Journal of Conservative Dentistry Vol.7 No.2 (Apr-Jun 2004)

With the opening of another Dental College in Tamilnadu, recently, the tally of dental colleges in India has risen to 183, the biggest ever number in the world. Almost 100 colleges are recognized by Dental Council of India. Approximately 6000 students pass BDS and 700 complete their post graduation every year. The job probability in India is minimum, barring private sector in cities only. With the greener avenues in mind, our graduates go abroad. Whenever our students go abroad, they are supposed to study afresh for a couple of years to get the degree of the respective country. To my surprise, our degrees are not recognised in the world, barring a few countries. Have we ever assessed ourselves for this? What can be the reason? Our students, once appear abroad, usually get good marks. Why the same students graduated in India are not recognised? Our teaching faculty, infrastructure, libraries, etc. all are of international standards; then, why are our students after graduation or even postgraduation not allowed to practice or get government jobs abroad?

I am to request all my friends, colleagues in dental profession and authorities in Dental Council of India to get our degrees recognised everywhere in the world.

Dr. Vimal Sikri