By Team Ayurved Sutra
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Ayurveda Aspirants in a Bind This Year Too
As the new academic year is about to begin, the students and the staff of Dr NRS Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Andhra Pradesh have once again raised the issue of granting more seats to the college. It has become a regular feature for the students and the staff of the 92-year-old college, which has been constantly neglected by the AP government, to bring pressure on the authorities concerned to take steps to solve their problems.
NRS Government Ayurvedic Medical College, which has a 100-bed hospital attached to it, is one of the two Ayurvedic colleges in AP. Another Ayurvedic Medical College is located in Tirupati. The main problem faced by NRS Government Ayurvedic College is stalling of admissions into the college by the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) citing lack of proper facilities and staff. NRS Government Ayurvedic College has 30 seats for BAMS. But the seats are allowed to be filled only if CCIM is satisfied with the facilities at the college. Due to lack of facilities at the college, admissions were cancelled for 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years. On conditional permission, seats were filled for the 2013-14 academic year.
With the CCIM expressing displeasure at the inadequate staff at the college, this time the situation has once again come to square one. As a result, the students fear cancellation of admissions this academic year, which will deal a severe blow to their prospects. Lack of support from the state government to the college is said to be the prime reason for the sorry state of college which has a rich tradition and has the potential of being converted into a premier institute.
