World class infrastructure, apt surroundings for practical training, extensive reading material, experienced faculty and eager learners sum up I.T.S Centre for Dental Studies and Research. With a glorious presence of 20 years in imparting health care education, the college is only growing in leaps and bounds.

History, Infrastructure, Facilities

I.T.S-Centre for Dental Studies and Research was established in the year 2000 by Dr. R.P. Chadha, Chairman and is proficiently managed by Mr. Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S – The Education Group who is full of dynamism and has showcased the leader in him time and again by taking the educational group to an exponential growth path.

I.T.S-CDSR is located on Delhi-Meerut Road, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad. The college is providing essential health care services to both the rural and urban population in the vicinity.

I.T.S Dental college offers state of the art infrastructure in form of lecture halls which are well-equipped with smart-boards, audio-visual aids and are ICT (Information and Communication Technology) enabled. The practical labs are conducted in “Artificial Simulation Centre”. The institute has a fully air-conditioned library with an ambient environment for study and more than 7500 textbooks which are regularly updated with latest editions and more than 2500 reference books to keep abreast with recent scientific literature. Students can also access nearly 450 e-journals and approximately 70 specialty Journal titles through EBSCO portal. The hostels have a comfortable and homely atmosphere with resident wardens and are equipped with AC and non-AC rooms, state-of-the-art mess facilities, centralized smart washing areas, and integrated sports complex with gym and yoga facilities. The entire campus has Wi-Fi facility with personalized accessibility for all students. The campus is 100% ragging free with both day and night active anti-ragging squads. A keen drive for continuous improvement follows Quality initiative, Quality sustenance and Quality enhancement and hence the working of the institution revolves on patient management software “ORION” which manages a daily OPD of nearly 700 patients, maintains Electronic Medical and Laboratory Records, Management Information System and Inventory thereby enabling a completely digitized hospital which renders patient management in an organized manner.

Vice Chairman, Mr. Arpit Chadha has taken utmost interest in imparting education through the web based online platform during the current pandemic situation.

Mission, Vision, Core Values, Motto

The institute envisions at not only imparting the student with the knowledge to practice various specialties efficiently and effectively, backed by scientific knowledge and skill but also exercise empathy and a caring attitude, while maintaining high ethical standards. It offers an educational program with a plethora of innovative concepts, for creating a host of talented professionals.

The mission is to equip students with sound technical knowledge and skill to serve rural and underprivileged population of India by adopting ethical principles in all aspects of practice and professional honesty and integrity so as to ensure higher competence in both general and specialized areas. We aim for the patient care to be delivered irrespective of social status, caste, creed or religion of patient.

I.T.S is committed to the motto towards its patients for advanced dental treatment with a mission “In service for a healthy nation”. The faculty of this institute embodies this motto, and thereby inculcates these values in the students. A combination of academic excellence with priority to discipline and the pursuit of knowledge for enhancement of oral health in the public has been the motivation of the institution. Alongside academic pursuits, students are encouraged to also participate in other activities for holistic character development.

Holistic Development

Lectures on “Clinical Practice/ Career building” by Alumni (UG and PG) of the college where they share their academic and clinical experiences with students to help them become successful future dentists. I.T.SCDSR also conducts the “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp” every year. This certificate course sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India helps to create awareness among students about various facets of entrepreneurship as an alternative career option. Another novel initiative is implementation of “Easy Test Software”, which is an MCQ based learning software to help students prepare for future competitive exams. The institute also has a tie up with one of the premier coaching institute “Dental Pulse” for the NEET preparation for Interns and IV BDS Students.

Career Options

Mr. Arpit Chadha has ensured that students graduating from I.T.S-CDSR have plethora of career options like working in various corporate dental hospitals such as Star Dental and Clove dental. I.T.S. group pledges to support our brilliant students by absorbing them under our own umbrella. Students can have their own private dental practice, may pursue masters (MDS), research (PhD programs) or join Army Dental Corps.

