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While antimicrobial stewardship programs (AMSP) are well established, anti-tubercular treatment stewardship programs (ATTSP) in private hospitals do not have an established model. An AMSP model in a private tertiary care hospital in South India was repurposed to monitor the prescription appropriateness of ATT. A multidisciplinary team evaluated the ATT prescription appropriateness among inpatients over a one-year period with the 4R\u2019s criteria: Right Indication, Right Drug, Right Dose, and Right Frequency. The ATTSP team filed recommendations for inappropriate prescriptions to the primary clinical care team, and compliance to the recommendations was documented within 48 hours. During the study period, 172 ATT prescriptions were evaluated. Inappropriate dose and drug prescriptions were found in 16% and 7%, respectively. The primary clinical care teams complied with 83% of the recommendations within 48 hours. 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