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Every subject in the NCISM curriculum, with the classical text and the modern textbook that go with it — and the translator named, because with a Samhita the edition you buy is the whole difference.
NCISM competency-based Ayurveda undergraduate curriculum, issued under the Minimum Standards of Education (MSE) Regulations notified in 2021 and applied from the 2021-22 admission batch onwards (Second Professional applying from the 2023-24 academic year). Every subject carries an NCISM code prefixed 'AyUG-' (e.g. AyUG-PV, AyUG-KS, AyUG-DG) and is written as course outcomes, competencies, learning objectives, notional teaching hours and prescribed practical/elective activity rather than as a bare topic list. Two structural changes matter for book buying: (a) 'Ayurveda Itihasa' is no longer paired with Padartha Vigyan - it now sits with Sanskrit as AyUG-SN & AI; (b) 'Ayurveda Maulika Siddhanta' is no longer a separate examinable subject - its content is absorbed into AyUG-PV (Padartha Vijnana) and into the Samhita Adhyayana papers.
| Stage | Sanskrit name | Subjects | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| First professional | Prathama Varsha | 5 | 18 months |
| Second professional | Dwitiya Varsha | 6 | 18 months |
| Third (final) professional | Tritiya Varsha | 9 | 18 months |
| Compulsory rotatory internship | — | — | 12 months |
| Total | 20 | 5 years 6 months |
For a modern textbook the author is the book. For a Samhita the text is fixed and what you are really choosing is a commentary and a translation — Vidyotini or Ayurveda Dipika on Charaka, Ayurveda Tattva Sandipika or Nibandha Sangraha on Sushruta, Nirmala or Sarvanga Sundara on Ashtanga Hridaya. Departments teach from a particular edition and examiners expect its numbering, so every classical title below names the translator or commentator that Indian colleges work from.
Titles are tagged classical text or textbook so you can see at a glance which is which.
18 months of teaching, then the university examination for the year.
Paper I is pure Sanskrit; Paper II is mostly Sanskrit with a smaller Ayurveda Itihasa component, so the grammar half is what carries the marks. Students drill sandhi, samasa, karaka, shabda-roopa and dhatu-roopa from a workbook-style grammar text and translate the prescribed Panchatantra section, while the history portion is read once for the sequence of Samhitas, commentators and institutions and then revised from notes rather than re-read.
This is the subject that carries what older syllabi called Ayurveda Maulika Siddhanta - Dravya-Guna-Karma-Samanya-Vishesha-Samavaya, Panchamahabhuta, Tridosha, Dhatu, Mala, Agni, Srotas - alongside Darshana (Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Sankhya, Yoga) and Pramana. Students read one Hindi or English textbook cover to cover and memorise the definitional Sanskrit sutras verbatim, since answers are expected to open with the lakshana and its source reference.
Taught in two halves - Ayurvedic physiology (Dosha-Dhatu-Mala-Agni-Ojas-Prakriti-Srotas) and contemporary human physiology - and examined across two papers, so most students carry one Ayurvediya text plus one modern physiology text. The Ayurvedic half is memorised with its Sanskrit sutras; the modern half is studied like an MBBS first-year physiology subject and used again later in Roga Nidana.
Runs on two tracks that students study from different books: Ayurvedic Sharira (Garbha, Marma, Asthi-Sandhi-Snayu counts, Srotas, Kosthanga) memorised with the Sanskrit enumerations from Sushruta Sharirasthana, and gross anatomy learned in the dissection hall from a standard modern anatomy text. Osteology and Marma are the highest-yield memorisation blocks.
A single 100-mark paper covering Ashtanga Hridaya Sutrasthana chapters 1-15 and Charaka Samhita Sutrasthana chapters 1-12. This is the one subject read strictly cover to cover in the original: students learn the shlokas verbatim with a Hindi or English commentary alongside, and most keep a shlokavali or shloka-recitation booklet for daily memorisation.
