Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Sciences, which is also called as BAMS is one of the popular courses in India mainly due to the fact that this form of medicine is an ancient medicine that found its origin in India. The course enables the students to learn the different types of treatment being used in Ayurvedic form of medicine.

Students who wish to take up BAMS course would feel easier to learn this course if they have learnt Sanskrit at their higher secondary level since this course includes a number of Sanskrit terms. This is the main reason for many colleges offering BAMS course to introduce basic Sanskrit language as a subject in the course in such a way that even non-Sanskrit students can learn BAMS subjects easily. The list of Government Colleges offering this course in India is given below:

Andhra Pradesh:

• Dr. BRKR Ayurved College, Hyderabad

• Dr. NR Sastry Govt. Ay. College, Vijayawada

• Anantha Laxmi Govt. Ayurved College, Warangal

Assam:

• Government Ayurved College, Guwahati

Bihar:

• Government Ayurved College Post-graduate Training & Research Institute, Patna

• Rajkiya Ayodhya Shivkumar Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Begusarai

Chhattisgarh:

• Shri Narayan Prasad Awathy Government Ayurved College, Raipur

New Delhi:

• Ayurved & Unani Tibbia College, Karol Bagh

• Chaudhary Braham Prakash Ayurvedic Charak Sansthan, Najafgarh

Gujarat:

• Govt. Akhandanand Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Ahmedabad

• Govt. Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Baroda

• Govt. Seth JP Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Bhavanagar

• Govt. Ayurved College, Junagarh

• Institute of Post-graduate Training & Research, Gujrat Ayurved University, Jamnagar

Haryana:

• Shri Krishna Govt. Ayurved College, Kurukshetra

Himachal Pradesh:

• Rajiv Gandhi Rajkiya Government Ayurvedic Post-graduate College, Paprola

Karnataka:

• Govt. Ayurved College & Hospital, Mysore

• Govt. Ayurved College, Bangalore

• Govt. Taranath Ayurved College, Anantapur

Kerala:

• Government Ayurved College, Tripunitura

• Govt. Ayurved College, Thiruvananthapuram

• Government Ayurved College, Kannur

Madhya Pradesh:

• Govt. Ayurved College & Hospital, Gwalior

• Government Ayurved College, Jabalpur

• Govt. Dhanwantri Ayurved College, Ujjain

• Govt. Ayurved College & Hospital, Burhanpur

• Shaskiya Swashasi Ashtanga Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Indore

• Govt. Ayurved College & Hospital, Rewa

• Pt. Khushilal Sharma Govt. (Autonomus) Ayurved College & Institute, Bhopal

Maharashtra:

• Government Ayurved College, Nanded

• Govt. Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur

• RA Podar Ayurved College, Mumbai

• Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Ayurved, Pune

• Govt. Ayurved College, Osmanabad

Orissa:

• Gopabandhu Ayurved Mahavidyalaya VIP Road, Puri

• Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Ganjam

• Govt. Ayurved College, Bolangir

Punjab:

• Government Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Patiala

Rajasthan:

• National Institute of Ayurved, Jaipur

• Govt. Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Udaipur

• College of Ayurveda (University of Jodhpur), Jodhpur

Tamil Nadu:

• Government Ayurveda Medical College, Nagercoil

Uttarakhand:

• Govt. Gurukul Ayurved College, Haridwar

• Govt. Rishikul Ayurved College, Haridwar

Uttar Pradesh:

• Bundelkhand Govt. Ayurved College, Jhansi

• Government Ayurved College, Attara

• State Ayurved College, Lucknow

• SRM Govt. Ayurved College, Bareilly

• Swami Kalyandev Government Ayurved College, Muzaffarnagar

• Lal Bahadur Shastri Govt. Mahavidyalaya, Allahabad

• Faculty of Ayurved Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

• Govt. Ayurved College, Varanasi

• Rajkiya Lalit Hari Ayurved College, Pilibhit

West Bengal:

• JB Roy State Ayurved College & Hospital, Kolkata

• Institute of PG Ayurved Education & Research, Kolkata

The aforesaid institutions are approved by Central Council for Indian Medicine to confer BAMS degree course on candidates.

Duration of BAMS Course & Eligibility for Admission:

Normally, the duration of BAMS course in Government College is five-and-half years, which includes one-year internship as well. For getting admission to the BAMS course, candidates must have completed their higher secondary examination in science stream.

Admission Procedure:

Admission to the BAMS course is done based on the performance of the students in the Combined Premedical Test and on the basis of the marks secured by the students in the qualifying examination.

Higher studies after BAMS:

On successful completion of BAMS course, candidates can take up MD or Doctor of Medicine and they can also take up Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate course in Ayurvedic Physician course. Further, on completion of their MD, they can take up Ph. D course.

Career Prospects after BAMS:

There is a wide range of scope for BAMS graduates and they can find placement opportunities in the following industries:

• In pharma industry, where some companies are engaged in production of ayurvedic medicines.

• In health sector as duty doctors either in public sector or private sector hospitals.

• They can also practice as private medical practitioner by starting their own clinic, but they should get approval from the respective medical council for practicing as private medical practitioners.

• In educational sector, for offering education to the students doing their diploma or degree course in Ayurvedic Medicine.

• In the industry of clinical trials since some companies, recruit BAMS degree holders as investigators for their clinical trials.

These professionals are also paid well in many private and government-run Ayurvedic hospitals.