AHMEDABAD: The
Union ministry of Ayush gave nod to six new
Ayurvedic colleges in Gujarat on Friday. These include institutes in Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Valsad, Kalol and Pithapur.
Prior to directive there were 1,100 seats across 17 Ayurvedic colleges in the state. Apart from the new colleges each with an intake of 60 and that of 100 in the college at Pithapur the institutes in Nadiad and Jamnagar have also got permission to increase their intake from the existing 60 seats to 100 seats.
Thus the total number of seats for
Ayurvedic Medicine stream in the state will be than 1,500.
The deadline for completion of admissions in Ayurvedic colleges in Gujarat was November 30.
However, in the wake of the new colleges given permission the deadline has been extended to December 15. Sources said that the reshuffling of seats is likely to be held between December 8 and December 15.