Boosted Technocracy

Ayurveda faculty is boosted with the technocracy in 2012. In 2011-12 academic years what is not possible with full staff is going to be fulfilled in 2012-13 even with less staff. When I see these relaxations and alterations, I recollect the long back story of Murphy Pocket Radio. When the pocket Radio is brought in to market it is quite big in size. To get the Radio popularized the company gave big pocket uniform and one Radio to all his workers. The pocket size grows as the component grows in this occasion. Now instead of the growth the Ayurveda is shrinking. Probably our mechanism thought that to come out of half bottle impression, the best solution is to shift the bottle content in to a small bottle, where the content is seen as FULL in the new small bottle.

The minimum bed strength for a teaching hospital attached toAyurvedicCollegeshould be 100 for up to admission strength of 50 students per annum. Up to 50 students or less than that require a total of 35 teaching faculty in which the Professors and Readers strength is 20 and the rest of 15 are Lecturers as par CCIM norms speak for the year 2011-12 admissions. Few departments have been given an option of showing either Professor or Reader. The distribution of Teaching Staff for Various Departments of Ayurved Colleges up to 50 students or less is after Gandhiselvan Norms given in the table. [Source]

S.No.	Department	Professor	Reader	Lecturer
1.	Samhita,Sanskrit & Siddhanta (one should be a Sanskrit Lecturer)	1 or	1	2
2.	Rachana Sharir	1	1	1
3.	Kriya Sharir	1 or	1	1
4.	Dravyaguna	1	1	1
5.	Rasashastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana	1	1	1
6.	Rog Nidan	1 or	1	1
7.	Swastha Vritta	1 or	1	1
8.	Agad Tantra & Vidhi Ayurved	1 or	1	1
9.	Prasuti  & Striroga	1	1	1
10.	Kaumar Bhritya	1 or	1	1
11.	Kayachikitsa	1	1	1
12.	Shalya Tantra	1	1	1
13.	Shalakya Tantra	1 or	1	1
14.	Panchkarma	1 or	1	1
		6	6	15
6 Professors, 6 Readers 8 Professors/Readers and 15 lectures are required Up to 50 students or less Ayurveda college require Professors and Readers  =  20 and Lecturer =  15 Total   =    35
Note:- In those department where against Professor and Reader either one is shown, in these department may have either one Professor or one Reader.

As the CCIM requirement in the 2012-13 visitations, many relaxations are offered. From the reliable sources we came to know that the number game of the teaching staff is still reduced and molded to make a favor to the Managements. As the requirement is made to 90% occupancy, the faculty required became 32 for 50 students. But here the fun is 50% of the higher faculty is accepted. So, the number of higher faculty condensed to 10 and the rest in 32 can be lecturer cadre, i.e. 20 teachers of lecturer category, where the provision doesn’t exist to accommodate more than 15. At the least it is supposed to be 15 lectures and 17 higher faculties (Professors / Readers). The fate of the Ayurveda colleges is known soon after the CCIM visitations. 

Violates Norms

Gandhiselvan Violates Norms, Clears 170 Ayurveda,Unani Colleges in 2010

Josy Joseph | TNN

New Delhi: After A Raja, another DMK member of the Central government — the junior minister in health ministry, S Gandhiselvan — appears to have committed an impropriety that could kick up a fresh controversy. Violating the recommendations of the regulator, the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Supreme Court’s specific observation on norms, the ministry has allowed around 170 ayurveda and unani medical colleges to continue admitting students despite not fulfilling minimum requirements. Professional college education has become lucrative business in India.
The decision to allow these colleges to operate was taken following a single page order that was issued on July 15 last year. According to documents with the TOI, the order was initiated by Gandhiselvan, who appears to have misinterpreted the CCIM’s recommendations to relax the norms. The order has come at a time when the Medical Council of India (MCI) had come under a cloud for similarly watering down norms to allow a mushrooming of sub-standard colleges. The MCI is being probed by the CBI and the then council chief Ketan Desai has been arrested.
Gandhiselvan’s order, which reversed the process of derecognition initiated by CCIM of more than 170 colleges, said: “Conditional permission may be given for the academic year 2010 if the colleges fulfil the conditions like 40% IPD (that is, 40 in-patients on an average daily), 100 OPD (out-patients) per day, and only 80% faculty on the same lines as was done for the year 2009-10.”

