First graduation ceremony of ESIC Dental College & Hospital, Rohini, Delhi was organised at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. On this occasion, Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for labour & Employment, Government of India was the Chief Guest of the function.
The other dignitaries to grace the occasion were Shankar Aggarwal, IAS, Secretary, labour & Employment, Government of India, Deepak Kumar, IAS, director general, ESIC, U Venkateswarlu, IAS, financial commissioner, ESIC and TP Yadav, dean (Medical), GGSIP University.
While addressing the gathering as the chief guest, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for labour & Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya wished all the graduate students a bright future and congratulated them on their achievement. He said that all graduates will perform their duties in the welfare of the society with social responsibility and serve their best to the country. He also congratulated Faculty of ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini, Delhi, and parents for support of successful completion in graduation.
The Minister also said that ESIC Dental College has successfully completed its five years and is celebrating graduation of its first batch admitted in 2010. This ESIC Dental College and Hospital was established in the year 2010, marking ESI Corporation’s first foray into dental education. Under the genesis of Ministry of labour and Employment, ESIC Dental College is only the third Government Dental College in Delhi-NCR region.
It is constantly striving to develop into an institute of global excellence and repute. The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course offered at this institute is in strict adherence to guidelines set by the Dental Council of India and is affiliated to the prestigious Guru Gobind Singh Indra Prastha (GGSIP) University. With quality treatment and value based dental education imparted at ESIC Dental College; ESIC continues to deliver its promises.
Dean, Dr Dhirendra Srivastava, ESIC Dental College & Hospital, Rohini, Delhi emphasised the need to start an oral cancer management centre with facility of oncosurgery, oncomedicine and radiotherapy under one roof in ESIC Dental College for ESI beneficiaries from all over India. He also proposes to start post graduation in ESIC Dental College for the benefit of wards of insured persons. With quality treatment and value based dental education imparted at ESIC Dental College; ESIC continues to deliver its promises.