Saveetha
Dental college proudly hosted STAR Summit
Chennai:Saveetha
Dental college proudly hosted the first ever of its kind ,Saveetha
Transdiscplinary Annual Research (STAR) Summit that spanned over a period 12
days from 29 june – 11 july 2015.
Over
1160 research papers were presented by the undergraduate students in the form
of posters and was judged by 110 judges and more than 200 peer judges from
across different institutions and 125 awards were given across all specialties
in basic medical sciences and dentistry .
The pinnacle of this summit was the valedictory function that was held on Saturday in which Dr.J Radhakrishnan IAS ,Secretary to Government of TamilNadu ,Health and Familwelfare was the chief guest and Dr.N.M.Veeraiyan ,Chancellor ,Saveetha university presided over the function.Dr.Deepak Nallasawmy ,Director of academics and chairman of Scientific review board ,Saveetha University welcomed the chief guest and urged the younger generation to look up to individuals like Dr.J.Radhakrishnan who is popular across all strata of society because of his dedication and commitment to serve humanity.
DrN.M.Veeraiyan elaborated on that after several years of hardships and hurdles the institution can now proudly consider it to be a near Model dental college.Dr.J.Radhakrishnan congratulated the winners of the best research award and inspired and motivated the students to start dental practice in rural areas as the awareness and follow up of dental problems is very low in interior rural sectors. He urged the students to be grateful and be committed to their parents as they have laid good foundation for their future. Dr.N.D.Jayakumar ,Dean Saveetha Dental college announced the best research awards and the students enjoyed proud moments as for many of them ,they were receiving the award from their role model ,Dr.J.Radhakrishnan who had inspired them and many of them from whom they had received prizes as children when he was collector in various parts of Tamilnadu.
Dr.Pratibha Ramani ,Asst.Dean of Research,proposed the vote of thanks and thanked her team and emphasized that team work has been pivotal in the success of this summit . Synchronizing the teaching curriculum with research right from the undergraduate level enables the students of saveetha Dental college to have an edge over others in this competitive scenario with the STAR Summit being the stepping stone for achieving greater heights.
The pinnacle of this summit was the valedictory function that was held on Saturday in which Dr.J Radhakrishnan IAS ,Secretary to Government of TamilNadu ,Health and Familwelfare was the chief guest and Dr.N.M.Veeraiyan ,Chancellor ,Saveetha university presided over the function.Dr.Deepak Nallasawmy ,Director of academics and chairman of Scientific review board ,Saveetha University welcomed the chief guest and urged the younger generation to look up to individuals like Dr.J.Radhakrishnan who is popular across all strata of society because of his dedication and commitment to serve humanity.
DrN.M.Veeraiyan elaborated on that after several years of hardships and hurdles the institution can now proudly consider it to be a near Model dental college.Dr.J.Radhakrishnan congratulated the winners of the best research award and inspired and motivated the students to start dental practice in rural areas as the awareness and follow up of dental problems is very low in interior rural sectors. He urged the students to be grateful and be committed to their parents as they have laid good foundation for their future. Dr.N.D.Jayakumar ,Dean Saveetha Dental college announced the best research awards and the students enjoyed proud moments as for many of them ,they were receiving the award from their role model ,Dr.J.Radhakrishnan who had inspired them and many of them from whom they had received prizes as children when he was collector in various parts of Tamilnadu.
Dr.Pratibha Ramani ,Asst.Dean of Research,proposed the vote of thanks and thanked her team and emphasized that team work has been pivotal in the success of this summit . Synchronizing the teaching curriculum with research right from the undergraduate level enables the students of saveetha Dental college to have an edge over others in this competitive scenario with the STAR Summit being the stepping stone for achieving greater heights.
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