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A key strength of IMU’s School of Dentistry is its faculty, which consists of leading practitioners and outstanding teachers. Leaders in their chosen fields, they bring their extensive experience into our programmes. In addition to their teaching responsibilities, the School of Dentistry's faculty members are involved in ongoing research, publication of an extensive range of articles and books as well as organisation of conferences and workshops.
Naveen Jnanendrappa
DR
Fellowship in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery (Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu), Master of Dental Surgery (SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Bangalore), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Government Dental College, Bangalore Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore)
Pravinkumar Patil
DR
Fellowship of Dental Surgery (The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh), Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Maharashtra University of Health Sciences), Master of Dental Surgery (Nagpur University)
Shekhar Bhatia
DR
Fellowship in Dental Surgery (The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.)(Manipal Academy of Higher Education), Master of Dental Surgery (Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics)(Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences)
Shivani Kohli
DR
Fellowship of Dental Surgery (The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh), Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2019, Master of Dental Surgery (Prosthodontics including Crown & Bridge)(Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Karnataka), Bachelor of Dental Surgery(Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
Sivakumar Arunachalam
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR
Fellowship in Dental Surgery (Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh), Diploma in Membership in Orthodontics (Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh), Master of Dental Surgey in Orthodontics (Manipal University), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University)
Note: We are in the midst of developing a more comprehensive profile for our faculty members. In the meantime, the current faculty profile will serve as a directory of the university's academic community and our faculty members can be contacted via their email.