North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy(NEIAH)

North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy(NEIAH)

Question: The North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH) is located in which of the following state of India?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Tripura
(c) Mizoram
(d) Assam
Ans: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 22 December 2016; Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik formally inaugurated the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH).
  • NEIAH is an autonomous Institute under Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India located in Shillong, Meghalaya.
  • With this, it became the second Ayurvedic College in the North East Region with a Homeopathy college and the only Central Academic Institute of Ayush.
  • The primary aim of the Institute is to produce quality human resource in the area of AYUSH in general, particularly in the Ayurveda and Homeopathy along with the Yoga systems.
  • Establishment of this Institute will solve the problem of scarcity of doctors in remote areas of the North Eastern regions to a great extent as it will produce quality medical graduates in the stream of Ayurveda and Homeopathy
  • The NEIAH will also work with priority to popularize Panchakarma and Yoga along with production of para-medical staff for development of skill for youth of this region.
  • The NEIAH has started functioning with one College of Ayurveda and one College of Homoeopathy from the academic session 2016-17.
  • The Institute admitted 50 candidates each for BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery) and BHMS (Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine & Surgery) courses which commenced from 30th November, 2016.
  • The Institute is affiliated to the North Eastern Hills University (NEHU), Shillong for both these courses.
  • The seats are reserved for the states of North Eastern Region along with 24 (twenty four) seats under the All India Open Seats Quotas.
  • The NEIAH is presently running with OPD and IPD (Ayurvedic & Homoeopathic) with qualified specialist doctors with all diagnostic and laboratory facilities.
  • At present a 60 bedded Ayurveda Hospital and a 20 bedded Homoeopathy Hospital are functional.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155763
http://indianexpress.com/article/education/naik-inaugurates-northeast-institute-of-ayurveda-and-homeopathy/