Minimum Standards & Requirements  for

Siddha College & attached hospital

Various Units attached to Siddha Colleges.

HOSPITAL

The minimum bed strength for a teaching hospital attached to a Siddha college should be 100 for up to admission sstrength of 50 students per annum.   The minimum bed strength for admission of above 50 and up to 60 will be 120.  For admissions above 60 the bed strength and student ratio should be 1:3.  Thus for 70 admission strength, the minimum bed requirement will be 120+30=150.  Likewise for 80 admission, it will be 120+60=180 beds.  For admissions of 100 students in a college the minimum bed strength will be 120+120=240.  However for any new college to be opened in future,  the admission pattern will be observed as 60, 80 or 100 to maintain uniformity in standards.

1.         Maruthuvam                           

2.         Aruvai Maruthuvam

3.         Sool, Mahalir and Kulanthai Maruthuvam

4.         Avasara Maruthuvam (Casualty)

A separate OPD should be provided for Post-graduate Course in each and every clinical branch concerned other than the above mentioned branches.

IPD

1.                  Pothu Maruthuvam

2.                  Sirappu Maruthuvam

3.                  Aruvai Maruthuvam

4.                  Sool, Mahalir and Kulanthai Maruthuvam

5.                  Avasara Maruthuvam

6.                  Thokkanam and Varmam

7.                  Kan, Kathu, Mooku, Thondai Maruthuvam

The minimum bed strength for Maruthuvam should be 40% and for rest of the Departments it should be 10% each.  Remaining bed strength be adjusted according to requirement of the particular hospital.

SPACE REQUIRED FOR HOSPITAL

There should be sufficient space in the hospital for performing OPD & IPD wards in addition to Thokkanam and Varma Section, Operation Theatre, Labour Room, Store Rooms, Rooms for officers and staff of the hospital and all other requirements.  The minimum space required for a 100 beded hospital should be minimum  20,000 Sq.ft.(covered)

Essential  OPD Staff

 Staff for Hospital

Thokkanam Section

Library

To establish a Siddha college, the minimum number of books should be 1500 and it should be increased up to 3000 in four years time.  The minimum sitting capacity in the reading room should be for 50 persons.

Staff for Library

There should be sufficient space for stock room, Reading room, Librarian's room and Store.  The total area for a Library attached to Siddha College should not be less than 2000 Sq.ft.

Space Requirement for Siddha College

Students Hostel

There shall be separate hostel arrangement for boys and girls students.

Herbal Garden

There shall be Herbal Garden not far away from the college and all the possible plants; atleast 150 species mentioned in the syllabus and up to 300 plants  may be grown in the Herbal Garden for the purpose of identification and display.  The minimum land for Herbal Garden must be one acre.  For its maintenance at least two gardeners may be posted.

Games Facilities

There should be approx. one acre space where facilities for indoor and outdoor games may be provided.

Staff for College office

1.	Principal/Dean/Director	1
2.	PA to Principal	1
3.	Establishment Section
4.	Administration Section	Every Section with adequate staff
5.	Account Section
6.	Maintenance and Store Section
7.	Academic Section

Pharmacy

There will be a Siddha Pharmacy attached to Department of  Gunapadam with Minimum Area 1500 Sq.ft. consisting of required facilities like equipments, utensils and apparatus etc. for preparation of medicines as per  syllabus.

Central Laboratory

1.  Central laboratory should have separate sections for physiology and pathology labs and sufficient space for demonstration of students in these sections should be available with following staff:- 

2.  Bio-Chemistry lab should have required equipped apparatus and sufficient space to teach the subject 'Uyir Vedhiyal'.

Area

1.      Well-equipped and spacious area be provided for Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Microbiology.  These are applicable only for Post-graduate course.

2. The provision should be made to store the apparatus and glass wares.

3. Minimum space required for Central Lab.                  1200 Sq.ft.

Pathology lab section                                                   400 Sq.ft.

Physiology Lab.                                                           400 Sq.ft.

ADMINISTRATIVE WING          

There should be sufficient space for Principal room, small Committee room, visitors lounge and space for administrative staff attached with Principal Office.  The total area of Administrative Wing should not be less than 2000 Sq.ft.

LECTURE  HALLS

Four Lecture halls almost 750 Sq.ft. each and one common hall for meeting etc. of about 2000 Sq.ft. must be available with each institution.  Thus, the total area in the hall and meeting room and Conference Room should not be less than 5000 Sq.ft.

Space Required for Class Rooms is 500 Sq.ft. minimum.

SPACE  REQUIREMENTS   FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OF SIDDHA COLLEGES

A Siddha College should have separate space for each department.  The space provided in each department should have a sitting room for Professor, Reader and Lecturer with a Departmental Library and Office.  Some of the departments may require additional space for Laboratory, Museum etc.  The minimum requirement of the space for each department should be not less than 500 Sq.ft.  For the Gunapadam Practical Hall the minimum space should be 1500 Sq.ft.

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY

Medicine Preparation Faculty

The space for Raw Drugs Store, prepared Medicine Store, Preparation Section, Puda Salai Baga Salai, Research & Development Department should be not less than 3000 Sq.ft.

Teaching Staff for Various Departments of Siddha Colleges up to 50 students or less

S.No.   Department                                             Professor       Reader      Lecturer 

 For 50 students the number of faculties should be minimum 25.

*Note :-  The department of Tamil shall not be applicable for the colleges of Tamil Nadu State.  It will be applicable only for the colleges of other States.

Teaching Staff for Various Departments of Siddha Colleges for 60 students

S.No.   Department                                             Professor       Reader      Lecturer 

For 60 students the number of faculties should be minimum 28

Teaching Staff for Various Departments of Siddha Colleges for  80 students

S.No.   Department                                             Professor       Reader      Lecturer 

For 80 students the number of faculties should be minimum 40.

Teaching Staff for Various Departments of Siddha Colleges for  100 students

S.No.   Department                                             Professor       Reader      Lecturer