Principal Dr. Sivakumar Nuvvula, MDS (Pedo), FICD

Principal’s Message
This information aims to give you a flavor of life in Narayana Medical institutions as a student at the Dental College, hoping that it will encourage you to make the decision to join Narayana Dental College.

With exciting new challenges facing today’s dental graduates, we strive to help you reach the highest level of your academic and clinical abilities and to develop your full range of interests. We will provide you with teaching, resources, facilities and support so that you can make the most of your potential. During the course you will provide care for patients not only in the Dental Hospital, but also in a variety of community settings and associated hospitals.

Narayana Dental College has a reputation for being a friendly college as well as ‘Excellent’ in the opinion of the students. Come to Narayana to make one of the best decisions you will ever make in your life.

Why Study Dentistry at Narayana?
Many reasons, apart from the fact that we all think it is the best!

• Narayana Dental College is quite a young Institution started in 2001 with an intake of 100 students each year, for undergraduate studies and 28 students per year for post graduation in all the nine dental specialties.

• Friendly atmosphere - Most of the academic and non-academic staff knows most students by name, providing a closely-knit community

• We encourage students, in voicing their opinion about the facilities of the campus and Academics helps us in improving the facilities and attending the needs of students from time to time.

• Most of the senior faculty members are residing on campus and are available round the clock for the benefit of students. All members of staff feel personally committed to facilitating the students’ general development in their chosen career.

• The Narayana Dental College and Dental hospital in the same building with nine specialty departments imparting Post graduate programs.

• Excellent facilities are available for Students and the patients

• Excellent education and research facilities for the students

• And many more……

• A range of hostel accommodation to choose for the students and parents

The Postgraduate Program
• Narayana Dental College offers postgraduate program in all the nine specialties of dentistry.

• Our institution has been permitted by the Dental Council of India and Govt. of India to start postgraduate program in six specialties for the academic year 2006-07 including Oral Medicine and Radiology, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Periodontics, Pedodontics and Oral pathology; and in three more specialties from the current academic year 2007-08 with Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Oral and maxillofacial Surgery and Community Dentistry.

• The fact that we are the first institution in Andhra Pradesh to start Postgraduate program in Oral pathology and only second institution next to Govt. Dental College, Hyderabad to start PG program in the specialty of Pediatric Dentistry make us proud.

• All the postgraduate departments are well equipped with the latest state of the art materials and equipments. They are headed by experienced professors in postgraduate education, assisted by well experienced professors, readers and lecturers. Overall you have an experienced team imparting quality education in terms of academics, research and comprehensive development.