Which educational institutions offer occupational therapy courses in India?

A. The following are the various courses of occupational Therapy available in India.
1. Certificate Programs: There are certificate courses in this subject. The duration of the course will be one year. 10th class passed candidates with a minimum of 50% marks can apply for the same.
2. Diploma Courses: This diploma is for 2 years and 12th class or equivalent passed students with a minimum of 50% can apply for the same.
3. Graduate degree: The duration of the course is 3 years. 12th passed candidates with a minimum of 50% marks have to attend a CET and should get a minimum of 60% marks in the same. After completing the course every candidate should do an internship for a duration of at least 6 months. in any recognised college or hospital,
4. Masters degree: Candidates who completed their graduation with a minimum of 50% marks can apply for admission. The admission will be on the basis of a written test. The duration of the course is 2 years.
5. PhD: Post-graduates in Occupational Therapy can apply for a PhD and the duration may be anywhere between 3 to 5 years,
B, There are colleges offering some of the courses offline and some colleges offering online also.
The top institutes offering these courses are
1. Singhania University.
2, Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences
3. All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mumbai
4. Pravara Institute of Medical Science, Maharashtra
5. Aligarh School of Nursing

Occupational therapy is a branch of health treatment covering people of all ages having physical, sensory or cognitive issues. With the proper treatment, the patients can keep away such disorders to a considerable extent. It would help the kids in their better academic performance, improvement of their activities in the areas of studies and games and boosting their self confidence ultimately.
This therapy can help the patients in the following areas -
1) Improvement of fine motor skills such as small muscle movements locating in the region of hands, fingers, toes etc.
2) Visual Improvement with the exercise.
3) Improvement in the cognitive process.
4) Elimination of sensory processing issues.
The following instructions conduct occupational therapy courses -
1) Christian Medical College Vellore.
2) Ramchandran Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai.
3) Lovely Professional University.
4) Parul University.
5) SRM Institution of Science & Technology, Chennai.
6) Jamia Hamdard University, NewDelhi.
The courses are available of different durations as indicate below-
1) Certificate Courses-
Course of duration- one year and the 10 th pass students are eligible to apply.
2) Diploma course - duration of two years.
Eligibility- 10+2 passed with science with a minimum 50% in aggregate.

Occupational therapy has emerged as a big branch in recent times and its main purpose is to cure physically or mentally challenged people.
After doing a course in occupational therapy one can serve in the medical industry or start one's occupational therapy services. There is good scope after completing these courses and one can apply for various positions in medical colleges, hospitals, health centres, and rehabilation centers. Many institutes in India that offer courses in this area. Some of them are -
1. Jamie Hamdard, Delhi - It offers Bachelor and Masters courses in occupational therapy.
2. Amity University, Noida - It offers Bachelor, Masters, and Doctoral courses in occupational therapy.
3. Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu - It offers Bachelor course in occupational therapy.
4. Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai - It offers Bachelor course in occupational therapy.
5. Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal - It offers Bachelor and Masters courses in occupational therapy.
6. NIMS College of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Jaipur - It offers Bachelor and Masters courses in occupational therapy.
7. Sardar Patel University, Gujarat - It offers Bachelor and Masters courses in occupational therapy.
8. JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore - It offers Bachelor course in occupational therapy.
9. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai - It offers Bachelor course in occupational therapy.
10. Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Navi Mumbai - It offers Bachelor course in occupational therapy.

Occupational therapy is the branch of health science that deals with curing physically, emotionally, and mentally challenged persons. It helps the patient to cure illness in all possible ways. There are different courses related to occupational therapy which are as follows:-
1. Certificate course- This is one year course. The minimum eligibility is 10th class passed with a minimum of 50% marks can apply for the course.
2. Diploma course- The duration of this course is two years. The minimum eligibility is 10+2 passed with science with a minimum 50% in aggregate.
3. Degree course-The duration of the course is 3 years. Candidates should have passed with a minimum of 50% marks and attend a CET with a minimum of 60% marks.
Some reputed Institute offering this course are as follows:-
1. Pravara Institute of Medical Science, Maharashtra
2. Aligarh School of Nursing, Uttar Pradesh
3. Jamie Hamdard, Delhi
4. Amity University, Noida
5. Sardar Patel University, Gujarat
6. JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore

Occupational therapy being an autonomous career, the candidate who has pursued the course can be an independent health care provider or as a team. Occupational therapists provide service on rehabilitation for the differently abled and elderly people who require physical, cognitive and emotional support.

With various specializations in OT profession, aspirants can opt any of these based on their passion and interest. These specializations include,
1.Paediatric occupational therapy to assist the children in need of more cognitive, fine/gross motor skill development.
2.Mental health services helping the patients with mental disabilities.
3.Neurological therapy for the patients with neurological ailments.
4.OT for children with learning disability to fine-tune their behavioural and sensory skills and development.

There have been plenty of courses such as certificate, diploma, UG, PG and PhD available from various institutions/universities all over India.

Diploma in hearing language and speech and diploma in speech therapy for deaf/dump have been some short-term courses related to OT.

I hereby compiled some top-listed colleges/universities to the best of my knowledge offering Occupational Therapy courses at the UG level throughout India.
1.Christian Medical College [CMC] Vellore in Tamil Nadu, MCI approved
2.Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, MCI, UGC, MHRD approved
3. Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, MCI, UGC approved
4.SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, UGC approved
5.Saveetha Medical College, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, MCI approved
6. Annamalai University, Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, MCI, UGC, AICTE, NCTE, DCI approved
7.Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai in Maharashtra, MCI approved
8.Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal in Karnataka, MCI, AICTE, DCI approved
9. Amity University, Noida in Uttar Pradesh, UGC, AICTE approved
10.NIMS university, Jaipur in Rajasthan, MCI, DCI approved