D. A. Pandu Memorial R. V. Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore

'D. A. Pandu Memorial R. V. Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore was established in the year 1992 first affiliated to Bangalore University & now to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, approved & recognized by Dental Council of India.It is located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

The college is equipped with the latest equipments to treat Dental & Oral Diseases. The D.A. Pandu Memorial R.V. Dental College has strong faculty in all the branches of Dentistry with experienced staff members in all the faculties.

The College offers Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course, that is of 5 years duration, including one year of compulsory rotatory internship. At present the college is imparting training in BDS degree (Bachelor of Dental Surgery).

The College has started Post Graduation course in 8 specialties of Dentistry from the academic year 2003-2004.

The College has taken up massive work in the field of Community Dental Programme in rural areas. The detail of this is furnished. Our institution is the first to have Mobile Dental Van in Bangalore city. The equipment have been donated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, USA. The objective of this programme is to expose our students to work in rural setup of our country, so that they will be able to work in rural areas after graduation. The institution countries & in this direction the institution has arranged a number of CME programs, Lectures & Workshops by National & International Speakers which has enabled our students & faculty to acquaint themselves with the recent advances.

The Library of the college is well equipped with books & periodicals, Photocopying, Scanning & Printing facilities. The facility to browse the Internet is also available. Computers have been provided in all the departments. These computers have been interconnected over a LAN (Local Area Network).

The faculty members of this institution have presented papers in National & International conferences & also published in Journals. The Institution has completed research projects including one sponsored by UNICEF / DRDO. The Trust has committed to make this institution a model-training centre in the filed of Community Oral health Programme, so that, the health workers, professionals from all over the world can utilize the services & interact with local health professionals for the benefit of Humanity.

Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust
The Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust that manages the college, was established in the year 1940 by Sri M. C. Shivanada Sarma, a mighty man of miracles who came from a small village near Mysore & established a primary school with only 6 students in this city of Bangalore. He approached a number of philanthropists and merchants, with whose donations he started building R.V. Institutions.

The following institutions are run & managed by the Trust under the able guidance of Sri. M. K. Panduranga Setty, a leading industrialist of Karnataka & also the Rotary International Director & a team of dedicated trustees, the trust has been rendering a yeoman service in the field of education. The philosophy of the Trust is "Excellence in Education and Service to Humanity"


 * R.V. Sishu Vihar
 * R.V. Higher Primary School
 * R.V. Integrated School for the Disabled
 * R.V. High School
 * R.V. Girls High School
 * NMKRV PU College for Women
 * NMKRV College for Women Including PG Dept.
 * SSMRV Pre-University College
 * SSMRV Degree College
 * R.V. Teachers College - Institute of Advanced Studies in Education
 * R.V. Teachers Training Institute
 * D.A. Pandu Memorial R.V. Dental College & Hospital
 * R.V. College of Engineering
 * R.V. Centre for Manufacturing Research & Technology Utilisation
 * R.V. Institute of Sanskrit & Gandhian Studies
 * Shashwathi - A Women's Heritage Museum
 * R.V. Educational Consortium
 * R.V. Health Centre
 * R.V. Institute for Social Service & Skill Promotion
 * R.V. - TIFAC Composites Design Centre
 * R.V. Public School (ICSE)
 * R.V. Institute of Management
 * Foundation for Clean Energy & Environment
 * R.V. College of Nursing
 * R.V. College of Physiotherapy

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Courses

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.) affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, and Karnataka. Recognised by the Dental Council of India and the Government of India vide Notification Nos. V.12018/30/2001-PMS dtd.09.08.2002 with an intake of 40 students.

However, from the academic year 2005-2006, an intake of 60 students has been permitted to the institute by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore due to the institute's continuous & never ending pursuit for excellence since the past.

Post Graduate Courses

Master of Dental Surgery (M.D.S.) in the following specialties:


 * Oral Medicine and Radiology
 * Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
 * Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
 * Community Dentistry
 * Conservative Dentistry
 * Orthodontics and Dentifacial Orthopedics
 * Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
 * Periodontics

College Library
The college library is well equipped with books, periodicals, photocopying, scanning and printing facilities. The computer in the college and library are under local area network and also have tie-up with the digital library of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. We also possess institutional membership with British library. It is proposed to have a state -of-the-art library for Post Graduate Students.

Curriculum for Undergraduate Course Programme
I B.D.S


 * General Human Anatomy including Embryology and Histology
 * General Human Physiology and Biochemisry.
 * Dental Materials

II B.D.S.


 * General Pathology and Microbiology
 * General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
 * Human Oral Anatomy including Embryology and Histology.
 * Pre- Clinical Prothodontics
 * Pre-Clinical Conservative Dentistry.

III B.D.S


 * General Medicine.
 * General Surgery.
 * Oral Pathology and Microbiology.
 * Preventive and Community Dentistry

IV B.D.S


 * Oral Medicine and Radiology.
 * Orthodontics
 * Pedodontics
 * Prosthodondtics and Crown and Bridge
 * Conservative Dentistry including Endodontic
 * Oral and Maxillo - Facial Surgery
 * Periodontics

Eligibility Criteria
Qualification


 * Candidates who have passed the two years Pre-University Examination of Pre-University Board of Karnataka with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects are eligible for admission to the first year.
 * The candidate shall have obtained not less than 50% of the aggregate marks in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the qualifying examination or any other Examination recognized as equilavalent by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka.
 * Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe student shall be given relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks required for eligibility.
 * A candidate who has appeared in a qualifying examination, the result of which has not been declared, may be provisionally allowed to take up the competitive entrance examination and in case of his/her selection for admission to dental course, he/she shall not be admitted unless in the meanwhile he/she has passed the qualifying examination.
 * A candidate should have a minimum of 50% marks in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the competitive entrance examination where such examinations are held for selection.

