National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Minimum Standards of Undergraduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations-2022

The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine on 16th Feburary, 2022 has issued the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Minimum Standards of Undergraduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations-2022. The B.A.M.S. Programme shall consist of Main Programme and Electives and the pattern of study shall be followed in the following manner, namely:-

1. After admission, the student shall be inducted to the B.A.M.S. Programme through an Induction Programme not less than fifteen working days based on the Transitional Curriculum which intends to introduce newly admitted student to Ayurveda system of medicine and to make him well aware of the B.A.M.S. Programme he is going to study
   for next four and a half years.
2. During the induction programme, the student of Ayurveda shall learn basic of Sanskrit for Ayurveda and basic life support and first aid along with other subject as laid down in the syllabus.
3. There shall be fifteen days induction programme which shall be not less than ninety-hours and every day may consist of six hours.
4. Total working days for each professional session shall be not less than three hundred and twenty days.
5. Total working days for the First Professional session shall be not less than three hundred and five days except for fifteen days for the induction programme. Total teaching hours for First Professional session shall not be less than 1920.
6. Total teaching hours for Second Professional session shall be not less than 2240 and the proportion of teaching hours in Lecture to Non-lecture shall be 1:2.
7. Total teaching hours for Third (Final) Professional session shall not be less than 2240 and during the Third (Final) Professional Session, three hours of clinical classes at Hospital during morning hours shall be conducted and the proportion of teaching hours in Lecture to Non-Lecture hour shall be 1:2.