STATE MODEL INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA SCIENCES
State model institute of Ayurveda Sciences, Gandhinagar which is a dream come true destination of Ayurveda education and health services run by the director, Indian system of medicine and homoeopathy, Gujarat state under the ministry of health and family welfare, Government of Gujarat.
The Institute has a huge campus spread over 15 acres of land was developed as the model institute for Ayurveda education and research and have an incredible construction of Hospital, College, Library & Administrative buildings. It aspires to become the nodal centre for imparting quality training to budding scholars and providing the best and affordable medical services to the ailing community. At present SMIAS has an admission capacity of 75 students including 09 students of All India Quota which is to be increased to 100 soon.
State Model Ayurveda College attached Hospital is the biggest government hospital in Gujarat having a huge infrastructure gauged by the total stipulated bed strength of 400 beds.
The ground floor of the hospital building has been blessed with the Statue of Lord Dhanvantari, made by white single marble having 14 feet of height which is the tallest statue of Dhanvantari in the World situated in Hospital Premises. Apart from that, the hospital is well equipped with all departmental OPDs, minor procedure room, OPD level panchakarma room, Radiology unit, Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Medicine Store and Dispensing area, etc.
Five floored building of the hospital is sophisticated with Special (AC & Non AC) Rooms, Male General Wards, Major & Minor OT, Labour Room, Neonatal Care Unit, Anesthetic Room, Pre Operative and Recovery Room, Surgeon Room, Nursing Station, Panchkarma Procedure Wing, Panchkarma Physician Room, Panchkarma Store Room & Panchkarma Preparation room, KriyaKalpa Theater – 1&2, etc. Apart from that, a well-equipped physiotherapy unit is also been set up in two rooms. A yoga hall in a calm serene space makes the hospital premises more divine. Garbhasanskara room has been set up in which treatment and counselling of a couple from preconception till the birth of a healthy baby is done. Apart from that AYUSH wellness centre has also been established on hospital premises.
A beautiful Herbal Garden having more than 280 plant species is another added feather of the SMIAS campus. The well-equipped central library situated in the heart of SMIAS is having more than 8000 books including journals, Samhitas, medical books, etc which will be further increased in the future. Presently, in its Fourth year of establishment, there are Fourteen departments in the college that will be upgraded with post-graduate and research education facilities in the future. There are two separate hostel buildings namely Maitrayee Bhawan for girls and the Agnivesha Bhawan for the boys. Both the hostels are having the capacity to accommodate 1000 scholars.
A unique training centre that coordinates the training and learning programs covering the whole of Gujarat state which conducts CME programs to the AYUSH services including the doctors, medical officers, teachers, and paramedical staff is present on the campus.
The State Model Institute for Ayurveda Sciences, Kolavada, Gandhinagar which was a dream of our Prime Minister and former Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi aims to be a pioneer in postgraduate teaching and research and therefore has all the potential to grow higher. SMIAS Campus, Gandhinagar is offering the best Academic and Clinical Environment with quality assurance to the scholars of Ayurveda to make them self-reliant and achieve the ultimate aim of being a boon for society.
