Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma Ayurveda College & Hospital , Ankushpur is the one and only Ayurveda institute of southern odisha. It is one of the Govt. Ayurveda College of the state founded on 15th August 1978 under private management with the active support of Late Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma, Ex -Member of Parliament(Lok Shabha). Although initially the college was functioning at Chaturbhuja Dharmasala, Berhampur but in 1980 it was shifted to its own building at Ankuspur . It is situated at the Aska road (NH 217) about 10 kms from Berhampur railway station and 24 kms away from Gopalpur –on-sea and spreaded over about 10 acres land. During its establishment the college was named as Berhampur Ayurveda College and after the demise of the founder Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma in the year 1991 it was renamed as Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma Ayurveda College & Hospital , Ankushpur.On the 1st April 1994 the institution was taken over by the govt. of Odisha, Dept. of Health and Family Welfare and simultaneously with amalgamation of the Govt. Ayurveda Hospital, Berhampur, which was functioning inside the campus and was Called KATS Ayurveda College and Hospital, Ankuspur. |