Sri Venkateswara Dental College & Hospital (SVDCH)

Sri Venkateswara Dental College & Hospital, a unit of Vels Group of Institutions was started in the year 2007 with the main objective to produce high quality Dental Surgeons and provide quality Dental treatment to the rural population.  It is one of the dream projects of Founder Chairman Dr. Isari K. Ganesh and aims to provide a strong academic base and patient-centered practical education with excellent research facilities and fully equipped clinics.

Dentistry has advanced as a science, matured as an art, and gained the society’s respect as a profession over the last few decades and today sits at the cusp of a scientific revolution in technologies that could change the very nature of this field.  Recent advances in material science have created vast opportunities and challenges to the future of this profession. Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital intend to prepare students in such a way that they are offered the best and the right educational environment in dental medicine, producing professionals who possess the capacity and ability to deal with an ever-increasing knowledge base and rapid technological changes.  Innovative research facilities and teaching methodologies have been introduced which will greatly help to create an atmosphere essential for acquiring a high academic standard.

SVDCH is set in an ideal location in a spacious Campus in 10.22 acres with about 2200 sq.mt of constructed area off Old Mahabalipuram Road, Thalambur Rd, Near Navalur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Sri Venkateswara Dental College & Hospital is Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University. It is Recognized by the Dental Council of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and is Accredited by NAAC (A++).

SVDCH Offers Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.) with an annual intake of 100 seats and PG programs in the following streams:

M.D.S. - Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

M.D.S. - Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics

M.D.S. - Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge

M.D.S. - Periodontics and Oral Implantology

The policy of the State Govt. of Tamil Nadu is followed for admissions.  The eligibility for admission to BDS Degree Course is based solely on marks obtained in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) and (NEET PG) for the MDS programs.

The SVD College aims to provide quality education and advanced training to the students, thus producing competent dental graduates, who have sound knowledge and excellent skills for rendering the best of oral health care to the society. The college boasts of its highly qualified and experienced faculty. It is housed in spacious, well planned building which accommodates all the departments, equipped with 'state-of-the-art' facilities. The well equipped laboratories and infrastructural facilities are inseparable parts of the excellent academic activities. In addition the College also provides well-equipped state-of-the-art Laboratories, Library with Internet facilities,  Highly qualified and experienced faculty, Lecture Halls, Sophisticated & Modern Equipments,  Mobile Dental clinic,  Separate Hostel for Boys and Girls, Transport, Board Room, Auditorium, Hospital, Sports & Games facilities, Temple, Oral Health Care Services, Dental Museum,  etc.

The SVDCH management has set up the college to be one of the premier dental institutes of the country laying emphasis to the welfare of its  Students by strictly adhering to its Anti Ragging policy, Code of Conduct, Grievance Redressal Committee, etc.  It ensures that the students are able to have an overall development by encouraging them to take up various Student Activities like Analytical Skill Development, Competitive Exams and Career Counselling, Human Value Development, Language and Communication Skills Development, Personality & Professional Skill Development, Employability Skill Development, Soft skill Development, Yoga & Wellness and Alumni Association and much more.

The college takes pride in having produced University ranks and the Alumni are employed in many leading corporate hospitals for their sound knowledge and training received at SVDCH.

Our Vision
To provide high quality dental education program at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
To facilitate the students to acquire knowledge in basic behavioral and clinical sciences for general practice of dentistry, dental specialties, research and teaching.
To provide comprehensive primary and specialized oral health care to people, especially marginalized groups and disseminate knowledge of disease prevention to the public, and continuing dental education to professionals.

Our Mission
To build and provide world class infrastructure and facilities with quality teachers and to conduct valid academic programs of practical and real world knowledge of dentistry.
To transfer scientific knowledge to achieve professional skill and personal qualities of international standard.
To create infrastructure and hospital facilities to serve the public including free service to the poor and needy.

Age Limit
The student should have completed 17 years as on 31st December of the year of admission.

Eligibility
The student should have passed Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the Government of Tamil Nadu or any other equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as main subjects.
In order to become eligible for admission to BDS Courses for a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum of marks at 50th percentile in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test to MBBS / BDS Courses held for the said Academic Year.
However, in respect of Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall be at 40th percentile.

Scholarships for eligible candidates are given by the central and state governments. The students have to apply within 21 days from their admission. The management provides fee concessions to the most deserving students who score ranks in the university examinations.

Transport Facility Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital operates college buses in different routes to different parts of the city to facilitate ease of transport of the students and staff to the college. These buses drop the students and staff back to their respective bus stops after college. Separate buses on special routes operate to and fro nearby areas for the patient's comfort.