Alva’s Ayurvedic Medical College based in Moodbidri is under the leadership and guidance of visionary Dr. M. Mohan Alva, who established Alva’s Ayurveda Medical College in the year 1996. The institution is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore, and approved by the Central Council of Indian Medicine, New Delhi. The institution has a capacity of 100 students’ admission to a 4 ½ years bachelor of medicine and surgery (B.A.M.S) course every year.
Along with post-graduate courses in the following disciplines namely Dravyaguna Vijnana and Shalya Tantra, Panchakarma, Kaumarabhritya, Ayurveda Siddhanta, and Shareera Rachana, Kayachikitsa, Rasashastra, Bhaishajya Kalpana, Agada Tantra and Prasooti Tantra and Stree Roga, Shalakya Tantra, Manasa Roga, Roga Nidana evam Vikruti Vijnana, Swasthavritta and Kriya Shareera. The institution also offers Ph.D. Program in the subject of Dravya Guna.
The institute provides the facilities like a hospital lab, herbal garden, and trained teaching staff.