18 months of teaching, then the university examination for the year.
Paper I is Fundamental Dravyaguna (Rasa-Guna-Virya-Vipaka-Prabhava, Karma, pharmacognosy, drug evaluation) and Paper II is Applied Dravyaguna, which is essentially a large drug-by-drug memorisation list - Latin name, family, synonyms, Rasapanchaka, karma, prayoga and matra for roughly 200 plants. Students read one textbook for Paper I and then work Paper II as flashcards, cross-checking each drug against a Nighantu; the herbarium and drug-identification practical runs alongside.
Paper I is Ayurvediya Aushadhi Nirmana Vigyana (pharmaceutics - shodhana, marana, the kalpanas, Bhasma preparation) and Paper II is Ayurvediya Aushadhi Prayoga Vigyana (clinical use of formulations). Students read one modern textbook for the process descriptions and then memorise formulation compositions, anupana and matra straight from Rasatarangini, Sharangadhara and the Ayurvedic Formulary; the pharmacy practical and the formulation-preparation record run in parallel.
Paper I covers the fundamental principles of Vikriti Vigyana (Nidana Panchaka, Shatkriyakala, Ama, Srotodushti, the pariksha methods) and Paper II is Vyadhi Vigyana - disease-by-disease nidana with its contemporary correlate. Madhava Nidana is the text read cover to cover and largely memorised; a modern pathology text is used alongside for the laboratory and general-pathology component, and the practical is haematology plus clinical case-taking.
One 100-mark paper covering three distinct blocks: classical Agada Tantra (Visha, Dushivisha, Sthavara/Jangama visha, agada formulations), modern clinical toxicology, and forensic medicine plus medical jurisprudence and the law relating to practice. The classical half is memorised from the Sushruta Kalpasthana and Charaka Chikitsa 23 verses; the forensic half is studied from a standard MBBS forensic text, and the medical-jurisprudence sections (consent, negligence, medical records, Ayush-specific Acts) are the reliable scoring block.
A single 100-mark paper on the Charaka Samhita Purvardha - the remainder of Sutrasthana beyond the chapters done in AyUG-SA1, plus Nidana, Vimana, Sharira and Indriya Sthana. Like SA1 it is read in the original cover to cover with a commentary alongside, and shlokas are memorised verbatim; students usually keep the Sanskrit edition for citation and a Hindi or English commentary for meaning.
Often overlooked in older subject lists but it is a full 2-paper, 400-mark Second Professional subject under NCISM. Paper I is classical Swasthavritta (Dinacharya, Ritucharya, Sadvritta, Ahara-vidhi, Nidra, Brahmacharya) and Paper II is community medicine and yoga; students read one Swasthavritta textbook cover to cover for Paper I, use Park for the epidemiology, nutrition, sanitation and national health programme content of Paper II, and practise the prescribed asana-pranayama set for the practical.
18 months of teaching, then the university examination for the year.
The biggest subject of the course - three theory papers of 100 each, plus 100 practical, 70 viva and 30 internal assessment. Students work it as a two-track subject: Charaka Chikitsa Sthana chapter by chapter for the Ayurvedic disease framework (nidana-samprapti-chikitsa of Jwara, Grahani, Prameha, Kushtha, Vatavyadhi, Pandu and the rest), and a modern medicine text alongside it for the same diseases in contemporary terms, because case presentation, differential diagnosis and investigations are examined in the clinical viva. The classical text is read for the samprapti and the yoga (formulation) lists; the modern text is read for pathophysiology and bedside method.
One theory paper of 100 but 100 practical, 70 viva and 30 IA - the marks sit in the procedure room, not the paper. Students learn it by doing: Snehana, Swedana, Vamana, Virechana, Basti, Nasya and Raktamokshana are memorised as poorva-karma / pradhana-karma / paschat-karma sequences with their yogya-ayogya, vyapad and their management, and the classical basis (Charaka Siddhi Sthana and Kalpa Sthana, Sushruta Chikitsa Sthana) is quoted for doses, matra and kala.
