Celebration11th Ayurveda Day celebration
Celebrated with the NSS unit and Vishwa Ayurveda Parishad. Staff and students led a public procession on Ayurveda's role in staying healthy and fighting disease.
Notices
- Admissions enquiry for BAMS and MD (Ayurveda): call Dr. Shashibhushan Hegde on +91 94800 86458
- 11th Ayurveda Day celebrated with NSS and Vishwa Ayurveda Parishad on 23 September 2026
- Online consultation with our doctors: +91 79754 00204
- NCISM permission 2026–27 and RGUHS affiliation documents are available
Upcoming events
Academic calendarUpcoming eventsCalendar
28Oct'Shishiksha' internship orientation programme College auditoriumTentative
6NovDhanvantari Havana on Dhanvantari Jayanti College campusTentative
14Nov'Ayurpraveshika': transitional curriculum for first-year BAMS College auditoriumTentative
12DecCultural Week College campusTentative
17DecSports Week College groundTentative
4JanPG orientation programme for new MD scholars College auditoriumTentative
Est. 1998 · Affiliated to RGUHS
Learn and live Ayurveda in the Western Ghats
The only medical college in Uttara Kannada, with a 140-bed teaching hospital in Siddapur.
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11th Ayurveda Day celebration
Academics
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BAMS eligibility at a glance
- A pass in 2nd PUC / 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English
- At least 50% aggregate in PCB (relaxation as per NCISM rules)
- A valid NEET-UG score
- Minimum age of 17 years on the date of admission
Courses
Choose your course
Undergraduate
Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
- Duration
- 5½ years4½ years + 1-year internship
- Entrance
- NEET-UGCounselling as per rules
- Eligibility
- 10+2 PCB50% aggregate in PCB
- University
- RGUHS, Bengaluru
BAMS
100
seats every year
Affiliated to RGUHS and run to NCISM norms, with clinical training in our own hospital.
Since 1998
Silver Jubilee celebrated, 2025
Why Dhanvantari
Classical Ayurveda, taught alongside modern medical science
What began in 1998 with a batch of three students is now a full Ayurveda institute run by Shikshana Prasaraka Samiti (R), Siddapur, in the green Sahyadri hills.
The district's medical college
The only medical college in Uttara Kannada, teaching since 1998 and now past its Silver Jubilee.
Your own teaching hospital
140 beds, nine specialty OPDs and a separate Panchakarma hospital for real clinical exposure.
Teaching pharmacy on campus
Students learn to prepare ghrita, taila, asava and arishta in the college's own pharmacy.
Learning in the Western Ghats
A herbal garden with rare and endangered species, and research on medicinal plants.
- UG departments
- 14
- Faculty members
- 55+
- Students
- 480+
- PG scholars
- 21
Departments
Explore our 14 departments
Every branch of Ashtanga Ayurveda, each with its own museum, departmental library and faculty.
Dhanvantari Ayurveda Hospital
Care that heals, teaching that lasts
A 140-bed hospital with a separate Panchakarma hospital and ECG, ultrasound, X-ray and laboratory services. Male and female physicians are available.
- KayachikitsaGeneral Medicine
- PanchakarmaBio-purification therapies
- ShalyaSurgery
- ShalakyaEye & ENT
- Prasuti & StreerogaObstetrics & Gynaecology
- KaumarabhrityaPaediatrics
- SwasthavrittaPreventive medicine & Yoga
- Visha ChikitsaToxicology
- Atyayika ChikitsaEmergency care
- Free medical campsAcross Siddapur taluk
Panchakarma therapies at OPD and IPD level
- Abhyanga
- Shirodhara
- Shirobasti
- Swedana
- Shashtika Shali Pinda Sweda
- Patra Pinda Sweda
- Udvartana
- Katibasti
- Janubasti
- Greevabasti
- Akshitarpana
- Vamana
- Virechana
- Basti
- Nasya
- Raktamokshana
Campus life
Everything a medical student needs
Spacious classrooms with audio-visual aids, a dissection theatre, an auditorium, a playground and a canteen, on one green campus.
Library
11,000+ books, 6 newspapers, 35 periodicals, a digital library and seats for 100+ readers.
Teaching Pharmacy
Students learn to make ghrita, taila, asava, arishta, tablets and more, since 1998.
Laboratories
Physiology and pathology labs equipped as per NCISM guidelines.
Herbal Garden
Living pharmacopoeia with many medicinal species, some of them endangered.
Hostels
Separate boys' and girls' hostels with hygienic, timely food.
Sports & Gym
Outdoor ground, indoor games and a modern gym for 30 members.
Management
Shikshana Prasaraka Samiti (R), Siddapur
The college is managed by the board of Shikshana Prasaraka Samiti, which has served education in Siddapur since 1953.
Kulapathy
H.H. Pejawara Shri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji
Shri Vinayakrao G. Hegde
Chairman
Dr. Shashibhushan Hegde
Vice Chairman
Prof. Dr. Raghavendra L
Hon. Secretary
Shri G. K. Hegde, Golgod, M.A.
Member
Dr. S. R. Hegde, MBBS
Member
Shri M. L. Bhat, Unchalli, B.A.
Member
From the Principal's office
Dr. Roopa Bhat
Principal & Chief Medical Officer · BAMS, MD (Kayachikitsa), RGUHS
- Teaching at DACH since 2001, Professor since 2011
- PG guide in Kayachikitsa
- Former member, UG Board of Studies (Ayurveda), RGUHS
News & events
Life at Dhanvantari
CMEs, guest lectures, awareness drives and celebrations.
- Celebration
CelebrationNational Doctor's Day celebration
Dr. Lokesh, General Surgeon, Taluk Government Hospital, Siddapur, spoke to future doctors about their duties to patients and society.
AwarenessWorld No Tobacco Day 2026
Organised by the Dept. of Agada Tantra with the NSS unit and TCC wing. Final-year BAMS students led the programme and an anti-tobacco oath.
CMECME: Quality control in Ayurveda manufacturing
In association with Nagarjuna Ayurveda. Resource person: Dr. Ashwin A S, Assistant Manager.
Recognition
Affiliated & regulated
सत्त्वमात्मा शरीरं च त्रयमेतत् त्रिदण्डवत्
Mind, soul and body are like a tripod; together they sustain life. (Charaka Samhita)
Talk to us about admissions or treatment
Call the admissions desk or the hospital, or write to the college office, and we will guide you.