QUALIFICATIONS IN SIDDHA MEDICINE

(See sections 2 (14) and 54) Name of the University, Board or Medical institution Recognized Medical Qualification Abbreviation PART 1 1 Board of Examiners in Indian/Indigenous/Integrated Medicine, Tamil Nadu Licentiate in Indian/Indigenous/Integrated Medicine L.I.M. 1 Board of Examiners in Indian/Indigenous/Integrated Medicine, Tamil Nadu Higher Proficiency in Indian/Indigenous/Integrated Medicine H.P.I.M. PART II 2 Government College of Indian/Indigenous/Integrated Medicine, Chennai Graduate of the College of Indian/Indigenous/Integrated Medicine G.C.I.M. PART III 3 (a) University of Chennai Bachelor of Indian Medicine (Siddha) B.I.M. (b) Madurai-Kamaraj University Bachelor of Indian Medicine (Siddha) B.I.M. (b) Madurai-Kamaraj University Doctor of Medicine (Siddha) M.D. (Siddha) (b) Madurai-Kamaraj University Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery B.S.M. & S (c) Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery B.S.M. & S PART IV 4 Central Board of Indigenous Medicine, Chennai or Tamil Nadu Board of Indian Medicine Certificate granted to traditionally trained or hereditary practitioners of Indian Medicine and Enlisted Siddha Medical Practitioners R.S.M.P. / B.S.M.P. PART V 5 Board of Examiners in Indigenous Medicine, Tamil Nadu Village Vaidya certificates - PART VI (Qualifications granted by Medical Institutions in countries with which there is a Scheme of reciprocity.) 6 Government College of Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri-Lanka Diploma in Indigenous Medicine and Surgery (Siddha) D.I.M.S. 6 Government College of Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri-Lanka Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (Siddha) D.A.M.S. 7 Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri-Lanka Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (Siddha) D.A.M.S. 8 University of Jaffna, Sri-Lanka Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (Siddha) D.A.M.S.