Students also have an option to join international universities abroad. The distinguished alumni of note who are working presently abroad in various reputed universities such as Loma Linda, University College of dentistry, USA (Dr. Srishti Manocha), University of Colorado school of Dental medicine (Dr. Jasmine Arneja) and University of Alberta (Dr. Disha Panchal) have brought laurels to the institution. This highlights the global outlook of the institution in field of dentistry.

Training Students during the Pandemic

Assured continuous academic progress during the unforeseen COVID 19 pandemic situation by Mr. Arpit Chadha was undertaken. The faculty were trained to make best use of various online teaching platforms to provide the best of academic education to the students. They conducted regular online classes, interactive lectures, seminars and journals clubs abiding by the usual curriculum schedule with over 95% attendance of the students with the use of various specialized software. Series of webinars were organized by the institution as part of Continuing Dental Education.

Doctors at I.T.S Dental College also had undergone regular online training from recognized centres to gain recent knowledge about the spread, transmission, prevention and research in progress about Corona Virus infection which was of utmost importance to remove the myths about the virus and spread right information in the local population.

After reopening of the college mandatory precautions are being taken such as usage of Thermal scanners at the entry point to check for fever, use of Aarogya set app to check safety status of the patients , masks have been made compulsory, social distancing is being followed at every step, hands free sanitization stations have been setup, pulse oxymeters are being used for monitoring of blood oxygen levels, cashless and digital payment modes are used, regular sanitization of operatories in between patients and use of Personal Protective Equipments by doctors and staff while performing procedures.

Achievements

The institute received Bharat Excellence Award, Glory of India Award, International Gold Star Award, Rashtriya Ratan award, Rashtriya Shiksha Shiromani Award. I.T.S Dental College Ghaziabad has been ranked 1st in the “Emerging College of the Century” category in “India Today Best Colleges of India Ranking 2020”. I.T.SCDSR, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad features in top five private dental colleges of India with improved ranking this year. It has been ranked Second for Career progression, Third in Personality and Leadership development and Fourth for Academic Excellence at All India level. The college has also received the prestigious “Best Dental College of the Year” award by Better India Education Awards 2019. Mr. Arpit Chadha received the award for “Most preferred PG and UG institute in India” in February 2019 by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and ex-President late Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and “Dr Ramakanth Venson Award” for Student activity by Indian Dental Association in 2019 at Indore. ITS-The education group has been listed among “Great Indian Institute” by Forbes India, leading network 18 conglomerate in September 2018. It has also earned “Guinness World Record” on May 8,2018 for “Maximum people doing mouthwash simultaneously at multiple venues” and has received the prestigious “Lord Baden Powell National award” by The Scouts/Guides Organization in 2019 at New Delhi by Mr. Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam.

Future Plans

Mr. Arpit Chadha is keenly instrumental in the institute playing a pivotal role to vanguard dentistry through its professionals in global state of affairs. Research is the main forte of the institute and following the country’s Make in India policy, the Centre for Advanced Research at I.T.S-CDSR is indigenously developing patient friendly treatment apparatus alongside newer protocols to bring in a more sophisticated patient delivery system and to smear research into clinical practice.

Person Behind the Success

I.T.S CDSR has flourished immensely under the able guidance of Vice Chairman, Mr. Arpit Chadha who is profoundly active and influential which has resulted in the Institute achieving newer accomplishments every year. The institute has propelled to scale new heights under his capable leadership and has shown tremendous growth through time and resources offered by him. He has strived to bridge the gap between theoretical teaching and technology based advanced practical learning through incorporation of CBCT, CAD-CAM and Centre for Advanced Research in revolutionizing routine dental diagnosis and patient management.

Mr. Arpit Chadha’s dynamic role in promoting progressive ideas, building a strong infrastructure, adopting technically advanced methodologies in teaching, encouraging research activities and recommending collaborations have brought the institute at an exemplary platform of dental education in India.

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