Career Guidance

A vaidya goes for a job as a clinical practitioner or starts a self owned setup. That’s how it has been till now traditionally. However, times have changed and thrown open many more options to a vaidya.

As a student of BAMS or even as a practitioner, one is limited by choices. Not because there aren’t any but because of lack of information. And if someone does come across such choices, one is usually confused which path to follow because of lack of sources for proper guidance or simply because of sudden inflow of choices. A BAMS graduate can have choices starting from being a self practicing practitioner, a salaried practitioner, a researcher, a content writer, a media person, a social media expert on Ayurveda, an advisor, a career consultant, a service provider to students and even vaidyas to even an entrepreneur in various ways amongst many more options.

The following are some of the challenges faced by students and fresh vaidyas:

1. Hardly any knowledge about career options after BAMS.

2. No definite career flowchart and getting stuck with the idea of doing MD as the only thing to do to grow.

3. Affect on personality because of lack of information on career options alongwith the ways to succeed in them.

4. No knowledge of exact requirements and working methodologies in every career option.

5. No deep understanding about their own psyche and inner personality to choose a career option which would make them progressively happy and provide a self of achievement & self satisfaction.

6. Even if aware of career options then not aware of the from where to begin from.

7. Scared of any legalities or technicalities involved in pursuing their career options fruitfully.

8. Getting influenced by teachers or seniors and getting trapped in their outdated guidance while the world outside has changed many times over.

9. With BAMS not being the first choice of many, not having enough confidence of being a successful vaidya carrying a premium tag.

10. Not aware of the methodologies to fund their career options.

Some of the career options for a BAMS students with a short introduction to them are mentioned below:

Self practicing vaidya : You are a vaidya running you clinic. Apart from having a basic degree in BAMS you need to have or generate funds to run the clinic. You also need to create a inflow of patients, create a market image of your clinic, put up a management and accounting system to make things grow systematically.

Vaidya in a job as a consultant : You should be aware of all openings around you and how and when to approach them. You should be aware on how to perform so as to scale up in your job profile. 

Ayurveda scientist : With new researches in Ayurveda being encouraged by the government, this option requires you to have a scientific mindset to explore and innovate. A perfect placement for someone who can work alone and is a thinker.

Content writer : A content writer can be for journals, magazines, for speakers in media and for e-commerce platforms.  

Writer : The knowledge of a vaidya can be shared with the world and returns can be expected in a commercial way. A vaidya can author books on various Ayurvedic topics of interest of not only students and vaidyas but even Ayurveda enthusiasts. These can be published and sold by publishers providing long term royalty on the book/books

Publisher : A candidate with a background in Ayurveda has a huge advantage over other publishers of Ayurveda books. This knowledge of theirs can help them about the potential of publishing a book and how to grab the right market.

Media Personality : With the propagation of Ayurveda in a big way, there are major opportunities for vaidyas in the electronic and the print media. It remains a golden opportunity not only because of the returns but also of hardly any competition n this segment.

Social Media Influencer : A vaidya and even a student can become a social media influencer and make various social media platforms a source of revenue, for networking and to build an image in the market.

Social Media Marketing : With the coming up of various start-ups related to Ayurveda, it is a golden opportunity for students and vaidyas who can gather ideas & tricks of social media marketing and not only provide services of social media marketing strategies but also participate in directly implementing them.

Advisor : With various traditional companies like manufacturing and clinics coming up in the Ayurveda segment often run by entrepreneurs from non-Ayurvedic background, it is a golden opportunity for vaidyas to be full time or part time advisors to these founders and even become stakeholders on the basis of their knowledge only.  

Career Consultant : With commercial opportunities in Ayurveda increasing not only in India but also abroad, a vaidya can easily become a career consultant to an ever increasing pool of students and fresh vaidyas.

Service Provider : Various innovative services can be provided not only to students of Ayurveda but also vaidyas from strategies for marketing and promotion of their clinics, help to excel in studies by students, management of certain medical related services to companies and clinics etc.

E-commerce Entrepreneur : E-commerce is the in thing and the future. An Ayurveda vaidya is in the best position to implement an Ayurveda based e-commerce startup.

Traditional Entrepreneur : The brick and mortar economy is here to stay. There will be still a huge space for those who wish to be involved in the Ayurveda economy in the old traditional way of manufacturing, selling and providing services

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