VAIDYA RAGHUNANDAN SHARMA
PRESIDENT, CCIM
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CENTRAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN MEDICINE
Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi
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| Wish you all a "Happy New Year 2010" |
The Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) is a Statutory Body constituted by the Govt. of India under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. Main objectives of the Council are to prescribe minimum standards of education in Indian Systems of Medicine comprising of Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha; to advise Central Government in the matters relating to recognition of medical qualification in these Systems of Medicine; to maintain a Central Register of Indian Medicine and to prescribe Standards of Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Code of Ethics to be observed by the practitioners. At present, there are 254 Ayurveda, 41 Unani and 9 Siddha medical colleges offering undergraduate and post-graduate degree courses, recognised by CCIM and affiliated to 51 different Universities in the country.
For the last two decades, Council has been very progressive to achieve its goals and to make Indian System of Medicine popular Globally. CCIM has worked tremendously in various ways, Keeping in mind the needs of all the students, Central council has translated the syllabus in English also. National workshop to review the existing syllabus of UG & PG was conducted successfully at Bangalore and the new syllabus has already been implemented from this academic session. There was a feeling amongst the students and practitioners of Ayurved that if some clinical expertise/ specialization of short course of period is made available, it will help them to practice Ayurved more confidently and to deliver specialized services to the common people, which will eventually popularize Ayurved amongst the general public. Taking into consideration these facts, CCIM has designed Ayurveda PG Diploma Courses in 14 subjects with the aim to start these courses to produce and equip Vaidyas to practice Ayurveda confidently and successfully as specialists of Ayurveda. This will definitely start a trend to practice certain speciality in Ayurveda practitioners. Central register of Indian medicine has been displayed on website; therefore, the practitioners can verify their names in Central Register of Indian medicine.
It has been proposed to celebrate Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Day each year in the form of World Ayurveda Day (28th December), World Unani Day (4th October), Siddha Day (14th April). Proposals have been sent to Govt. of India for declaration.
To assess the available facilities of teaching and practical training, Central Council has been sending teams of members to visit the educational institutions in the country. These teams submit the report to the Council as per proforma pointing out actual situation and shortcomings. These reports are carefully considered in the Council and decisions are taken for recommending to admit a specified number of students commensurate with the over all facilities available in the institution or not recommending for admission in cases of non-availability of Minimum Standards, to Government of India. The institutions are simultaneously directed to remove the short comings pointed out by the visiting teams within specified period. As a result of such strict monitoring, the standard of teaching is improving continuously.
During the current year, the programme of visitation was persued vigorously and all Ayurved, Unani and Siddha colleges were visited in order to assess the present status of available facilities of teaching and practical training.
As there is Global resurgence of Indian Systems of Medicine, CCIM is trying to make the Education of these Systems of Medicine at par to get the recognition as Global System of Medicine and to cater the health services of preventive and curative nature to the mankind.
In an attempt to bring back the pristine glory of these Systems, we earnestly look forward and deeply appreciate productive suggestions from the fraternity and faculty for the all-round development. We strongly hope that this New Year would bring health, happiness and prosperity to you and your family.
Yours truly,
Vaidya Raghunandan Sharma |
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