About Us

SDM Institute of Ayurveda & Hospital located in the capital city of Karnataka, started in the year 2010. The campus is spacious and has state of the art facilities to confer quality Ayurveda education to its students and specialised Ayurveda treatments to the patients visiting here. The college is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. The first academic batch commenced in 2015 – 16 and currently there are 4 batches of students in the campus with an uptake of 100 undergraduate students per academic year. Postgraduate courses in six specialities have commenced at the Institute in the academic year 2022.

Academic block of the Institute is in a five storeyed building lodging all the fourteen teaching departments. Each department has its own museums, departmental libraries, demonstration rooms, tutorial rooms and staff rooms. Few departments also have well established laboratories.

To achieve excellence in education and health care by imparting evidence based knowledge, to serve the humanity with goodwill and compassion.

• To promote ethical and value based learning
• To Equip students to meet the global challenges in Health care
• To create awareness of human rights, value system, culture, heritage and environment by time tested treasure knowledge system of Ayurveda
• To provide class of art and affordable treatment to the needy.

• Service: providing every patient uncompromising and unparalleled  service  for acheiving health and inculcate in students the value of service to mankind.
• Dignity: Always keeping in mind  that all life is divine and it should be always treated with dignity, respect and love
• Merit and Teamwork: The environment in the institute will be fostering merit and teamwork for overall development of all individuals and achieving the mission of the institution
• Research Culture: The institution shall persistently work towards initiating an environment and developing innovative and need based research for the betterment of humankind

Dharmaadhikari, Reformer, Educationist, Philosopher and Philanthropist, Dr.D. Veerendra Heggade is a multidimensional personality. What truly defines Dr. Heggade’s contribution is his determined and consistent service to the nation. As the president of the SDME Society, he is the guiding spirit and driving force behind the institution. Most importantly, he has shown that one individual has the potential to change and evolve himself as a social reformer in a nation of one billion. And rightfully, Dr. Veerendra Heggade was awarded the second highest civilian award of India, Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala is the encompassing force sustaining all SDM institutions, social initiatives and organisations. The temple town of Dharmasthala that fosters multiple faiths under the watchful eye of Lord Manjunatha is a pilgrimage, an attraction and a spiritual healing centre, keeping intact the values and ideals of institutions functioning under the guidance of the Dharmadhikari.

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The name Dharmasthala is a symbol for the confluence of all necessary social attributes. This town is where you can arrive at if you seek to find modernization grow perfectly rooted in traditions. Religion, spirituality, social welfare, education, entrepreneurship, healthcare – you name it – and you’ll find it here.

The town in Karnataka known as the temple town with a history preceding back to nearly 800 years ago has always been the place that attracted the pious. A temple town located within the privileged parts of the Western Ghats, Dharmasthala gives a visitor a sense of spiritual liberation alongside zestful experiences of life. The temple town is not only home to Lord Manjunatheshwara’s ancient temple, but a number of Jain shrines as well that are just as old and intense in nature.

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