After Ayurveda, now Super-Speciality Homeopathy Courses to Commence

New Delhi: After the recent Government Gazette announcing the commencement of super-speciality courses in Ayurveda, the National Commission for Homeopathy has decided to grant permission to offer super-speciality courses in homeopathy in medical institutes from the 2025-2026 academic year.

Confirmation in this regard came from the Chairperson of the Commission, Anil Khurana, who informed on Thursday that super-speciality courses in Homeopathy will commence from the next academic year.

Dr. Khurana was attending the 'Rubycon 2024' annual national homeopathic conference at Father Muller Convention Centre in Mangaluru. Mentioning that homeopathy medical education was on par with modern healthcare education, he added, "We (National Commission) are undertaking reforms in the sector. Courses in dermatology and community medicine have been introduced. Super speciality courses will start from next academic year."

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Pointing out how the field of homeopathy was changing referring to 3.6 lakh homeopaths across the country including 40,000 in Karnataka alone, Dr. Khurana highlighted the need for more evidence-based research. The Hindu has reported that Dr. Khurana called upon Homeopaths to upload their success stories on the Commission's portal. He added, "Even if 10% of the practitioners upload their success stories, we will get a huge data."

Further, he also asked all homeopathy and healthcare professionals to register their names on Ayushman Bharath Digital Mission, to help people know about healthcare professionals in an area. Professionals should ensure that the patients get Ayushman Bharat Health Account Card. 

Dr. Khurana also asked the State Government for integrating its system of registration of homeopathy practitioners with the registration portal developed by the Commission.

Previously, inaugurating the conference, the Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu had mentioned how homeopathy treatment brought relief to people from chronic health problems, The Hindu has reported. Referring to the non-communicable diseases posing greater health risk, he added that there was a requirement for more studies in the field of homeopathy to make homeopathy treatment methods useful to people. He further highlighted the requirement for a healthcare system as a combination of modern medicine, Indian system of medicine and homeopathy to help people lead better life.

The Director of Father Muller Charitable Institutions Richar Aloysius Coelho and delegates from 18 institutes from across the country were also present at the Conference that commenced on Thursday.

The announcement for starting super-speciality courses in Homeopathy comes at a time when recently the Central Government launched super-speciality Ayurveda courses.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that by issuing a Gazette notification, the Central Government authorities specified the Minimum Essential Standards and Minimum Standards of Education for Institutions or Departments offering Super Speciality Programme (DM Ayurveda). The notification added that such super speciality Ayurveda programmes would include, DM Manasaroga (Ayurveda Psychiatry), DM Vajikarana (Reproductive Medicine and Epigenetics in Ayurveda), DM Asthi and Sandhi (Orthopedics and Arthrology in Ayurveda), DM Arbuda Vijnana (Ayurveda Oncology), DM Jara Chikitsa (Ayurveda Gerontology), and DM Yakrit Vikara (Ayurveda Hepatology).

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