Awards & Achievements

  1.  Dr Gurvanit Kaur Lehl was awarded the fellowship of International College of Dentists.
  2. She was awarded the membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences. (NAMS).She was also awarded the fellowship of Indian Society of Pedodontia and Preventive Dentistry. (ISPPD)
  3. Dr Gurvanit Kaur Lehl was awarded the best paper presentation 2nd prize in virtual conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry. COVDENT 25th to 27th September 2020.
  4. Dr Gurvanit Lehl was awarded the Distinguished woman award on occasion of International Woman’s Day on March 8th, 2021 by ISPPD Society.
  5. Dr Gurvanit Lehl was awarded the certificate of recognition by Indian Dental Association, Woman dental council in March 2021.
  6. Dr Gurvanit Kaur Lehl is the co-guide of thesis:
  • Significance of bacterial vaginosis and periodontal infection as predictors of preterm labor. Neha A (Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology).
  • Research project on: A prospective observational study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding dental hygiene among school children. (Department of Nursing).
  • Estimation of stature using carrea’s index, Dr E S Nirmal Kumar (Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology)
  • Assessment of oral health in patients of chronic kidney disease, Dr Sahil Gupta, (Department of General Medicine)
  1. Dr Gurvanit Kaur Lehl was the past president and the general secretary of the Indian Dental Association Chandigarh state branch. She was also the executive committee member and central council member of the branch. She is also executive committee member of the Indian Society of Pedodontia and Preventive Dentistry.
  2. Dr Gurvanit Kaur Lehl is advisory board member of the Journal Acta Scientific Dental Sciences. She is the reviewer for Journal of South Asian Society of Paediatric Dentistry, International Journal of Clinical Paediatric Dentistry, Turkish Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and International Journal of Dental Research. She was the editorial board member of Journal of South Asian Society of Paediatric Dentistry from 2018 to 2021. She was member of faculty of medical sciences of Panjab University Chandigarh from 2017 to 2019. She was also member of board of studies of Panjab University Chandigarh from 2019 to 2021. She assisted in preparation of syllabus and guide documents for vocational programme for ‘Dental Chairside Assistants’ undertaken by National Institute of Teacher Training and Research (NITTR). (Ministry of Human resource development, Government of India 2004).
  3. Dr Manjit Talwar was awarded the Commonwealth scholarship by the Commonwealth Commission in U.K. for one year from 1998-1999. She was also conferred the fellowship of International Medical Sciences Academy. (IMSA)
  4. Dr Manjit Talwar was awarded the membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) and also Fellowship of the International College of Dentists.
  5. Dr Manjit Talwar was the Editorial Board Member of International Journal of experimental dental science from 2011-2015 and is the editorial board member of International Journal SOVA dentistry – Science volks open access from 2019 till date continuing. She is the reviewer of International Journal of Oral Health Dentistry 2016-2019, ELSEVIER publication 2018, Journal of Indian society of Pedodontics and preventive dentistry 2020. She has also reviewed for: Dynamics of health care sciences in India. A compendium of studies conducted by population research centres 2020-2021. (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi).
  6. Dr Manjit Talwar assisted in preparation of syllabus and guide documents for vocational programme in ‘Aged Care Work’ undertaken by National Institute of Teacher Training and Research (NITTR). (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India 2004).
  7. Dr Manjit Talwar is the PhD thesis Co supervisor for department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh from 2014-2021 (Two students)
  8. Dr Anand Gupta did T C White Observership, UK (2009) (1 month) (Craniofacial surgery), Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (formerly, Southern General Hospital), Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  9. Dr Anand Gupta was awarded the Commonwealth Fellowship, UK (2012) (6 months) (Head and Neck oncology), Northern Centre for cancer care (NCCC), Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS foundation trust, England, United Kingdom
  10. Dr Anand Gupta was awarded the fellowship IAOMS Fellowship (2018)-(1 year) (Oral Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery) Ninth People Hospital, Shanghai, China and AO CMF Fellowship (2019)- (2 months) Military Hospital, Ulm, Germany
  11. Dr Anand Gupta was awarded the membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences. (NAMS)
  12. Dr Anand Gupta got the Senior Consultant Award (First Prize)- Association of Otolaryngologist of India, New Delhi, August 2022 and Poster Presentation (awarded First prize), Topic: Role of Percutaneous and Intra-arterial embolization in vascular jaw lesions at Indian society of vascular and interventional radiology conference.
  13. Dr Anand Gupta is the co-guide for the thesis Modified Papanicolaou stain versus pan-cytokeratin immunostain in diagnosis of micrometastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. (Department of Pathology) and Prognostic Significance of tumor infiltrating Eosinophils in oral squamous cell carcinoma. (Department of Pathology).
  14. Dr Anand Gupta is on the Editorial Advisory board of Medico Research Chronicles (MRC). He is the reviewer of Journal of Evolution in Medical and Dental Sciences (JEMD), National Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (NJOMS), Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (JAJS), Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research (JOBCR) and Journal of Otolaryngology Head and neck surgery.

  15. Dr Sapna Singla participated as a Chairperson in th programme 'Rendezvous COSG-2019"  organized by Chandigarh Orthodontic Study Group under the aegis of Indian Orthodontic Society.

  16. .Dr Sapna Singla was in the Advisory committe of the IOS  PG Orientation Programme  2017 conducted by Dr  HSJudge Institute of Dental Sciences.

  17. .Dr Sapna Singla has been  the reviewer for  Journal of Oral Research, Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research and Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International,Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology,Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research.

  18. .Dr. Sapna Singla is currently  reviewer for the Journal  "International Journal of Dental Medicine"

  19. .Dr Sapna Singla is the  editorial board member of International Journal SVOA Dentistry – Science volks open access from 2023 onwards.

  20. Dr Sapna Single was awarded the Fellowship of International Medical Sciences Academy(IMSA) and the International College of Dentists(ICD).

Projects Undertaken by the Department (2019 Onwards)

  • Indigenous apex locator for root canal treatment (DST)
  • Relationship of total anti-oxidant capacity (TAC) of saliva to dental caries in adolescents (MDRU)
  • Mapping of surgical margins after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advance staged oral squamous cell carcinoma (MDRU)
  • Evaluation of abstinence of tobacco use with counselling alone and nicotine replacement (NRT) plus counselling (DST & RE)
  • Oral health status of students at institute for the visually impaired: Evaluation and management
  • Evaluation of pediartician’s knowledge, attitude and practice regarding oral health of children.
  • Prevalence of malocclusion and dentofacial abnormalities in children and adolescents with beta thalassemia major in North Indian population.
  • Comparison of Oral Health status of Type I diabetes mellitus and systemically healthy children and adolescents.
  • Role of Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in stage IVa/b Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)
  • Quality of Life Assessment in patients operated for Oral cancer.

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