Dr. I. Meignana Arumugham

Prof & Head of Department

Dr. Meignana Arumugham completed his BDS from Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, in 2000, MDS from Saveetha Dental College in 2008 and also completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Public health dentistry. He has a teaching experience of more than 12 years and his areas of interest include Dental Public Health and Policy Framework Designing. He has more than 100 publications to his credit. He believes that public health can reform the health care delivery in our country, hence focuses on formulating draft policies based on elaborate epidemiological research.

H Index - 10, i10 Index - 10, Citations - 628

Dr.Pradeep Kumar.R

Professor

 Dr. Pradeep Kumar.R, is a dedicated, hardworking and highly competent  teacher  with a proven track record in field of public health dentistry. He completed his BDS from Sri Ramachandra University, in 2003 and MDS from Saveetha University in 2006.  Additionally he has graduated with a 1st Class degree in Masters in Psychology from University of Madras in 2013 and subsequently In Intellectual Property law from Tamilnadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University in 2019. He also completed his Ph.D from University of Madras.Over the past 10 years, more than 155 of his articles have been published by leading journals.  

H Index - 13, i10 Index -16 , Citations - 943

Dr.D.Sri sakthi

Professor

Dr.SriSakthi.D, pursued her bachelors in dental surgery from Meenakshi Ammal Dental college and passed out with flying colours in November 2006, and did her Masters in Public Health Dentistry in Saveetha Dental College, and passed out in April 2012. Having done masters she took up the teaching profession by joining Saveetha Dental College in May 2012 as a senior lecturer. Her fields of interest include Dental Anthropology, Randomized Controlled Trials and Dental Material Science. She has more than 75 publications to her credit.

H Index - 11 , i10 Index -12 , Citations - 573

Dr. Jayashri.p

READER

Dr.P.Jayashri, pursued her Bachelors in Dental Surgery from MAHER University and completed her masters in Public Health Dentistry from Saveetha University in the year 2017. Her Passion towards teaching brought her back to serve her Alma mater. She has received Gold medal for securing the highest mark in the subject of Oral pathology during her undergraduation. She has delivered guest lectures in various National and International conferences. . She has more than 70 publications to her credit. Her field of interest includes preventive dentistry and incorporating herbal elements in dental formulations.

H Index -10 , i10 Index -11 , Citations - 775

Dr. Leelavathi.I

READER

Finished her under graduation in 2004 from JKK Natarajah dental college and completed her post-graduation in the speciality of Public Health Dentistry from MAHER University in 2015 as the University topper. Received certificates and medals for the academic excellence during under graduation and post-graduation. She has about 75 publications to her credit. Attended various national conferences and won awards for paper and poster presentation. Fields of interest includes Ayurveda and oral health, tobacco cessation, epidemiology of oral diseases and Preventive dentistry.

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Dr. Arthi.B

reader

Dr. Arthi Balasubramaniam, completed MDS in Public Health Dentistry by scoring the highest mark in the TN Dr. MGR Medical University examination in the year 2018. She has successfully completed workshops for biostatistics in fundamentals, regression analysis, diagnostic analysis, systematic review and meta-analysis in CMC, Vellore. She is passionate in drafting state oral health policy for Tamil Nadu to benefit the BPL people and also working for the same. Arthi, has more than 52 publications in both national and international indexed peer-reviewed journals.

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DR. jishnu krishna kumar

reader

Dr. Jishnu Krishna Kumar secured his Bachelors in Dental Surgery from The Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai, and Masters in Public Health Dentistry from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, in the year 2017. In 2018, he was awarded the prestigious "IDEX" scholarship from the Government of France and was associated with the Université Grenoble Alpes and the CEA, Grenoble. Before joining Saveetha Dental College, he worked at the GDC, Kottayam, and the GDC, Alappuzha.He is a standing reviewer to seven international journals and guest author to five peer-reviewed indexed journals. He has published 24 research papers, developed the first index to assess hand hygiene efficiency, and authored a book on Craniofacial Genetics.

DR. sona g Therathil

Senior lecturer

Dr. Sona G. Therathil completed her Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore. Subsequently, she pursued her Master of Dental Surgery in Public Health Dentistry at SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad. She secured the 3rd rank in Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences for her performance in the Master's examination. Her scholarly contributions include six publications spanning diverse fields such as caries research, randomized controlled trials, and material sciences.