CHANGING RULES 
May 2010 | Central Council of Indian Medicine informs SC that 100 outpatients per day, 100 in-patients on daily average and 100% faculty needed to qualify as medical college. Court approves CCIM norms
July 15 | Gandhiselvan (in pic) issues order, saying conditional permission may be granted even to colleges with 40% IPD, 100 OPD and 80% faculty

This reversed process of derecognition of 170 ayurveda and unani colleges initiated by CCIM

Gandhiselvan diluted CCIM norms 
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the MCI controversy, and a Supreme Court hearing into unani and ayurveda colleges in Maharashtra, the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) had clarified to the court that nothing less than 100% standards — meaning 100 out-patients per day, 100 in-patients on a daily average and 100% faculty — would qualify for approval to a college.
In a letter to the department of ayush in the health ministry, dated May 31, 2010, the CCIM said the court had approved the CCIM norms and “complimented the mechanisms put in place”.
Despite this communication, Gandhiselvan diluted the norms just two months later. He twisted the CCIM recommendations to state that CCIM had set 80% faculty as minimum requirement.
In his order — which was approved by senior minister Ghulam Nabi Azad — Gandhiselvan said his recommendation for diluting norms was also based on a letter written to the health ministry by minister of state for micro, small and medium enterprises Dinsha Patel.
An officer with Patel told TOI that the “minister routinely refers representations received by him”. He added that a large number of institutes come under the MSME categories which are under his ministry. When it was pointed out that Patel was also the chairman of the Mahagujarat Medical Society, which owns J S Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Nadiad, Gujarat, which has been allowed to increase its student intake without meeting the norms, the officer said, “The minister is known as a Gandhi-vaadi. He does not believe in pressure tactics or any such undue favours.”
The larger issue of decline in the standards of medical education figured in the Supreme Court on May 19, 2010, when a vacation bench, comprising Justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad, was hearing a case relating to ayurveda colleges inMaharashtra. The CCIM’s counsel reported back to the council that the court had made “stinging observations” on the decline. [source]

who is in 2012?

Certainly this is old news – but the theme and action is the same as of previous. Whether CCIM officials and the college Managements learned any lessons from the past experience or not is known to us soon – as the CCIM visitations are finished and AYUSH councils them. 

CBI books CCIM officials, MP colleges for fraud

TNN Oct 13, 2010, 03.24am IST [source]

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two seperate cases against officials of the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) along with two Madhya Pradesh-based medical colleges for allegedly misusing their official position to gain affiliations from the Central government. The College of Ayurvedic Medicine and Hospital and Shrimati Dhariya Prabhadevi Sojatia Ayurved Medical College in Gwalior and Mandsaur, respectively, are in the dock.

The officials have been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which deal with cheating and conspiracy.”It is alleged that the officials of CCIM while inspecting these colleges have abused their official position, and gave false and undue favourable reports despite glaring inadequacies in the institutions’ infrastructure. They allegedly facilitated the colleges to get the approval from the ministry of health and family welfare in violation of norms,” said a CBI spokesperson.

Raw material

Srinivas Naik

viral Infections

by Gupta Virupaksha form Medical library 

Get-together festival begins in Ayurveda

With the sun’s transition in to the “Uttarayana Punayakala” – the Northern inclination of Sun, the auspiciousness is out busted. Under the AYUSH directions, the CCIM starts inspections to the All Ayurveda colleges from January 27^th onwards and completes before to 15^th February. This visitation finalizes the 2012-13 sanctions of undergraduate and postgraduate admissions. The visitation of CCIM brought festive colour to the Ayurveda colleges. On the day of event one can see the working place with many new faces to make friendship and meet the old friends who appear like comets. We get educated well with present day style of Ayurveda curriculum. Students are pressured to decorate the college premises and departments. It is a very nice opportunity for the patients even. In normal days to get the food-bed is difficult. But in the Ayurveda festive moods, all managements will offer not only food-bed but also money. Thank God! Ayurveda managements not following the politicians to offer liquor bottle along with. The Visitors, Teachers, Doctors, Managements, Patients, Para-Medical staff in Ayurveda colleges will certainly enjoy the “Visitation Festival”.

