Health Ministry selects 19 part-time members of National Dental Commission
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has selected nineteen part-time members of the National Dental Commission (NDC) and its three Autonomous Boards through a draw of lots, in accordance with the provisions of the National Dental Commission Act, 2023, and the Rules framed thereunder.
Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, participated in the selection process, a statement said.
The appointments, made for a tenure of two years, comprise ten part-time members representing State/UT Governments and nine part-time members representing State Dental Councils. The process also included the selection of the second part-time member for each of the three Autonomous Boards of the Commission, the PIB stated.
The ten part-time members representing State/UT Governments have been selected from Sikkim, Jharkhand, Keralam, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
The nine part-time members representing State Dental Councils have been selected from Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Puducherry.
In addition, the second part-time member for each of the three Autonomous Boards of the National Dental Commission has been selected from among the nine members representing State Dental Councils, in accordance with Section 17(5) of the National Dental Commission Act, 2023. The selections are as follows:
• Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Dental Education Board: Telangana
• Dental Assessment and Rating Board: Karnataka
• Ethics and Dental Registration Board: Madhya Pradesh
The selection process through a draw of lots follows the statutory procedure prescribed under the National Dental Commission Act, 2023, for appointment of part-time members to the Commission and its Autonomous Boards.
Dr Vinod Kotwal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, along with other officials of the Ministry, was also present during the process.
