Ashwini Ayurvedic Medical college and research Centre, Tumkur was established in 2004 by the honorable B.N. Prakash Director, Dept of Ayush, Bangalore. The college  is a self financing institution, engaged in the practice and propagation of Ayurveda, one of the oldest and holistic health care systems of India. The college is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and is recognized by CCIM Approval by Ministry of Health and Family welfare Govt. of India. The college is backed by state of the art facilities, including a 250 bedded hospital, which offers treatments at the minimum costs. The college is being initiated as a part of people endeavour to make cost effective and healthy alternative medicine like Ayurveda, available for all.