The newly constructed building of SDM College of Ayurveda Hospital and Research Centre, Udupi will be inaugurated on January 31.
The building spread over 90,000 square feet area has state-of-the-art facility designed to enhance the educational experience, promote innovation, and create a conducive learning environment for students and faculty alike, a release from Shri Dharmasthala Manjunateshwara Education Society (SDME), Ujire said.
The building has administrative block, principal chamber, board room, academic block and skill laboratory. It has seven smart classrooms equipped with modern technology to support interactive and engaging teaching methods. The building has 14 well-equipped departments, each complete with departmental libraries, expanded museum spaces, and dedicated laboratories. Postgraduate students will benefit from dedicated lecture halls across 13 PG departments, providing an advanced and stimulating academic environment, the release said.
The skill laboratory has advanced mannequins and simulators for students to develop clinical skills such as suturing and physical examination techniques. The academic building will also feature a manuscript library, offering students and researchers access to a rich collection of historical Ayurvedic texts, enhancing their academic and research endeavors. The newly upgraded museum will showcase an extensive collection of specimens, offering a hands-on learning experience to deepen students’ understanding of Ayurvedic principles, the release said.
The new building has an expansive library with over 21,000 books and a digital repository that provides access to e-books and journals, it said.
Seer of Mantralaya Raghavendra Swamy Mutt Subudhendra Teertha will inaugurate the new building.
Seer of Udupi Pejawar Mutt Vishwaprasanna Tirtha and D. Veerendra Heggade, president SDME Society will be present.
Sreenivasa Prasad Buduru, president, Board of Ayurveda, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine, Ministry of AYUSH, Delhi, will also be present, it said.
Published – January 30, 2025 09:17 pm IST