Age Requirement


 * The Candidate shall have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission or will complete this age on 31st December of the year in which he/she seeks admission.

Faculty
Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology

Principal, Prof. & Head of the Department'''
 * '''Dr. K.S. Nagesh, M.D.S

Professor
 * Dr. Asha R. Iyengar, M.D.S.

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. Jyoti Gupta, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Divya M.R, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. Sushma Rao, M.D.S

Dept. of Periodontia

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. N. Shridhar, M.D.S.

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. Suchetha Pai, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. G.P.Prafulla, M.D.S

Lecturer in Dentistry
 * Dr. Shubha Rao J.K.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Sapna, M.D.S

Lecture
 * Dr. Darshan, M.D.S

Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. S. Jagadish, M.D.S.

Professor
 * Dr. K. Shashikala, M.D.S.

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. Keshava Prasad B.S, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. Suman Makam, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Shamina Bawa, M.D.S

Lecturer in Dentistry
 * Dr. Geetha K.M.

Lecturer in Dentistry
 * Dr. Renuka Hunnur

Dept.of Community Dentistry

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. B.R. Ashok Kumar

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. A.G.Harikiran,M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Swetha C.R.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Pallavi

Lecturer
 * Dr.Smitha

Dept. of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics

Vice Principal, Prof. & Head of the Department'''
 * '''Dr. M. R. Dinesh, M.D.S

Professor
 * Dr. B. C. Amarnath, M.D.S.

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. R. M. Dharma, M.D.S.

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. C. S. Prashanth, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Akshai Shetty, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Rashmi R.

Dept. of Prosthodontics, Crown & Bridge

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. N. Kalavathy, M.D.S.

Professor
 * Dr. J. Sridevi, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. M. Mitha Shetty, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. Roshan Kumar B, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. Santhosh Kumar C.

Lecturer
 * Dr.Asha

Dept. of Pedodontics

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. A. Ananthraj, M.D.S

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. P. Praveen, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Karthik Venkataraghavan, M.D.S

Dept. of Oral & Maxillo-Facial Surgery

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. S. Girish Rao, M.D.S. FDSRCS, FFDRCSI

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. Sunil Vasudev, M.D.S

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. G.S. Rajkumar, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Aravind A, M.D.S

Lecturer
 * Dr. Deepak, M.D.S

Dept of Oral & Maxillo-Facial Pathology

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. B. Veerendra Kumar, M.D.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. Suma S.

Dept of Anatomy

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. G. Bhagyalakshmi, M.B.B.S, M.S.

Lecturer
 * Dr. R. Janaki, M.B.B.S.

Dept. of Biochemistry

Lecturer
 * Mrs. Laksmi Narasimhan, M.Sc.

Dept of Physiology

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. S. Jayashree, M.D

Dept. of Pathology & Microbiology

Prof. & Head of the Department
 * Dr. M.B. Bharathi, M.B.B.S, M.D

Lecturer
 * Mrs. M. Vinutha. M.Sc.

Dept of Pharmacology

Professor
 * Dr. K.S. Veena, M.D.

Dept. of General Medicine

Professor
 * Dr. Jayaprakash, M.D

Asst. Professor
 * Dr. P. Mahesh

Dept of General Surgery

Professor
 * Dr. Chandrashekar Rao, M.S.

Professor
 * Dr. Giridhar Shenoy, M.S.

Research Works / Projects Undertaken

 * Project on "Dental Health Education for school children" sponsored by UNICEF in collaboration with Zilla Panchayat, Mysore.
 * Project work on "Study of Periodical Tissues" sponsored by Dabur Pharmaceuticals.


 * Project on "Hepatitis B screening in Dental students"-Medical Research Foundation of Bangalore.


 * "National Oral Health Survey and Fluoride Mapping" - A Dental Council of India and Ministry of Health Project.


 * Project on "Clinical Trial of Indigenous Implants" developed by Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) in progress.


 * A joint project with the Department of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on "TGF-b and Gene Mapping in Oral Sub mucous Fibrosis and Oral Cancer" - Has been initiated and is in progress.


 * Project on "Preventive Healthcare with special reference to Bangalore urban poor", in concert with CAMHADD (Common Wealth Association of Handicap and Development Disability) and BMP (Bangalore Mahanagara Palike) has been initiated and is in progress.


 * Proposed collaboration with Department of Oral Medicine, New York University, New York. And Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, on "Comprehensive Oral Health Programme -A Village Adoption Project".

Contact
D. A. Pandu Memorial R. V. Dental College & Hospital, NO. CA 37, 24th Main, J.P. Nagar I Phase, Bangalore - 560078, Karnataka, India.

Tel: +91-80-26345754,26547053

Fax: +91-80-26658411

Email: rvdc@vsnl.com

Website: http://www.rvdentalcollege.org