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NIS gets approval from Dr. MGR Medical University to conduct BSMS degree course
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Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai
August 17 , 2022
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The National Institute of Siddha (NIS) at Tambaram near Chennai has received approval from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University to conduct degree course in siddha system (BSMS) from this academic year onwards.
However, the Institute has yet to get permission from the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) under the Union Ministry of Ayush under which NIS is working. Senior officers from the Institute have said that the process of getting permission from the NCISM is progressing and the first batch of the BSMS is expected to start from next month.
Currently NIS is conducting only post-graduate programmes. In eight disciplines, to be specific, Maruthuvam (Medicine), Gunapaatam (Pharmacology), Shirappu Maruthuvam (Special Medicine), Kulanthai Maruthuvam (Pediatrics), Noi Naadal (Pathology), Nanju Maruthuvam (Toxiclogy), Purai Maruthuvam (External Therapy), Varmam (Varma treatment) and Yoga Maruthuvam (Yoga), the institute is offering MD courses. Besides, the institute is conducting Ph D programmes.
NIS, the autonomous institute under the Union Ministry of Ayush is affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in Chennai. It is the only one Central government institution that runs academic courses in the Ayush stream Siddha in the country.
The siddha medical colleges at Arumbakkam in Chennai and at Palayamkottai in Thirunelveli are the two state government institutions that offer degree and post-graduate courses in the system apart from the eleven private colleges spread across the state.
Last week the Union Minister of Ayush, Dr. Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the newly constructed three-storey building for the out-patient wing attached to the NIS. Sources from the institute said the OP wing treats about one thousand patients every day and in order to increase the operational efficiency 15 more dispensing counters (pharmacies) have been opened now. With this the number of the pharmacies at the NIS has increased to 25.
Meanwhile, a senior Siddha physician and drug manufacturer in Pondicherry, Dr. Alexander Yesudasan, has commented that along with starting new degree and PG courses in Siddha, the government and the national institute of Siddha should join hands together to design a strategy to create job opportunities for the passing out graduates. In addition to this, the university has to frame the curriculum in such a way that it should cope up with the latest and upcoming developments in the healthcare systems for which the siddha graduates should be able to manage. According to him, today’s curriculum does not match the need of the hour and it does not help either the degree or the PG students to deal with the emerging problems on the clinical side.
He said the allopathic medical professionals are updating day-to-day happenings and in the same way the Ayurveda students are also doing. The syllabus of the courses is designed in such a way. But in the case of siddha, the pattern of the course is very old and the syllabus is also not getting updated. The curriculum itself has to help the students and the faculties to update the latest developments in the health systems of the country.
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