MCODS, Manipal celebrates 50th College Day and Awards Ceremony – 2015

Dr Keerthilatha M Pai, Associate Dean welcomed the gathering.  Dr Nirmala N Rao, Dean MCODS Manipal presented the annual institution report. Dr Rao traced the journey of the institution over the last 50 years. She high lightened the research activities, accomplishments of the students and faculty and the events that were hosted by the institution. She also announced the innovation the students and faculty of the institution had generated; such as the surgical glove for educating patients, a portable device for dental therapy and a mobile dental unit. She also mentioned that the future goals of the institution were to improve the infrastructure of the institution by expanding the Post graduate clinic, to be a training centre for MFDS and to open a tobacco cessation and intervention center.

The guest of honor for the event was Pro-Vice Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dr V Surendra Shetty. He was introduced by Dr Shashi Rashmi Acharya, Professor of Department of Conservative Dentistry. In his address to the graduates, he advised them to focus on research activities that would help in managing oral diseases.  He encouraged the students to set up practices in rural areas. Dr Shetty also mentioned that at a particular point it was necessary to unlearn and relearn.

The college day also marked the beginning of the year-long golden jubilee celebration of the institution. To inaugurate this a logo was released by Dr Munirathnam Naidu and Dr V Surendra  Shetty, Dr H S Ballal, Pro Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mrs Ramdas M Pai and Dr Surjit Singh Pabla Vice Chancellor of Mathura University.

During the program, the official publication of the Manipal Branch of the Indian Dental Association “Manipal Odontoscope” was released. Dr Ramprasad Associate Professor, Department of Public health dentistry rendered a brief overview of the publication.

Dr Shruthi Acharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology was recognized as the good teacher for the year 2014. Dr Vasudev Ballal, Additional Professor, Department of Conservative and endodontics was recognized for being selected as a reviewer for the journal of conservative dentistry.  Dr Lokendra Gupta and Dr Siddharth Mehta were recognized for designing a logo for the Unesco Chair and the coverpage for the brochure of Manipal Academy of Higher Education respectively.