AYUSH UNIVERSITY LIKELY TO OPEN WITHIN THE YEAR IN SHIMOGA, KARNATAKA

The Hindu (Raviprasad Kamila)
Monday, 17 November, 2014
Mangalore, India

Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader said here on Sunday that the [Karnataka] State government will open an AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) university next year.

It is likely to come up in Shimoga but the venue might change, he told presspersons.

Mr. Khader said that it required at least 100 acres for the university and the government might get the land in Shimoga.

In addition to academic activities, the university would conduct research and development.

Mr. Khader said that the government has begun issuing bio-metric cards to AYUSH doctors in the State. It would help in identifying them and keeping away quacks.

He said that unless Ayurveda doctors stopped prescribing allopathy medicines, ayurveda would not grow. “Ayurveda doctors should practice Ayurveda only,” he said.