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:: Gujarat Ayurveda University ::

Gujarat Ayurveda University (Central Administration)
 
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Gujarat Ayurveda University is an academic and institution of higher learning established in 1967 by an Act of Gujarat State Assembly. This university is an autonomous organization fully financed by Govt. of Gujarat State. University looks after the management of the Institutes and Colleges situated in the campus along with conducting the examination of all the degree/diplomas awarded by the University. This University has three wings.
  • Administrative wing and the centers working directly under University.
  • Constituent Institutes and Colleges working in the campus.
  • Affiliated colleges of Ayurveda whose examinations are conducted by the University.
To support the teaching programmes University has following centralized units:
  • Central Library
  • Medicinal Plants Garden
  • Ayurvedic Pharmacy
  • Press & Publication
Central Library -
The central library of the University is housed in a building called Juwansinhji Museum. Library has collection of more than 29000 books on various subjects. This library caters to the need of the students and also supplies the books to the various departmental libraries. There are more than 1100 Post Graduate and Ph.D. theses, which are used as reference material. This library has a large collection of hand written manuscripts. Out of the total 7340 manuscripts good number of them are on Palm leaf or Bhojapatra. Library also subscribes to various national and international journals related to Ayurveda and other allied subjects. Library has large collection of bound volumes of Journals.
Medicinal Plants Garden -
The University Campus is in nearly 37 acres of land. Out of this in nearly 10 acres of land there are 20 small and big gardens maintained separately by this department. These gardens have more than 150 medicinal plant species grown for teaching and training of B.A.M.S., M.D. & M.Sc. (Med Plants) students. Nearly 25 km away from the main campus another garden spread over in 35 acres of land is developed. This garden has more than 100 varieties of medicinal plants.
This department also maintains a nursery for cultivation of medicinal plants. Free plant saplings are distributed to the public. Under the management of this department training programmes for Gardeners and Farmers are also being organized. Farmer's co-operatives are being formed for cultivation and preservation of medicinal plants. Dept is planning to have a training center for farmers for the identification, cultivation and marketing of medicinal plants.
Ayurvedic Pharmacy -
Gujarat Ayurved University has a unique Ayurvedic Pharmacy manufacturing the drugs for the use of University Hospitals. This Pharmacy has the facility for the preparation of medicines as per classical formulations. This pharmacy also prepares the medicines for the P.G. and Ph.D. scholars as per the specifications required for their research projects. It is also utilized for the teaching and training of the students of M.D.(Ayu), B.Pharma, M.Pharma & D.Pharma students.
On the basis of the experiences of physicians and researches done at Gujarat Ayurved University an Ayurvedic Medical Kit of 30 drugs has been launched. These medicines can be used by the common man at primary health care level and also during the need of the hour. This kit contains the formulation for the management of common ailments like cold, cough, fever, vomiting, diarrhoea etc. The formulations are also developed for Anemia, Arthritis, Leucorrhoea, Piles, Asthma, and Diabetes etc.
Press and Publication -
University has a press unit, which helps in printing the various stationery required for administrative and academic purposes. Under the publication scheme University has published few Post Graduate Theses and books written by experienced professors. List of available publications is given separately.
University publishes one research journal named "AYU". It is a bilingual research journal, which publishes important communications regarding the researches being conducted at Gujarat Ayurved University. It has also planned to start an International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda named 'Ayu-International'.
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