Last date for applying for starting BDS Course for Academic Year 2023-24 extended: DCI

Delhi: The Dental Council of India (DCI) revised the schedule for online applications for starting the BDS course for the academic year 2023-24.

As per the notice, the central government should receive the applications by 16th October 2022. The previous date was till 7th July 2022. The colleges that wish to start BDS courses to stick to the schedule. The central government must forward the applications to DCI by 23rd October 2022. The previous date was 31st July 2022. The applications received will be reviewed by DCI.

The Dental Council of India has been constituted by an Act of Parliament to regulate the profession of dentistry and also to maintain the highest standards of dental education in the country. It is the statutory and bounden duty of the DCI to take such steps which are required to be taken to maintain the highest standards of dental education in the country.

Any dental qualification granted by any person/authority/institution is not valid unless and until it is according to the norms of the DCI Act and Regulations made there-under, the respective provisions of Sections 10,10A and 10B of the Dentists Act, 1948.

The proposals or schemes for establishing a new dental college, opening a new or higher course of study or training, or increasing the admission capacity in the dental college, as the case may be, shall be submitted to the Central Government for obtaining its permission under the Act.

The proposed dental colleges can be set up with required infrastructure facilitates in respect of buildings, including adequate hostel facilities for boys and girls as prescribed by DCI, dental and allied equipment, faculty, and staff commensurate with the proposed intake of students.

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