Events

The White Coat Ceremony held on 23.12.2019 at Capt Dr Puran Singh Auditorium, DIRDS was presided over by S. Kuldeep Singh Gill, Vice President SSBPSES, Dr Gursevak Singh Director and S. Swarnjit Singh Gill Joint Director. Dr SPS Sodhi Principal DIRDS delivered welcome address to the freshers on this occasion. Dr Sharad Gupta Principal DCON and S. Gurpreet Singh Principal DCOP were also present at this occasion

The Dept of Periodontics, DIRDS Faridkot successfully completed the CDE programme “Workshop & Hands-on on MAGNETIC MALLET under the able guidance of Principal, Dr. SPS Sodhi, Organising Chairman & Dr. Nitin Khuller, Prof & HOD, Organising Secretary on 8th Dec 2019. The guest speaker was Dr. Amit Wadhawan, Prof of Periodontics, Subharati Dental College, Meerut.

DATRI, working towards creating a wide and diverse database of potential Blood Stem Cell Donors that can be accessed by any patient, living anywhere in the world, in need of a Blood Stem Cell Transplant organized a Awareness Program on 12.12.2019 at Capt. Dr Puran Singh Auditorium, DIRDS Faridkot. 200 students registered with DATRI and pledged for stem cell donation

Dr Gursimrat Kaur Brar Assoc. Professor Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for being conferred with Emerging Leaders of dentistry award at Famdent Excellence in Dentistry Awards held at Mumbai on 24th November 2019.

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, STAFF AND STUDENTS EXTEND THEIR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BELOVED PRINCIPAL DR SPS SODHI FOR BEING HONOURED WITH ACADEMICIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD AT FAMDENT EXCELLENCE IN DENTISTRY AWARDS HELD ON 24TH NOVEMBER 2019 AT MUMBAI. DR SODHI WAS ALSO CONFERRED WITH SPECIAL JURY AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF HEROIC DENTISTRY AWARD OF THE YEAR

To Commemorate 14th November 2019 as Pedodontist day Department of Pediatric Dentistry organised drawing competition on the theme SAVE A TOOTH. The occasion was graced by Dr. GURSEVAK SINGH, DIRECTOR, S.SWARNJIT SINGH GILL, JOINT DIRECTOR & Dr SPS SODHI, PRINCIPAL. The book titled IMPLANT PLACEMENT AT COMPROMISED SITES BY Dr GURSIMRAT BRAR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY was also released

A tree plantation event was organized on 13.11.2019 under the leadership of Dr SPS Sodhi, Principal in the college campus as a part of shri Guru Nanak Dev ji 550th Prakash Purab Celeberation. All first year students and Faculty participated in it.

Free dental camp was organized on 07.11.2019 to mark 55th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji under the banner “Sadrbat Da Bhala”

On the eve of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, A programme “ Sarbat Da Bhala” was organised at cpt. Dr. Puran singh auditorium, DIRDS on 8.11.2019. Guest Speaker Principal Dalbir Singh and Professor Brahm Jagdish Singh enlightened audience on the teachings of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. S.Kuldeep Dingh Gill (Vice President), Director Dr. Gursewak Singh, Joint Director S.Swarnjit Singh Gill, Director principal Dasmesh Public School S.Gursharan Singh,

DIRDS has taken an initiative towards the global movement that can help millions of people to stop PLASTIC POLLUTION by conducting DISPOSABLE PLASTIC FREE CAMPAIGN with in the campus. During this event our worthy Joint Director S.Swarnjit Singh Gill and Principal Dr.SPS Sodhi addressed the students about the hazards of single use plastics later videos of plastic hazards were shown followed by pledge from all students and faculty to avoid single use plastics.

Dr SPS Sodhi conducted a one day oral surgery workshop ” Tips and Tricks of Minor Oral Surgical procedures ” at MM Dental College . Darbhanga

Dr Anupma gupta, Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy represented DIRDS as Chairperson in 2nd CME & CONFERENCE OF NORTH CHAPTER OF ANATOMISTS SOCIETY(NCAS) held at DMC & H, Ludhiana, on 12 October 2019. Mrs Vaishali gandhi presented a paper on “Assessment of variation in size of mental foramen in adult population with CBCT: An anatomical study”

Dr. SPS Sodhi was invited as a Guest Speaker in CDE programme organized jointly by IDA Jalandhar & Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India on 9th October 2019 to deliver lecture on “Managament of Benign Odontogenic Tumours & Surgical Removal of Mandibular 3rd molar.

