The Department of Pediatrics & Preventive Dentistry is established at the College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Ahmedabad
Dr Prashant Choudhary guides the basic administrative framework of the department, ensuring an efficient functioning for both the faculty members and students.
Dr Karthik Venkataraghvan takes charge, guides the first Post-Graduate batch, maps the department in leading research journals.
Dr Anup Kumar Panda ushers another era in the department's academic functioning, ensuring a stronghold of the students in theoretical, clinical and research disciplines of the subject alike.
The department becomes the first in the college to organize a Continuing Dental Education program
The department becomes one of the few institutes in the country to have every faculty member pursue the elusive Ph.D. program