Dr.Lalitha Rani.C

Senior Lecturer

Dr. C. Lalitha Rani has completed her UG (BDS) from Dr. TN MGR university in May 2017 and accomplished her PG (MDS) degree from Saveetha University in August 2021. Having profoundly inspired by the field work, she returned to continue that as a senior lecturer in Saveetha Dental College in October 2021. She has 15 publications to her credit. She has also filed 2 patents in her name. She aspires to bridge the gap between the tribal community and oral health care

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Dr.Sushanthi.S

Senior Lecturer

Dr.S.Sushanthi, pursued her bachelors in dental surgery from J.K.K.Nattraja Dental College and Hospitals and passed out with flying colours in October 2018 and completed her masters in Public Health from Saveetha University in the years 2022. Her Passion towards teaching and field work brought her back to serve her Alma mater. She has 19 publications in both national and international indexed peer-reviewed journals. She has 3 patents in her name. Fields of interest includes epidemiology of oral diseases and nanotechnology in preventive dentistry.

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DR.INDUMATHY.P

SENIOR LECTURER

Dr.Indumathy.P, secured her Bachelors in Dental Surgery from Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospitals, Bharath University and passed out with flying colors in November 2017, and did her Master’s in Public Health Dentistry from Saveetha University and passed out in April 2022. Having profoundly inspired by the field work, she returned to continue that as a senior lecturer in Saveetha Dental College in June 2022 as a senior lecturer. She has 19 publications in both national and international indexed peer-reviewed journals to her credit. She has also filed 2 patents in her name. Her field of interest includes intervention trials and incorporating herbal elements in dental formulations.

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DR.Monika Maruthamuthu

SENIOR LECTURER

Monika Maruthamuthu holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Saveetha Dental Sciences and Hospitals. Additionally, she pursued her Master of Public Health at the University of Northumbria. Her professional experience includes working in NHS Scotland. Her research interests primarily revolve around infectious diseases and dental implants, areas in which she has two published works.

Dr.Shenuka Singh

Proffesor

Shenuka Singh is a Professor in the Discipline of Dentistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. She has a doctoral degree (PhD) in the field of Dental Public Health. She is an appointed member of the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) in South Africa (2020-2023). Prof Singh was invited to be part of a World Health Organization joint working group (Regulation and Safety Unit and Health Ethics & Governance Unit) in 2021 to develop a tool for the benchmarking of research ethics oversight. Prof Singh was a recipient of the 2018 College of Health Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, UKZN and was also awarded the UKZN Certificate of Excellence in Teaching (2018). She is currently working as an adjunct faculty in department of Public Health dentistry and sharing her valuable knowledge

Dr.ragunath puttaiah bds,mph

President (toothce llc)

Currently the president of “Toothce LLC”, Only, USA, Dr.Puttaiah also acts as a training provider for consortium of accredited hospitals and clinics (CAHO) India. He is a pioneer in delivering and conducting self paced CDE programs in dental infection control and safety. Dr.Puttaiah holds a post doctoral in infection control to his credit. Has numerous intra and extra mural grants in areas of infection control, infectious disease, occupational safety and environmental health topics. His book on “infection control for oral health practitioners in India” is a ready reckoner for students are well practitioners. His accolades include awards like presidential citation award, IADR educational research group award, Johnson and Johnson post doctoral fellowship award and much more. Dr.Puttaiah is currently the editor at large for the ‘journal of contemporary dental practice’, ‘world journal of dentistry’ and International ‘Journal of oral health’.

KUPPUSWAMY THAYALAN., M.Sc., Dip.R.P (BARC), M.Phil., P.hD., D.Sc (Hons)

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT (RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS FOUNDATION)

Currently the founder and president of Radiologic Physics Foundation, Dr.Kuppuswamy was heading the Medical Physics division at Karachi memorial hospital. His major area of interest are Medical imaging physics, Radiotherapy, Radiation protection, Brachy therapy. Dr.Kuppuswamy has won the fellowship award from ICRO, FIMSA, UICC and world congress in Brachytherapy. He has been part of the prestigious board / RAC Committee member in TN MGR university, Bharathiyar university, SRMC, VIT and Chettinad group of institutions.