GRADUATION

• B.D.S from Sri Ramakrishna Dental College & Hospital, Coimbatore affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University in August 2009
• M.D.S (Public Health Dentistry) from Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore affiliated to Manipal Academy of Higher Education in April 2015
• Master of Arts in Sociology from Regional Centre, Madurai affiliated to Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi in 2017
• Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology from Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi in December 2014
• Certificate Course in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Methodology, from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Department of Statistics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education in February 2014

   POSITIONS HELD

• Senior Lecturer in Vivekanandha Dental College for Women, Elayampalayam from 25.05.2015 to 09.06.2016
• Senior Lecturer in Sri Ramakrishna Dental College & Hospital, Coimbatore from 16.06.2016 To 02.05.2021
• Reader & HOD in Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital from 03.05.2021 till date  

    PAPER PRESENTED

• Scientific Paper presented on “Influence of Oral health literacy on the oral health status of school teachers in Mangalore, India” at 20th National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry at Manipal, 2015
• Scientific Paper presented on “Patterns of out-of-pocket expenditure for oral healthcare among Sanitary Workers in Coimbatore, India” at 24th National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry at Hyderabad, 2019

    CONFERENCES ATTENDED

• National Virtual Conference Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2021
• 24th National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, at Hyderabad, 2019
• 1st State Level Convention in Public Health Dentistry held at Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, 2018
• 20th National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry at Manipal, 2015

     PRE-CONFERENCE/SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

• Internship in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, Public Health Evidence South Asia (PHESA) – South Asian satellite of the Cochrane Public Health Group (CPHG), 2014
• “Tyro-Tiro” at Vivekanandha Dental College for Women,Tiruchengode, 2016
• Cention N – A New Alternative to Amalgamat Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore., 2017
• “Facets of Pediatric Dental Practice” on at Sri Ramakrishna DentalCollege and Hospital, Coimbatore, 2019
• “Training on Bio-medical waste management” on at Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, 2019
• “Sensitization and Orientation workshop on Teacher Training and Research” at Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, 2019
• “Research Methodology” at Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore.2019
• PACE 2020-Minor Oral Surgery, CSI Dental College, Madurai, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Pandemic & Dentistry, Dr. M.B. Aswath Narayanan, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Infection control & need of changing oral surgical practice in the present scenario, Dr.Dhirendra Srivastava, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Malocclusion and its consequences, Dr. N R Krishnaswamy, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Will I be Happy in my Profession? Dr.SandeshMayekar, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Management of impression materials, impressions and models in Covid19 era, Dr.Veena Jain, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Medical History Influencing Implant Outcomes & Digital Technology in Implantology, Dr.GunaseelanRajan, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Dental caries – current concepts of dental caries, Dr Shreenivas S. Vanaki, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Informed consent – from dental surgeon’s perspective, Dr. George Paul, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Management of Traumatic injuries to young permanent teeth, Dr VirinderGoyal, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Adverse drug interactions and effects- what every dentist should know, KeerthiLatha M. Pai, , 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Role of Magnification in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Dr. R. S. Mohan Kumar, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Re-Treatment Strategies in Prosthodontics in General Dental Practice, Dr. T. V. Padmanabhan, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India
• Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy, Dr. D. Gopalakrishnan, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, The Renaissance Era in Dentistry, Dr Shankar Iyer, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Orthodontic Diagnosis &Analysis of Diagnostic Records, Dr Ashok Surana, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, BIOPSY – An Integral Component of Diagosis – Treatment & Prognosis of Oral Pre-cancer & Cancer,Dr RanjanRashmi Pau, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India,Early Childhood Caries – Questions are the Answers, Dr. M. S. Muthu, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Tobacco Cessation and Dentistry, Dr. Vikrant Mohanty, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Evidence to Deep Learning -The New Paradigm in Orthodontics, Dr.AnmolKalha, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Electronic Working Length Determination :Clinical Tips & Troubleshooting, Dr. Ajay Logani, 2020
• National Webinar by Dental Council of India, Techniques in Minor Oral &Dentoalveolar Surgery and Management, of Impacted tooth – Mandibular third Molar, Prof.BhoyarSubashChampatrao, 2020

     RESOURCE PERSON

• Chairperson for Scientific committee , IAPHD first state-level student convention at Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Deemed University.Chennai, 2018
• Chairperson for Scientific committee , IAPHD National Virtual Conference, 2021

     PUBLICATIONS

• Research methodology. In Soben Peter. Essentials of Public Health Dentistry. 6th Edition. New Delhi: Arya Medi Publishing House Pvt Ltd.; 2017. p. 634-643. (Chapter Contribution in Textbook)
• “Oral health care availability in health centers of Mangalore Taluk, India” Indian Journal of Community Medicine 39(4):218-22,2014
• “Trends in self-medication for dental conditions among patients attending oral health outreach programs in coastal Karnataka, India.” Indian Journal of Pharmacology 47(5):524-9, 2015
• “Reporting Guidelines in Health Research-A review”, Indian Journal of Public Health 59(2):122-8, 2015
• “Does atraumatic restorative treatment reduce dental anxiety in children? A systematic review and meta-analysis” European Journal of Dentistry 9(2):304-9, 2015
• “Influence of Oral Health Literacy on the Oral Health Status of School Teachers in Mangalore, India”, Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry 16(2):127-132, 2018
• An observational study to find the patterns of out-of-pocket expenditure for oral healthcare among sanitary workers in Coimbatore, India. Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry 18(2):143-50, 2020