Since establishment of IIM in 1929, it has produced number of Ayurveda and Unani medical practitioners to serve the citizens of this country. Trends in technology and globalization have fundamentally altered the demand of the Ayurveda and Unani medical practitioners; it is the need to produce competent traditional health professional who competent to meet the global requirements. In order to impart effective medical education, one of the methods is to establish professorial unit in the teaching hospital where under graduate and post graduate medical students can be provided programmed, structured clinical training.
| Ministry | Higher Education, Ministry of Health |
| Acts | Ayurveda Act no 31 of 1961 and subsequent amendments |
| Stake holders | 1. Ministry of Higher Education 2. University of Colombo 3. State Ministry of promotion of Indigenous Medicine, Development of Rural Ayurvedic Hospitals and Community Health 4. Department of Ayurveda 5. Ayurveda/Unani Medical Officers and Consultants 6. UG students at IIM |
| Undergraduate Faculties/Institutes | Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM) |
| Accreditation by relevant Medical Council | Ayurveda Medical Council |
| Overseas Professional Bodies | World Health Organization (WHO), Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM) |