The implementation of these guidelines would lead to a job loss for about 3,500 teachers in the sector. The move is to destroy the Ayurveda sector and to aid private managements,” Dr Vinodkumar added. As of now there are three govt colleges, two aided colleges and 12 self-financing Ayurveda colleges in Kerala.
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