A group of 29 interns from DIRDS, Faridkot led by Dr. Anita Mehta, Professor, Dept of Periodontology, attended the 2 day “Tathastu International Dental Conference” on 12th & 13th October 2019 in G K Treebo Conifer, Dharamshala, HP

Dr. Piyush Gandhi was invited as guest speaker to deliver a lecture on “Documentation and Legal Consequences in Dental Practice” in 17th Annual Conference of Punjab Academy of Forensice Medicine and Toxicology GMC-32, Chandigarh on 12th October

S Gurdev Singh Brar IAS ( Retd) President Sangat Sahib Bhai Pheru Sikh Educational Society who had refused to sign permission/orders to attack Darbar Sahib in June 1984 bestowed with Coveted 20th Bhagat Puran Singh Award for Service to Humanity-2019 on 23 September 2019

Eminent Oral.and Maxillofacial Surgeon , Prof Emeritus Dr J N Khanna will be delivering a guest lecture on ” Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery : past , present and Future ” delivered a Gust Lecture at Capt Dr Puran Singh Auditorium on 26th August 2019

International Yoga Day was celebrated on 21st June 2019 in DIRDS, Faridkot. It was attended by our Director, Dr. Gursevak Singh, Joint Director, S Swaranjit Singh Gill & Mrs. Parminder Kaur Gill, Dr. Bimal Garg, a well known physician of Faridkot, Dr. Nishi Garg, a renowned Gynecologist, faculty and students of DIRDS

31st May 2019 was commemorated as ” No Tobacco Day ” by DIRDS. Anti tobacco awareness talk by Joint Director S Swaranjit Singh Gill, Principal Dr SPS Sodhi Sir, Dr H Thippeswamy ,, Dr Ramandeep Singh and Dr Gursimrat Brar was telecasted by prominent media channels. Awareness campaigns were conducted by Dr Sandeep Bains at various places and around 200 patients were examined for Oral Cancer

Dr Nitin Behl, Gastroenterologist, Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana delivered Guest Lecture on topic “Hepatitis C & B and Role of Dental Surgeon” on 7th May 2019. It was coordinated by Dr. Prahlad Gupta, Assoc. Prof. Public Health Dentistry and Dr. Harkanwalpreet Singh, Assoc. Prof. Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology

25th S. Gurpreet Singh Doad memorial dental medical camp and annual academic award ceremony was commemorated on 5th and 6th April 2019. Dr Raj Bahadur Honourable . Vice Chancellor Baba Farid University of Health Sciences inaugurated the camp and was the chief guest at award ceremony . S Gurloveleen Sidhu Deputy Commissioner Faridkot was guest of honour on the occasion. All the meritorious students were honoured with pure gold Medallions. More than 1200

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery celebrated Oral Max-Fac Day on 13th Feb,2019. On this occasion, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences, Faridkot; gifted indoor plant “Areca Palm” (Dypsis lutescens) to all the departments of the Institute for its air purifying and health benefits

World Cancer Day is an international day marked to raise the awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. With this motive, under the guidance of Dr SPS Sodhi, Principal; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Radiology and Oral Pathology and Microbiology organized awareness program at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Sr. Sec. School Faridkot and Sangat Sahib Bhai Pheru Khalsa School, Faridkot on

Dr SPS Sodhi Principal DIRDS was awarded “Most Promising Principal of the Year” by Indian Health Professional Awards. Dr Gursimrat Brar, Assistant Professor, Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was awarded “Outstanding Dentist of the year 2018” by IHPA

Dept of Prosthodontics headed by Dr Pardeep Bansal celebrated Prosthodontist Day ON 22.1.2019 with great Enthusiasm and Spirit. The day started with Tree Plantation with the “Go Green, Save Earth” slogan and Dr Gursewak Singh Sir, Director and S. Swaranjit Singh Gill, Joint Director, Faculty & Students of Dept plated trees,