Two theory papers of 100 each plus 100 practical, 70 viva and 30 IA. The Ayurvedic half is Sushruta - Sutra Sthana for surgical principles, yantra-shastra, sandhana and vrana, and Chikitsa Sthana for Arsha, Bhagandara, Ashmari and Bhagna - while the modern half is a standard Indian surgery text read for asepsis, wound care, hernia, abdominal conditions and surgical instruments, all of which come up in the OT practical and instrument viva. Ksharasutra and Agnikarma are the signature practical skills and are learned in the OPD.
Two papers of 100 each plus 100 practical, 70 viva and 30 IA, and it splits cleanly in two - Paper I is Netra Roga (eye), Paper II is Karna, Nasa, Mukha, Danta and Shiro Roga. Students read Sushruta Uttara Tantra and Ashtanga Hridaya Uttara Sthana for the classical disease lists and the Kriyakalpa procedures (Tarpana, Putapaka, Anjana, Seka, Nasya, Karnapurana, Gandusha), and pair each with a modern ophthalmology and an ENT text because the practical exam involves refraction, ophthalmoscopy and ENT instrument identification.
Two papers of 100 each plus 100 practical, 60 viva, 10 elective and 30 IA. Paper I is Prasuti Tantra (garbha, garbhini paricharya, prasava, sutika, and the modern obstetric content) and Paper II is Stri Roga (artava vyapad, yonivyapad, and modern gynaecology). This is the most labour-room-dependent subject of the year: students carry one Ayurvedic text - almost always Premvati Tewari - alongside a standard Indian obstetrics and a standard gynaecology text, because antenatal examination, partograph, and instrument and specimen spotting are all examined.
One theory paper of 100 plus 100 practical, 60 viva, 10 elective and 30 IA. The Ayurvedic spine is Kashyapa Samhita - navajata paricharya, ksheerapa/ksheerannada stages, dantotpatti, stanya and stanyadushti, and the Balagraha chapters - and it is paired with a modern paediatrics text for growth and development charts, immunisation schedule, nutrition and neonatal care, all of which are examined in the practical. Students are expected to be able to take a paediatric history and do an anthropometric assessment.
One theory paper of 100, with 75 viva/practical, 10 elective and 15 IA, over 150 notional hours - the syllabus is the 54 chapters of Charaka Samhita Uttarardha (Chikitsa Sthana, Kalpa Sthana, Siddhi Sthana). It is studied as a Sanskrit-text paper, not a clinical one: students read the mula shloka with a Hindi or English commentary, memorise the key sutras and definitions, and are examined on the meaning of verses and on Chakrapani's explanation, so the same Charaka volumes bought for Kayachikitsa do double duty here.
A single 50-mark theory paper - the smallest subject of the year, and the one students read last. It covers research design, sampling, literature search, ethics, and basic biostatistics (mean, SD, tests of significance, p-value), and it exists mainly to prepare students for the internship logbook, for the elective/project work and for MD/MS research later, so most students study it from one slim methodology book plus one biostatistics book rather than from the classical literature.
12 months (one year), full-time
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Send your PDFFive and a half years in total — three professional years of 18 months each, which is four and a half years of teaching, followed by a 12-month compulsory rotatory internship.
The taught course runs to three professional years — Prathama, Dwitiya and Tritiya Varsha. The third professional is the final taught year, and the stage after it is the 12-month internship.
Departments in India generally teach from the Vidyotini Hindi commentary by Kashinath Shastri and Gorakhnath Chaturvedi, published by Chaukhambha Bharati Academy. Check what your own department uses first, because examiners expect that edition's numbering.
Yes, from the second year onward and heavily in the third. Shalya Tantra is paired with a surgery text, Prasuti Tantra with an obstetrics text, Kaumarabhritya with a paediatrics text, and Swasthavritta with Park. Both are on this list for each subject.
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