Sidramappa Danigond Memorial Trust's Danigond Ayurvedic Medical College and Padma Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot

Sidramappa Danigond Memorial Trust’s Danigond Ayurvedic Medical College & Padma Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot, is a reputated institute involved in the field of Ayurveda education & health care. This affiliated college was set up in 2005, and it is located at Terdal, Taluk Jamakhandi, Bagalkot, Karnataka.

CCIM-recognised institute along with/ayurveda, bachelor of Ayurveda, medicine and surgery, diploma/degree in Ayurveda, yoga, certificate courses/ayurveda courses. Situated on the campus area of 10 acres, the college offers a total student enrolment capacity of 460 and a total faculty strength of 57.

Currently with nine courses under three degree programmes the institute offers specialisations in different fields of Ayurvedic sciences for both graduate and postgraduate studies. Sidramappa Danigond Memorial Trust’s Danigond Ayurvedic Medical College & Padma Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre has practical learning intentions and aims to have a positive learning environment with accurate facilities.

The school has well-equipped faculty rooms equipped with audiovisual teaching aids like OHP and LCD projectors . The library has a collection of more than 3000 books, clinical videocassettes & CD-ROMs, and a digital library to connect students with different medical sites.

The institution boasts of having a 200-bed hospital, & it has outpatient departments specialising in different fields like Kaya Chikitsa, Shalya Tantra, & Shalakya Tantra. The hospital has its male and female wards as well as the semi-special and special rooms, laboratory, as well as X-ray departments.

To maintain an integrated approach to students’ development, the college provides the students with sports facilities and a gym and has access to the Internet throughout the campus.

The Sidramappa Danigond Memorial Trust’s Danigond Ayurvedic Medical College & Padma Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot, an affiliated College of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, provides a wide variety of courses, some of which are the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) and several masters/doctoral degrees.

Course Name Total Number of Seats BAMS 50 MD Swasthavritta 5 MD Agad Tantra 4 MD Kriya Sharir 3 MS Shalya Tantra - At Sidramappa Danigond Memorial Trust’s Danigond Ayurvedic Medical College, students are offered admission mainly through the national-level entrance tests. For the BAMS programme the admission process is carried out based on qualified scores of the National Eligibility and Entrance Test ( NEET ).

There is the All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test ( AIAPGET ) in conjunction with the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test for Post Graduate (NEET PG) for candidates seeking admittance to MD and MS programmes in the public and private sectors.