Rohtak: Dr Sanjay Tiwari, principal of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences (PGIDS), Rohtak, has
been appointed as the chairperson of the National Dental Commission (NDC).The National Dental
Commission (NDC) is a regulatory body established by the National Dental
Commission Act, 2023, to replace the Dental Council of India (DCI). It is the
highest body responsible for overseeing the dental education and professional
standards of dentists in India. The appointment was made on the recommendation of the appointments committee of the central cabinet, under the provisions of the National Dental Commission Act, 2023.Also Read:Contractual appointment of doctors at medical colleges has no legal sanctity: Orissa High CourtThe Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare issued the appointment letter on February 4, and he will take
over the position soon. He has 34 years of medical experience in the field of dentistry, holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and a Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in Operative Dentistry from King George Medical University. Dr Tiwari has previously served as a Senior Professor and
Head, Conservative Dentistry at PGIDS. He has also served as the Dean,
Faculty of Dental Sciences at Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health
Sciences (UHSR) in Rohtak.
His areas of interest include
Regenerative Endodontic in the field of Tooth tissue engineering, Endodontic
Microsurgery, and Aesthetic Dentistry. He has been conferred with the Dr. C.S.Shaw & Manjula Shaw
award for the Best Scientific paper in Operative Dentistry in the 53rd Indian
Dental Conference and the Best Paper Award in 2ndConventiono of Indian
Endodontic Society, New Delhi, to his credit.
Dr Tiwari has authored
over 80 research papers in national and international journals and is also
a Commonwealth fellow with King’s College London. He has also received a Fellowship in Micro Restorative and Endodontic from the Indian Board of Micro
Restorative & Endodontics on 16th November 2018. He has recently been
felicitated by the National Medicos Organization (NMO) Haryana members.Also Read:Hyderabad: Man installs fake app for doctor appointment, loses Rs 4.5 lakhRahul Garg, a former
student of Tiwari and currently a deputy director rank officer at National
Health Mission, Panchkula told The New Indian Express, “An alumnus of King
George Medical University, Lucknow, where he completed his master’s in
dental surgery in 1988, Tiwari has guided and mentored numerous postgraduate
students over the years, earning recognition as both an academician and a
clinician of repute.”