Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College

Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College
Established1882
FounderHakim Ajmal Khan
PrincipalMohammad Zubair
DirectorRaj Kumar Manchanda
Address, , ,
110005
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India
CampusUrban, 33.5 acres (0.136 km2)[1]
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websiteautch.delhi.gov.in

The Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College, also popularly known as Tibbia College, is an institution under the Government of Delhi, located at Karol Bagh in New Delhi, India. The institution which offers education and training in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine, has its origins dating back to the late 19th century. The college, whose foundation was laid by Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst on 29 March 1916, the then Viceroy of India and was inaugurated by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on 13 February 1921, offers bachelor's (BAMS & BUMS) and masters (MD) degrees in Ayurvedic and Unani streams.

On 15 February 2008, a 60-bed maternity and child block in Tibbia College Hospital, and the Delhi government announced about its intentions of developing the college into a university, in recognition of the college's contributions to Ayurvedic and Unani medicine.[2]

  1. ^ Sah, Ram Swarth (25 December 2003). "Old medicine, new learners". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Tibbia College to become a university". The Hindu. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2007.