Nepal Sanskrit University to Added Engineering and Ayurvedic Pharmacy Courses:
Nepal Sanskrit University (NSU) is going to add new contemporary subjects. The university has taken forward the policy process of conducting courses in naturopathy and yoga science, architectural engineering, and Ayurveda pharmacy. Registrar of the university Madhav Adhikari informed that the university has for the first time in Nepal started offering bachelor's degrees in naturopathy and yoga.
Although undergraduate (BAMS) level studies in Ayurveda were offered at Nepal Sanskrit University, however, studies in naturopathy and yoga science could not be started. Now, the Institute of Ayurveda Studies will be made a new study institute by adding naturopathy. He said that there would be no problem in the production of new manpower as the university has skilled manpower required for teaching this subject. This level of study can be completed in four and a half years.
The university is going to produce undergraduate level manpower in architectural engineering. So far no such manpower has been produced in the universities of Nepal. The Institute of Engineering Studies will now be established in Sanskrit University to teach this subject. The registrar of the university, Adhikari, said that preparations have been made to conduct the study of architectural engineering as a subject with joint knowledge of architecture, astrology, and engineering. He said that people in the society have been demanding to engineer including architecture and astrology while constructing physical infrastructure but they have moved ahead in this as they feel the lack of manpower.
A task force has been formed under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Jivraj Pokhrel to prepare the necessary curriculum for this. The university assembly has already made a policy decision to move the subject forward.
Meanwhile, the university is planning to introduce an undergraduate level (Ayurveda Pharmacy) in Ayurveda. Although BAMS level formal education has been introduced at the undergraduate level through the Institute of Ayurveda Studies, however, undergraduate education in Ayurveda Pharmacy has not been conducted in any university in Nepal.
It is said that there is a problem in teaching Ayurveda to the students but there is no manpower in the field of medicine production. He said that even the provincial hospitals in Nepal do not have the manpower to produce the medicine themselves but to test its quality.
