The University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts the National Eligibility Test (NET) through the National Testing Agency (NTA). Now Ayurveda Biology has also been included as a new subject in the NET exam from December 2024. After which now candidates can choose this subject. This decision has been taken following the suggestions of the expert committee.
The UGC NET exam is conducted in 83 subjects, while with the inclusion of Ayurveda and Biology, there are now 84 subjects. Based on the recommendations of the Expert Committee, the Commission in its 581st meeting held on June 25, 2024, decided to add Ayurveda Biology as an additional subject to the existing list of UGC-NET subjects from December 2024.
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Course available on website
The syllabus of the subject of Ayurveda Biology is available on the website of UGC-NET i.e. www.ugcnetonline.in. From where candidates can get complete information. Application for the NET exam to be held in December has not yet started, while candidates are waiting for it. Applications are expected to begin soon.
Information given on social networks.
UGC gave information about this in a post on the social networking site Starting December 2024, candidates will be able to select this subject. This subject will promote the knowledge and ancient science of Ayurveda. This will increase the scope of research education in the field of Ayurveda. This decision will encourage more students to study Ayurveda and related fields and promote research and innovation.
Ayurveda Biology is now introduced as a subject in the UGC-NET exam!
Listen to UGC President Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) on the incorporation of Ayurveda Biology in UGC NET.
To view the syllabus, visit: https://t.co/sEQ6gb0FGY#AyurvedaBiology #UGCNET #HigherEducation pic.twitter.com/XcAZQRuW4p
—UGC INDIA (@ugc_india) November 7, 2024
If we talk about Ayurveda Biology syllabus, it includes history and development of Ayurveda, philosophy and fundamental principles of Ayurveda, anatomy and function, material science and materials science, alchemy, formless imagination and Ayurvedic medicine, biology of diseases, microbiology and immunology. Genetics, Ayurveda, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Physiology, Biochemistry and Nanotechnology, Biodiversity and Environmental Health, IPR and Entrepreneurship, Research Methodology, Biostatistics and Ayurveda-Informatics.