National Institute of Unani Medicine

National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) is an autonomous apex organization for research and training in Unani medicine in India. It was established in 1984 at Bangalore under the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, [1][2] in a joint venture with Government of Karnataka.[3]

Overview

The institute is spread over 55 acres,[3] and the campus houses an Administrative Block, Academic Block, Hospital Building, Hostel, Pharmacy, Library, Herbal garden, Indoor games hall, Guest house, Animal House, and several other units. Academic activities were started in the year 2004 after the admission of its first batch of students, and the Institute is now being developed as a model of post graduate, teaching, training and research in Unani System of Medicine in India.

It is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, (RGUHS), Bangalore, Karnataka and offers post graduate courses (MD in Unani) in six different subjects Moalajat (Medicine), Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology), Tahaffuzi wa Samaji Tib (Preventive and Social medicine), Ilmul Qabalat wa Amraze Niswan (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Ilmul Saidla (Pharmacy), and Kulliyat (Basic Principles).[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Institutes". AYUSH, Government of India.
  2. ↑ S. L. Goel; R. Kumar (2004). Hospital Preventive and Promotive Services: Hospital Administration in the 21st Century. Deep & Deep Publications. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-81-7629-318-1.
  3. 1 2 "National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore". AYUSH. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  4. ↑ "Courses". National Institute of Unani Medicine. Retrieved 2013-12-20.

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