Gangadhar Shastri Gune Ayurved College, Ahmednagar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Gangadhar Shastri Gune Ayurved College, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, was founded in 1917. This affiliated college is approved by CCIM and has been functioning with the declared mission of imparting teaching of Ayurvedic medicine for over a hundred years. The institution is spread over 17 acres of land and imparts co-education for students seeking an Ayurvedic profession. With a total student enrolment of 263 and a faculty strength of 31, the institution provides just the right atmosphere for focused learning of Ayurveda.

Good enough facilities are there in the college to help provide full learning opportunity and all-round development for the students. The library, well-stocked with references, journals, magazines, etc functions as a knowledge center and makes available to the students a vast Ayurvedic literature and research materials. Highly modernized departmental laboratories enable the student to get practical exposure in all aspects of Ayurvedic medicine. An auditorium for conducting seminars, symposia, conferences, and cultural events would provide an active academic atmosphere. The institution looks after the students inside the campus by providing a cafeteria, a health center with first-aid facilities, and sports facilities for physical recreation. Separate hostel accommodation for male and female students has been provided to make them feel at home while staying in hostels.

Gangadhar Shastri Gune Ayurved College offers only one major course in the undergraduate level, which is the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery. This is a full-time course extending over a period of six years, wherein students are given an education in Ayurveda principles and practices. The approved intake capacity for the BAMS course in the college is 63, thus reflecting the commitment to maintaining good-quality education with controlled class strength so that more individual attention can be given and they are properly trained in minute details about Ayurvedic medicine.

The admission process to Gangadhar Shastri Gune Ayurved College is majorly based on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the competent authority appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. This exam screens those students who have a firm grasp of the sciences and are serious about pursuing Ayurvedic medicine studies.