Date of Estb.: 1965

Manipal College of Dental Science¸ Manipal

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The Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS)¸ Manipal¸ formerly known as the College of Dental Surgery¸ is the first self-financing dental college in the private sector of India. Established in the year 1965¸ it initially had an intake of 40 students and later increased to 100 from 1983 - 84 onwards. 

The inception of MCODS¸ Manipal was a significant milestone in the history of our University. From the humble beginnings in a thatched roof structure with limited facilities¸ it has grown to be the top rated college in the country¸ according to a survey by the magazine ?Outlook? in June¸ 2009. This feat was repeated yet again in 2010 when MCODS Manipal was ranked first among the institutes providing dental education. 

Dr. Sunder J. Vazirani nurtured the college during its teething stages. It was small¸ had just one dental chair¸ forty students and a faculty of clinicians¸ many of them retired. 
Over the years¸ it has grown steadily and appreciably under the guidance of accomplished professionals beginning with Dr. K. L. Shourie¸ Dr. Kamalamma G. Pillai¸ Dr. S. S. Khera¸ Dr. K. S. Bhat and Dr Shobha Tandon. Our current Dean is Dr Nirmala N Rao¸ who needs special mention as she has been witness to such giant changes for our institution. 
The college has metamorphosed through time and stands tall¸ both nationally and internationally. Moving from the original school building to the Biochemistry block and then on to what now serves as the outpatient department of the Kasturba Hospital¸ we are currently situated in two buildings¸ the clinical wing housed adjacent to the Kasturba Hospital and the pre-clinical wing at the Centre for Basic Sciences.