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ISSUE <strong>10</strong> JAN 2016<br />

fun, frolic and<br />

FULL THROTTLE<br />

27<br />

Annual Day<br />

Celebrations<br />

Annual day celebrations of <strong>Vishnu</strong><br />

Dental College was held on 7 October<br />

2015. Dr. Mohamed Faizuddin, Former<br />

Professor & Head, Department of<br />

Periodontics & Oral Implantology,<br />

Government Dental College &<br />

Research Institute, Bangalore and also<br />

a member of our Governing Body<br />

graced the occasion as a Chief Guest.<br />

Our hon'ble Chairman Sri K. V. <strong>Vishnu</strong><br />

Raju and our Vice-Chairman Sri R.<br />

Ravichandran were present.<br />

Guest Lectures<br />

·Dr. Satish Alapati, DDS, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, visited our<br />

college on 29 July 2015 and delivered a lecture on “Higher Education in USA” and gave Clinical Demonstration to Interns,<br />

postgraduate students and faculty members.<br />

Dr. Vijailakshmi Acharya, an eminent clinician from Chennai and also a Governing Body member of<br />

<strong>Vishnu</strong> Dental College, delivered a lecture on “Facing Challenges in Clinical Practice” to all the<br />

Interns, postgraduate students and faculty members on 5 October 2015.<br />

The Big Conclave<br />

Our efforts are to raise the levels of functioning the institute continuously and in this regard, we had our governing body<br />

meeting on 6 October 2015. We are fortunate that eminent personalities in the fraternity of dentistry consented and attended<br />

the meeting. We are proud to say that we had Dr. V. Surendra Shetty, Pro Vice-Chancellor, MAHE, Dr. S. Ramananda Shetty,<br />

Vice-Chancellor, Nittee University, Dr. Faizuddin, eminent academician at the meeting. Dr. K. Chandra Sekharan Nair an<br />

academician with high regard, Dr. Vijailakshmi Acharya, one of the top clinicians in the country attended the meeting. We also<br />

had Dr. Shankar Iyer, Vice-President, AAID on board<br />

Externship Programs<br />

As a part of our best practices, meritorious students were sponsored for a two-week<br />

observership program to Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA. Two of our<br />

best outgoing Students, Dr. Battula Suma and Dr. Shaheen, and a postgraduate of<br />

Orthodontics Dr. Thathapudi Bhagya Lakshmi Prasanna, accompanied by Dr. A. V. Rama Raju,<br />

Vice-Principal visited Tufts from 19 September to 1 October 2015.

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