New Delhi, Nov 3 The Union health ministry has selected 19 part-time members of the National Dental Commission (NDC) and its three autonomous boards through a draw of lots.
Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava participated in the selection process, a ministry statement said.
The appointments, for a tenure of two years, include 10 members representing state and Union Territory governments and nine representing state dental councils, the ministry said.
The members representing state and UT governments have been selected from Sikkim, Jharkhand, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The nine members representing state dental councils are from Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Puducherry, according to the statement.
The ministry also selected the second ‘part-time’ member for each of the three autonomous boards from among the nine state dental council representatives.
Telangana has been selected for the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Dental Education Board, Karnataka for the Dental Assessment and Rating Board, and Madhya Pradesh for the Ethics and Dental Registration Board.
Additional Secretary Vinod Kotwal and other ministry officials were also present during the process.
The ministry said the draw of lots followed the statutory procedure prescribed under the Act for appointing part-time members to the commission and its autonomous boards.
In a major reform aimed at improving the quality of dental education in the country, the Union government earlier this year had notified the constitution of the NDC with three autonomous boards, replacing the Dental Council of India (DCI).
The new framework became operational on March 19.
(PTI News)
