In an effort to materialize the dream of imparting quality professional education to the masses in a small town of Moodbidri, Alva’s Education Foundation under the leadership and guidance of visionary Dr. M. Mohan Alva, established Alva’s Ayurveda Medical College in the year 1996. The institution is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore and approved by Central Council of Indian Medicine, New Delhi. This 13 years journey is a saga in providing the need of standard medical education in Indian system of Medicine attracting the students from different parts of India and abroad. Initially the strength of students was 60, which in successive years increased and today every year 100 students take admission to a 4 ½ years bachelor medicine and surgery (B.A.M.S) course.. After serving the society through under graduate education for 10 years, this institution achieved another mile stone by the commencement of post graduate course in 2 disciplines namely Dravyaguna Vijnana and Shalya Tantra from the year 2006. In the subsequent years Post graduate course in further four specialities namely Panchakarma, Kaumarabhritya, Ayurveda Sidddhanta and Shareera Rachana were added. This year (2010-11), 5 more specialities were added namely Kayachikitsa, Rasashastra, Bhaishajya Kalpana, Agada Tantra and Prasooti Tantra and Stree Roga.