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 ABOUT US:
Pondicherry Dental College and
Hospital was established in the
year 1990. It was
rechristened as Mahatma Gandhi Dental College and Hospital by the then
Lt. Governor, Her
Excellency late Dr. (Tmt.) Rajendra Kumari Bajpai in the year
1995. It was renamed and upgraded to
Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences on 08.09.2005. It
is proposed to develop the Institute on par
with other leading Medical Institutes in the country like AIIMS (New
Delhi), PGI (Chandigarh), SGPGI (Lucknow). The Institution has chosen the motto
“Knowledge is Power” emphasizing that knowledge is the most
essential thing to empower a person. Presently,
it is offering 5 year BDS course (inclusive of one year paid
compulsory rotatory internship).
Postgraduate course is offered in five specialities. Starting of Postgraduate programmes in three more
specialities is in the pipeline. Since its inception, eleven
batches of
students have graduated from this Institution and four
batches have
finished postgraduation. The degrees (BDS and MDS) are recognized by the
Dental Council of India and this Institution is affiliated to the Pondicherry
University (a Central
University).
The
Institution is an autonomous body fully
funded and owned by the Government of Puducherry. The Institute is
administered by a constituted Board of Governors headed by the
Chief
Secretary to the Government of Puducherry as its
Chairman. Within a short period,
the Institution has
attained the peak, with due recognition
at National and
International level.
It
has been declared as the best Dental Institution in the Country, in the
Government Sector, by the then President, Dental Council of India in
September 2000 and again by the present President, Dental Council of India
in December 2004.
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