About KVG Ayurveda Medical College Sullia
KVG Ayurveda Medical College is a private Ayurveda medical college located in Sullia, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. Approved by CCIM and affiliated to RGUHS Bangalore, KVG Ayurveda Medical College offers BAMS with an intake of 150 students. The college is part of the KVG group managed by the Kudpi Venkataramana Gowda Educational Trust, which also operates KVG College of Engineering in Sullia. Sullia is located in the Western Ghats foothills at the junction of Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Kerala's Kasaragod district.
Admission is through NEET and KEA AYUSH counselling for Karnataka state quota seats.
Programme Offered
| Programme | Duration | Intake | Admission |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) | 4.5 years + 1 year internship | 150 | NEET + KEA AYUSH |
NEET and BAMS Admission
NEET qualification is mandatory for all BAMS admissions. Karnataka AYUSH counselling by KEA fills 85% state quota seats. Current NEET rank requirements and fee details are published on the KEA AYUSH portal. Students from Sullia, Puttur, Bantwal and surrounding interior Dakshina Kannada taluks consider KVG as a local BAMS option.
Sullia — Western Ghats Medicinal Plant Hub
Sullia is located in the biodiversity-rich Dakshina Kannada interior, surrounded by rubber, areca nut, coconut and pepper plantations alongside the Western Ghats forest zone. The Kerala border (Kasaragod district) is adjacent, making Sullia's cultural and ecological landscape a natural extension of Kerala's classical Ayurveda tradition into Karnataka. The Western Ghats forest belt surrounding Sullia is one of Karnataka's richest repositories of Ayurvedic medicinal plants in their natural habitat — providing BAMS pharmacognosy students with direct field learning access unavailable to urban Ayurveda colleges.
Plantation worker occupational health — rubber tapping injuries, areca nut harvesting strain, pesticide exposure in spice cultivation — creates specific community health patterns that Ayurveda's preventive and occupational wellness approaches address. BAMS graduates practicing in Sullia and surrounding Dakshina Kannada interior serve this plantation community alongside the general rural population.
KVG Trust and Gulf Network
The KVG Trust's strong connections in Dakshina Kannada's NRI community extend career access for KVG Ayurveda Medical College BAMS graduates. Gulf wellness clinics, Panchakarma centres and Ayurveda hospitals in UAE, Oman and Kuwait employ BAMS practitioners from coastal Karnataka through established diaspora referral networks.
Career Scope
KVG Ayurveda BAMS graduates register with Karnataka Ayurveda Medical Council after one year internship. AYUSH government officer positions, independent practice in the Sullia-Puttur interior belt, Gulf wellness employment through the Dakshina Kannada NRI network and NEET-PG AYUSH for MD Ayurveda are the primary career pathways.