Career in BAMS - Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences

BAMS - Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences

About the course :

Ayurveda is a 5000 year old science of health care and herbal treatment. Ayurveda, is highly effective in common and complicated diseases, assures long term relief and has no side effects. Ayurveda is now backed by modern scientific research and technologies and provides its gentle healing touch to millions around the world.

While western medicine has focused upon pathogens and how to control disease from the external, Ayurveda focuses on the individual and how to manage disease throughout balancing the life-force within the individual. Ayurved treatments are person specific and not disorder specific. As the limitations of antibiotics are becoming evident, such regimes for strengthening our own internal or immune system may be crucial for our health as a species through the coming century.

Specialization :

Candidates who have passed BAMS can apply for post graduate programmes. The Post graduate programmes are conducted by many recognised institutions and has a duration of 3 years leading to degrees of Doctor of Medicine in Ayurveda (M.D. (Ayu)) and Master of Surgery in Ayurveda (M.S. (Ayu)).

Post-graduate programs is structured into 16 branches leading to a Doctorate in Ayurveda. The 16 branches are Ayurvedic Sidhanta (Fundamental Principals of Ayurveda), Ayurved Samhita ( Treatise of Ayurveda), Rachna Sharira ( Anatomy), Kriya Sharira (Physiology), Dravya Guna Vigyan ( Materia Medica & Pharmacology), Ras- ShastraBhaishajya Kalpana ( Pharmaceuticals), Kumar Bharitya ( Paediatrics), Prasuti Tantra (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Swasth Vrita (Social of Preventive Medicine), Kayachikitsa (Internal Medicine, Rog Nidan ( Pathology,) Shalya Tantra ( Surgery), Shalkya Tantra ( Eye & ENT ), Mano Roga ( Psychiatry), Panchkarma (Detoxification of body).

Job Prospects :

The Ayurvedic practitioners can get employments as medical officers/doctors at Government and private Ayurvedic hospitals. Some also start their own practice or open retail shops of Ayurveda medicine. Many find employment as supervisors “Panch Karma” or Ayurvedic massage or health centres, as tutors in colleges or do research, conduct seminars, workshops and retreats.