May this festival bring you peace and harmony! Happy Ayurveda Festival- 2012

Med. Officer at Meghalaya

We reach the Western Style of Teaching

Why do these Governments make such resolutions of appointing “Hour base Lectures” in Government Ayurveda colleges – when so many eligible are available? Probably we reach the Western Style of Teaching !

Himachal Pradesh require Rasashastra Prof.

• Department of Ayurved – Himachal Pradesh
• Location: Himachal Pradesh
• Applications are invited for the following posts :

1) Professor

Qualification : i) Bachelor degree in Ayurveda from recognized University or Council of Indian System of Medicine established by law or from an Ayurvedic College recognized by the Govt. and ii) Post graduate degree in Ras Shastra & Bhaishjya Kalpna from any recognized University established by law or the degree recognized by CCIM/H.P. Govt. iii) Teaching experience of 15 years after doing P.G. in Ras Shastra & B.K.

• Pay Scale : Rs. 33522/- P.M.
• Age limit : Less than 65 years.

2) Reader

Qualification : i) Bachelor degree in Ayurveda from recognized
University or Council of Indian System of Medicine established by law or from an Ayurvedic College recognized by the Govt. and ii) Post graduate degree in Ras Shastra Bhaishjya Kalpna from any recognized University established by law or the degree recognized by CCIM/H.P. Govt. iii) Teaching experience of 10 years after doing P.G. in Ras Shastra & B.K.

• Pay Scale : Rs.23103/-P.M.
• Age limit : Less than 65 years

How To Apply: walk-in interview in the Directorate of Ayurveda, H.P. Block No. 26, SDA Complex, Shimla, on 30th January 2012 at 11.00 A.M.

Download Official Notification: http://himachal.nic.in/vacancy/Adv2012_A1b.pdf

Incredible Ayurveda in 2010

According to 2010 figures from the Department of AYUSH in India, there are approximately 478,750 registered Ayurveda practitioners and 2,458 hospitals with 44,820 beds. In terms of the educational aspect of the industry, there are approximately 256 Ayurveda colleges and 66 postgraduate colleges, with the National Institute of Ayurveda in Jaipur being the apex body amongst them. What is most interesting, however, is the vast commercial enterprise that supports India’s massive Ayurveda system. Ayurveda products can be found in almost every pharmacy, grocery and parlour, from large commercial cities to small remote villages. [source][Mission to India breaks educational barriers: Ayurvedic medicine to be taught at UWI]

On the other hand my experience is – many generic medicines which were in practice at the time of our studentship has vanished from the market and replaced by the proprietary medicines. Many Ayurveda colleges are mushrooming with inadequate staff and facilities. Many PG sections are running with Visiting faculty and even the Guide norms are not followed by many Universities.  Many Govt. Ayurvedic Colleges are with inadequate staff and efficiency is the word of CCIM  President, Vaidya Raghunandan Sharma. The magic figure  are for whom to please?

Best Universities 2011

The University Grants Commission (UGC) awarded 6 Universities with Universities with potentials for Excellence (UPE) award. Among six colleges – Osmania University, Banaras Hindu University, Gurunanak Dev University, Mysore University, Karnataka University and Rajastan University. These universities will get an additional huge recognition and funds amounting to Rs 50 crore. This is one side of coin. The other side is dark. No State Health Universities are in the list.  [Source]

Why not the training for Private Ayurveda Colleges

CCIM is interested to updateGovt.Collegestaff. Whether CCIM feels that what ever is going on in Private sector of the Ayurveda is right or pleased with the hospitality of private colleges. As for the records or maintenance both sides Ayurveda colleges are maintaining the brotherhood. Many colleges in the private sector have duplicate teachers who are either on paper or on visiting. Even though teachers are interested in the regular working the managements are not ready as they have to pay a regular UGC accepted or State scales to the faculty. The variations in the payments are giving scope for frequent shifts of teaching faculty. This intellectual migration is to be stopped and regularities of universal pay-scales are to be brought forward by either CCIM or AYUSH. So, the teacher shifts and stop the staff crunch at inspections.