Institutional Distinctivness
- Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur is one of the oldest tertiary oral health care centres in Central India delivering quality dental education and dental related health services. GDCH Nagpur is ranked among top 10 colleges over India. In 2018 it has received the prestigious GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) award for its infrastructure with a Four Star rating.
- GDCHN being centrally located is a biggest treatment hub catering services to referred patients from the surrounding states like Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Telangana.
- High end treatments in all specialities are provided at minimal rates fixed by Government of Maharashtra.
- It focuses on delivering fast track services to patients which can be depicted in its annual patient registry.
- Emergency services are provided 24 hours in the Casualty department.
- During National Emergency of Covid-19 pandemic the institute extended its expertise in the management and rehabilitation of Covid associated Mucormycosis.
- Our outreach activity department caters oral health services to the most remote population with the aim of reaching the unreached and underprivileged strata of the society
- Oral cancer awareness and tobacco cessation programmes are routinely conducted to educate people about the ill effects of tobacco with the help of rallies, poster displays and video presentations.
- GDCHN is instrumental in bringing COTPA Act (Cigarette and other tobacco product act) which is a major breakthrough in preventing the sale & advertisement of cigarette & tobacco related products.
- The admissions in GDCHN are purely on merit basis having NEET as the common entrance for UG & PG, thereby producing many university toppers.
- Every year one meritorious UG student from SAARC countries is admitted through Government of India quota.
- GDCH has state of the art infrastructure that includes Smart classrooms, ICT enabled classrooms with WiFi and LAN internet connections, Simulation laboratories, Seminar halls and Library.
- Learning Management System with password protected content of the integrated lectures pertaining to all Dental subjects is provided to the students. The learning objectives and outcomes are clearly stated in each module and students can give feedback of the content of lectures.
- GDCHN has copyrighted distinct teaching-learning modules in the UG and PG programme.
- Students are exposed to socially productive activities during their period of study through camps, field visits, industry visits, social and outreach activities.
- Student Council of Government Dental College (SCGDC), National Service Scheme (NSS), International Students Cell (ISC) and Career Guidance Cell (CGC) provides platform to train the students in professional development and soft skills.
- With availability of ample clinical material, there is a robust enthusiasm among staff, post graduates and undergraduates to conduct quality research.
- Basic research methodology workshops for undergraduate and postgraduate students are conducted to promote early research exposure and spirit of innovation
- Research for undergraduates is based on the concept “Choose your own guide”.
- GDCHN witnesses active participation by students in regional, national and international research competitions bagging prizes for best research.
- The institution is putting serious efforts to promote quality research culture and output by purchasing various sophisticated research equipments and establishing central research laboratory.