24 Ayurveda colleges disapproved by CCIM

 Not complying with the standards fixed by the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), hundreds of ayurveda colleges are mushrooming in the country. Karnataka ranks second after Maharashtra, to house the highest number of ayurveda colleges in the country and barring a few, most of these colleges are run by private people and are well below the standards fixed by the CCIM.A majority of our politicians have been involved in the mushrooming of these colleges across the state, due to which these colleges do not meet the required standards.After the country wide inspection of all the ayurveda colleges, Central Council of Indian Medicine, an apex body which prescribes minimum standards of education in the Indian Systems of Medicine has come out with the fresh list of colleges lacking the set standards for the year 20112012.Surprisingly, of the total 56 ayurveda colleges in the state, Central Council of Indian Medicine has disapproved 24 of such Institutions.
During the oneday visit to all the ayurveda colleges across the country by the 180 teams, they revealed that nearly 35 per cent of the colleges are not fit to function in the country.While some are short of teaching faculty, it was also found that duplicity of names and fake experience affidavits are being submitted in many cases, others do not have inpatients facilities and lesser number of OPD patients, said Dr Jayaprakash Narayana, vice president, CCIM.To get the accurate data on the list of eligible colleges, CCIM preferred to chose professors and readers from various government colleges for the inspection.Since 40 years, CCIM did not engaged its council members but sought assistance from professors and readers of government colleges to conduct the inspection in ayurveda colleges across the country, the CCIM member added.