Members and functions of the Undergraduate & Postgraduate
Dental Education Board
Functions of Under-Graduate Dental Education Board
Key responsibilities and functions of the Board
01
Determine standards of Dental education at
undergraduate level and oversee all aspects
relating thereto.
02
Develop competency based dynamic curriculum
at undergraduate level in accordance with
the regulations made under this Act.
03
Develop competency based dynamic curriculum
for addressing the needs of primary health
services, community medicine and family
medicine to ensure healthcare in such areas,
in accordance with the provisions of the
regulations made under this Act.
04
Frame guidelines for setting up of Dental
institutions for imparting undergraduate
courses, having regard to the needs of the
country and the global norms, in accordance
with the provisions of the regulations made
under this Act.
05
Determine the minimum requirements and
standards for conducting courses and
examinations for undergraduates in Dental
institutions, having regard to the needs of
creativity at local levels, including
designing of some courses by individual
institutions, in accordance with the
provisions of the regulations made under
this Act.
06
Determine standards and norms for
infrastructure, faculty and quality of
education in Dental institutions providing
undergraduate Dental education in accordance
with the provisions of the regulations made
under this Act.
07
Facilitate development and training of faculty
members teaching undergraduate courses.
08
Facilitate research and the international
student and faculty exchange programmes
relating to undergraduate Dental education.
09
Specify norms for compulsory annual
disclosures, electronically or otherwise,
by Dental institutions, in respect of
their functions that has a bearing on the
interest of all stakeholders including
students, faculty, the Commission and the
Central Government.
10
Grant recognition to a Dental qualification
at the undergraduate level.
BOARD MEMBERS
Board Members
Members of the UG & PG Dental Education Board
NATIONAL DENTAL COMMISSION
UG & PG Dental Education Board
PRESIDENT
Dr. Chandrashekhar Janakiram
Designation
President, UG & PG Dental Education Board