Principal’s Profile

Dr. Sajith Mangalassery  is the distinguished Principal ,CMO and Professor of Shalya Tantra at Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College and hospital.

Dr. Sajith Mangalassery  is the distinguished Principal ,CMO and Professor of Shalya Tantra at Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College and hospital. His career is dedicated to providing quality care and applying his knowledge and skills to excel in Ayurveda through academics, healthcare, and research, with an overarching goal to elevate Ayurveda to the forefront of the Indian healthcare system, making it a primary and integral part of mainstream medical practices.

Dr. Sajith M.’s educational foundation includes an Ayurveda Vacaspati M.S.(Ayu) from RGUHS University,SDM Ayurveda college Udupi (2002), and an Ayurveda Acharya, B.A.M.S. from Mysore University, SDM Ayurveda medical college Hassan (1998). He is also a PhD Scholar at Parul University, Vadodara. His expertise is in Shalya Tantra, and his research focuses heavily on pain management, with his PG Thesis on the Effect of Agnikarma in Katisula (Thermal Cautery in the management of Lumbago) and his PhD thesis on the Effect of Dhattura patra coin therapy in Katigraha W.R.T. Lumbago. He has published articles on topics like Cupping Therapy and the role of Marma therapy and Agnikarma in managing Katigraha.

Prior to joining Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College, Dr. Sajith M. served as the Principal, CMO and Professor, Shalya Tantra Dept. at Alva’s Ayurveda Medical College, Moodubidire, Mangalore, Karnataka, from January 2021. Notably, he was also the Principal, Professor, Shalya Tantra at Ahalia Ayurveda Medical College, Palakkad, Kerala, where he successfully led the team for getting the 1st NABH accreditation (Medical college hospital category). His diverse experience includes serving as Vice principal,Deputy Medical Superintendent at Ahalia Ayurveda Hospital and holding various academic positions, including,HoD , Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Shalya Tantra department.

A key highlight of his career was working under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission, Kosova, European Union for six months in 2004, where he created awareness of the Indian system of medicine and yoga .He pioneered research in Osteoarthritis and Cancer using Rotational field Quantum Magnetic resonance (RFQMR). He is also a trained Lead Assessor of NABH AYUSH. Dr. Sajith M. is multilingual, proficient in English, Malayalam, Hindi, Konkani, Kannada, Tulu, Sanskrit, and Tamil. He has been an active voice in media, with appearances on talk shows on various TV and radio.

Dr. Sajith M. stands out as one of the most efficient and senior figures among Ayurvedic physicians. With decades of dedicated practice and academic leadership, including his extensive administrative experience, he possesses a rare blend of scholarly depth and clinical mastery. Has experiencein treating countless patients with chronic conditions to bring profound relief and positive outcomes to many.

  • Name: Dr Sajith Mangalassery
  • Email: principal@karnatakaayurveda.com, kamc.kect@gmail.com
  • DOB: 14-05-1974
  • Registration No: AYST 0449
  • Qualification:   BAMS in 1998, Mysore University, sdm Ayurveda medical college And hospital Hassan.
                              MS (ayu) 2002, RGUHS Bangalore, from SDM Ayurveda College Udupi.

Dr Sajith Mangalassery
Principal

Message from the Principal

Dear Students,

Very warm and Hearty greetings to all of you. I welcome all the aspiring students to join our esteemed institution for undergraduate and post graduate studies. Learning is an ongoing process since childhood. Mother is our first teacher in this world, eventually on every phase of our life we learn to excel ourselves. It requires complete involvement as well as commitment from both the teacher as well as students.

Ayurveda is a science of life & it is aimed at the preservation of health and prevention of disease by establishing balance and harmony through nutrition, herbs, meditation and daily regimen. Ayurvedic science provides knowledge to unfold the reality beyond the physical body and achieve harmony of Body, Mind and Spirit.

Karnataka Ayurveda Medical college is a renowned institute at creation and dissemination of knowledge, skill and values, fostering of a spirit in intellectual journey.

Our purpose is two-fold one, to develop the best human resource in the field of Ayurveda education, second to provide the best Ayurvedic healthcare facilities to the needy.

We have highly qualified and expencienced faculty, state of the art infrastructure of college and hospital and panchakarma centre.

Besides academic and clinical activities we are very much involved in corporate social responsibility. We organise health check-up and diagnostic camps in rural as well as urban areas serving the needy. Simultaneously our students get opportunity of community teaching through these camps. We believe in all-round development of our students, our students get opportunity to involve in research scientific as well as welfare activities.

This fulfils the dream of our president, Dr.Rajneesh Sorake who with his dynamic personality, enthusiasm and encouragement is always a pillar of strength for us.

We look forward to have you as a part of our esteemed institution and wish you all the success ahead!

Dr. Ravi Rao S, 
M.D.(Ayu), PhD (GAU)