BAMS departments and what each one teaches.

Year by year

• First professional year · 18 months

  Samhita & Siddhanta, Rachana Shareera (Anatomy), Kriya Shareera (Physiology), Sanskrit

• Second professional year · 18 months

  Dravyaguna, Rasashastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana, Roga Nidana, Agada Tantra, Charaka Samhita (Purvardha)

• Third professional year · 18 months

  Kayachikitsa, Panchakarma, Shalya Tantra, Shalakya Tantra, Prasuti Tantra & Stri Roga, Kaumarabhritya, Swasthavritta, Research Methodology

• Compulsory rotatory internship · 12 months

  Rotations across hospital departments, panchakarma unit, operation theatre, community postings and medical camps

All departments

• Rachana Shareera (Anatomy)First professional yearHuman anatomy taught through cadaveric dissection alongside the classical Ayurvedic description of the body — marma, srotas, asthi and sandhi.
• Kriya Shareera (Physiology)First professional yearTridosha, dhatu and agni physiology studied together with modern systemic physiology and clinical examination of the healthy individual.
• Samhita and SiddhantaFirst professional yearDirect study of Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Ashtanga Hridaya, with the philosophical principles that underpin Ayurvedic reasoning.
• Dravyaguna Vijnana (Ayurvedic Pharmacology)Second professional yearMedicinal plants — identification, rasa-guna-virya-vipaka, pharmacology and therapeutic use — taught with a live 3,100 sq m herbal garden.
• Rasashastra and Bhaishajya KalpanaSecond professional yearAyurvedic pharmaceutics — preparing kashaya, churna, asava-arishta, taila, bhasma and modern quality-control testing.
• Agada Tantra evam Vyavahara AyurvedaSecond professional yearToxicology, forensic medicine and medical jurisprudence as they apply to an Ayurvedic registered medical practitioner.
• Swasthavritta and YogaThird professional yearPreventive medicine, public health, dinacharya-ritucharya and yoga practice — the wellness and lifestyle core of Ayurveda.
• Prasuti Tantra evam Stri Roga (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)Final professional yearAyurvedic and modern obstetrics and gynaecology with hospital labour-room and OPD training.
• Kaumarabhritya (Paediatrics)Final professional yearChild health from neonatal care to adolescence — suvarnaprashana, immunisation, growth monitoring and paediatric disease management.
• Shalya Tantra (Surgery)Final professional yearAyurvedic surgery and parasurgical procedures — kshara sutra, agnikarma, raktamokshana — with modern surgical principles.
• Shalakya Tantra (ENT, Ophthalmology & Dentistry)Final professional yearDiseases above the clavicle — eye, ear, nose, throat, head and oral cavity — with netra kriyakalpa and nasya procedures.
• Research & StatisticsAcross all yearsResearch methodology, biostatistics and publication support — the college is a government-approved scientific research institution.