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    Seat Reservation At Government Institutes For AYUSH Courses

    Seat Reservation At Government Institutes For AYUSH Courses

    Nidhi AgarwalUpdated on 19 Nov 2024, 10:51 AM IST

    Various national, government institutes and central universities across India admit students to the AYUSH courses which offer specialisation in Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. Like any other college in India, there is reservation for disabled candidates or backward class candidates in these institutes as well.

    Seat Reservation At Government Institutes For AYUSH Courses
    AYUSH Courses Seat Allotment Analysis At The National And Government Institutes (Source: Freepik)

    The National Testing Agency conducts the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET exam) to offer admission to various medical streams including AYUSH courses. Students need to secure the minimum cut off and qualify for the counselling round to get admitted into the AYUSH colleges. So, admission to these institutes are granted under the All India Quota and many seats are reserved according to the caste category of the students.

    Careers360 has gathered data on seat allotment for AYUSH courses from these national institutes. The data collected is an amalgamation of All India Quota (AIQ) seats, additionally, it provides accurate details regarding reservations for seats.

    AIQ Seats In Government And Government Aided Institutes: Undergraduates

    A total of 131 government and government aided institutes offered various AYUSH courses such as BAMS, BSMS, BUMS and BHMS. Out of these institutes, 77 institutes are for Ayurveda, 40 for Homoeopathy, 12 for Unani and two for Siddha courses. For the academic year 2020-21, these institutes offered a total of 1,470 seats (and 43 more seats), under AIQ, which is a minimum 15 per cent of the total seats. Out of them, around 870 seats were for BAMS, 491 for BHMS, 128 seats for BUMS and 24 seats were offered for BSMS course.

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    The table below includes the total seat information, however, we have excluded eight BAMS linguistic minority seats, nine BAMS Jain minority seats and 26 Muslim minority seats that are offered in the institutes.

    AIQ Category Wise Seat Allocation for Undergraduate Courses In Government Colleges (In Numbers)

    Category of candidates

    Seats available for BAMS Course

    Seats available for BHMS course

    Seats available for BUMS Course

    Seats available for BSMS Course

    Total

    Unreserved

    632

    362

    74

    18

    1086

    Unreserved PwD

    31

    19

    4

    0

    54

    SC

    121

    70

    15

    4

    210

    SC PwD

    6

    4

    1

    0

    11

    ST

    60

    35

    8

    2

    105

    ST PwD

    3

    1

    0

    0

    4

    Total

    853

    491

    102

    24

    1470

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    AIQ Seats In National Institutes: Undergraduates

    A total of four Ayurveda, two Homoeopathy and one Unani central universities or national institutes offered admission to the various undergraduate AYUSH courses. A total of 379 seats were allotted the admission, out of them 62.7 per cent were allotted to BAMS, 30.8 per cent for BHMS and 6.3 per cent for BUMS till the second round of counselling. Out of the total BUMS seats 23 seats were offered to the unreserved category and one seat was allotted to the person with disability (PwD) candidates.

    AIQ Category Wise Seat Allocation for Undergraduate Courses In National Colleges (In Numbers)

    Category of candidates

    Seats available for BAMS Course

    Seats available for BHMS course

    Total

    Unreserved

    91

    45

    136

    Unreserved PwD

    4

    2

    6

    OBC

    61

    30

    91

    OBC PwD

    4

    2

    6

    EWS

    23

    11

    34

    EWS PwD

    1

    1

    2

    SC

    35

    16

    51

    SC PwD

    1

    1

    2

    ST

    17

    9

    26

    ST PwD

    1

    0

    1

    Total

    238

    117

    355

    AIQ Seats In Government Institutes: MD and MS

    339 MD and MS seats were offered in a total of 61 AYUSH government institutes. Out of the total institute, 61.29 per cent of institutes were Ayurveda, 26 per cent Homoeopathy, 8.1 per cent of Unani and 3.2 per cent were Siddha colleges.

    All the below mentioned number of seats were offered till the second round of counselling.

    Category Wise Seat Allocation For MD/MS AYUSH Courses In Government Institutes (In Numbers)

    Category of candidates

    Seats available

    for Ayurveda

    MD/MS Course

    Seats available for

    Homoeopathy MD/

    MS course

    Seats available

    for Unani MD/

    MS Course

    Seats available

    for Siddha MD/

    MS Course

    Total

    Unreserved

    181

    42

    16

    9

    248

    Unreserved PwD

    10

    2

    1

    1

    14

    SC

    35

    8

    3

    3

    49

    SC PwD

    2

    0

    0

    0

    2

    ST

    18

    4

    2

    1

    25

    ST PwD

    1

    0

    0

    0

    1

    Total

    247

    56

    22

    14

    339

    AIQ Seats In National Institutes: MD and MS

    All the below mentioned number of seats were offered till the second round of counselling for 2020-21 academic year. The seats were allotted separately for other backward communities, economically weaker sections, scheduled caste and tribes and PwD candidates separately from each reserved category. Even a single seat was not allotted to EWS and ST PwD candidates in 2020.

    Below tables show the seat allotment except 24 Ayurveda MD or MS internal seats of BHU and 16 seats of AMU.

    AIQ Category Wise Seat Allocation for MD/MS Courses In National Colleges (In Numbers)

    Category of candidates

    Seats available

    for Ayurveda

    MD/MS Course

    Seats available for

    Homoeopathy MD/

    MS course

    Seats available

    for Unani MD/

    MS Course

    Seats available

    for Siddha MD/

    MS Course

    Total

    Unreserved

    55

    21

    38

    14

    128

    Unreserved PwD

    2

    1

    2

    0

    5

    OBC

    35

    13

    24

    7

    79

    OBC PwD

    1

    0

    1

    0

    2

    EWS

    13

    4

    9

    2

    28

    EWS PwD

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    SC

    19

    7

    13

    4

    43

    SC PwD

    1

    0

    0

    0

    1

    ST

    9

    3

    6

    2

    20

    ST PwD

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Total

    135

    49

    93

    29

    306

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    National Institute Under The Ministry Of AYUSH

    Below mentioned national institutes are set up by the ministry of health and family welfare by the government of India. These institutes are one of the top and prestigious institutes which provides the admission for the AYUSH courses. Many institutes from the below list provide education in English, Hindi, Urdu as well as in any regional language.

    National Institute Under The Ministry Of AYUSH

    Institute Names

    Establishment Year

    No.of Courses

    Institute Type

    Approvals

    Student count

    Faculty count

    Campus size

    National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur

    1976

    5 Degrees and 23 Courses

    Deemed Universities

    UGC, CCIM

    909

    75

    14 acres

    National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata

    1975

    2 Degrees and 7 Courses

    Autonomous

    CCH

    623

    24

    16 acres

    National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore

    1984

    2 Degrees and 12 Courses

    Autonomous

    CCIM

    -

    22

    50 acres

    National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai.

    2005

    2 Degrees and 14 Courses

    Affiliated

    CCIM

    138

    39

    14.78 acres

    National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune

    1986

    1 Degrees and 3 Courses

    Autonomous

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth

    1988

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi

    1998

    4 Degrees and 4 Courses

    Deemed Universities

    UGC

    52

    12

    -

    All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi

    2014

    2 Degrees and 24 Courses

    Affiliated

    -

    159

    33

    10.03 acres

    North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM), Pasighat

    1860

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    North Eastern Institute Of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (Neiah), Shillong

    2016

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Institute of Teaching & Research In Ayurveda (ITRA)

    1956

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    UGC: University Grants Commission

    CCIM: Central Council for Indian Medicine

    CCH: Central Council of Homeopathy

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