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The health and wellness industry has seen kind of a re-emergence in popularity since the Coronavirus hit and wrecked the globe. With the miracles of modern medicine like vaccines and antibiotics, before the coronavirus, most diseases were conquerable, and that too easily. Even Covid-19 has been more or less brought under control now.
This back-to-nature approach was bound to happen too as modern medicine struggled to prevent widespread deaths for quite some time. While conventional (Allopathic or Western) medicine takes a symptomatic approach to treating ailments, traditional systems of medicine are based on the principle of going to the roots of a disease - and trying to heal the ailment through holistic approaches like changes in lifestyle. The widespread deaths on a global scale in the last couple of years have made people focus more on their health and hence alternative systems of medicine, health, and wellness like ayurveda have found a place in the lifestyles of people again.
The Indian government has recognized this trend of the rising popularity of traditional systems of medicine like ayurveda and to that effect, has created a separate Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) to regulate the industry in the midst of its boom. The AYUSH ministry has gone above and beyond in this regard and has even laid the groundwork for professional courses for Ayurveda, like the BAMS course, which certifies ayurvedic doctors to practice within the country.BAMS (Bachelor Of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) is an undergraduate course that has been launched by the AYUSH ministry as an alternative to MBBS courses. This course teaches students the fundamentals of ayurvedic medicine and wellness to prepare them to handle a wide variety of cases. BAMS has garnered immense popularity since its inception and there are now more than 200 colleges that offer this course in our country.
To be eligible for a BAMS course in any ayurvedic medical college in India, candidates have to fulfill the following criteria:
As mandated by the AYUSH ministry, BAMS courses span 5.5 years, with 1 year of compulsory rotatory internships so that the students can get practical experience. Since this course can be considered the future of ayurveda in India, it is taken in a professional course format, with each professional taking a year, and the final professional taking 1.5 years.
The huge scope of ayurveda in future of the health and wellness industry has led to the proliferation of ayurvedic educational institutions across the country. Some of the best BAMS colleges for undergraduates are mentioned below.
| Name of the College | BAMS Fee Per Annum (INR) |
|---|---|
| Sri Sai Institute of Ayurvedic Research and Medicine | 2.3 lakh |
| Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University | 3.5 lakh |
| Banaras Hindu University | 22 thousand |
| AVS Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya | 37 thousand |
| Tantia University | 2.9 lakh |
| LNCT University | 2.75 lakh |
| DRS Kiran and Pallavi Patel Global University | 3.6 lakh |
BAMS career scope is very wide and positive in India and abroad. Students who graduate with a BAMS degree have a whole world of opportunities open to them. They can either choose to join the workforce in the healthcare and wellness sector immediately or even study further.
BAMS graduates have the option to pursue higher education options in the form of a postgraduate degree. Postgraduate degrees in Ayurvedic medicine either fall in the MD (Doctor of Medicine) or MS (Master of Surgery) category. These courses specialize in either one or more aspects of ayurveda and thus impart specialized knowledge to the students. These specialized degrees can land students higher-paying jobs than those without any kind of specialization.
Let us now look at some of the common job roles that BAMS graduates often get, along with their salaries. Do keep in mind though that these posts did not exist half a decade ago, and their existence and validity now can be seen as one of the indicators of the scope of ayurveda in the future.
| Job Profile | Average Salary (INR) |
|---|---|
| Ayurvedic Doctor/Physician | 3.6 LPA |
| Lecturer | 3.42 LPA |
| Sales Representative | 2.73 LPA |
| Medical Officer | 6.15 LPA |
| Pharmacist | 2.51 LPA |
| Researcher | 4.3 LPA |
The future of ayurveda as a discipline of alternative medicine globally, and in India, is quite bright. This can be refuted by the rising number of searches online for ayurveda-based treatments, which have already risen by 10-12% since 2020. 25% of this search traffic has been coming from the United States, with another 17% also coming from developed countries like the UK, Germany, and Japan. It is thus very clear that even people in well-developed countries have recognized the benefits of a wellness system that takes into account the overall lifestyle and takes a holistic approach to improve health.
The global complementary and alternative medicine market size was valued at USD 92.65 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach over USD 411.4 billion by 2030, poised to grow at a CAGR of 18% from 2021 to 2030, according to Precedence Research.
Hence, students who opt for undergraduate courses like BAMS from ayurvedic colleges like Sri Sai Ayurvedic College in Bhopal, MP are readily poised to ride on the rising wave of alternative medicine and wellness around the world, as more and more people realize the value of a holistic approach to health.
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