18 Facts About Mahesh Verma

Mahesh Verma is an Indian prosthodontist and the former Director and Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences.

Mahesh Verma joined the Institute of Dental Sciences of Maulana Azad Medical College and became the Head of the institute in 1995.

Mahesh Verma did advanced training in prosthodontics at the State University of New York, Buffalo and earned an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

Mahesh Verma is the incumbent Director-Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, the dental wing of Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

Mahesh Verma helped to develop MAIDS from a dental school of meagre proportions into a Centre of Excellence with a daily count of over 1200 inpatients.

Mahesh Verma is involved in WHO social and community projects as well as institutional projects of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Council of Medical Research.

Mahesh Verma is the President of the Delhi unit of the Indian Dental Association.

Mahesh Verma was the vice president of the Dental Council of India, former president of the Indian Prosthodontic Society and the former Vice President of the Indian Academy of Dental Educationists and the Indian Society for Dental Research.

Mahesh Verma holds the position of the registrar of the Delhi Dental Council.

Mahesh Verma serves as honorary advisor to the Armed Forces Dental Services, Ministry of Defence and as international advisor to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Mahesh Verma has been the organizing secretary of two events, the World Congress on Prosthodontics, held in 1995 at Delhi and the conference of the Commonwealth Dental Association and Indian Dental Association at Delhi in 2000.

Mahesh Verma was the chairman of the event FDI 2014 Mahesh Verma has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of American Dental Association and the Journal of British Dental Association.

Mahesh Verma is the Executive Editor of the India and Sri Lanka sections of the Journal of International College of Dentists and the editor of Dentistry, a Springer publication.

Mahesh Verma serves as the clinical director of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.

Mahesh Verma received the State Award from the Government of Delhi in 2001, the BC Roy Award in 2007, and the civilian award of Padma Shri in 2014, when he was included in the Republic Day honours.

Mahesh Verma was the Health Personality of the Year for 2012, an honour from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Mahesh Verma is a recipient of Rotary Vashishat Sewa Samman in 2002, Dr P N Behl Foundation Award of the Delhi Medical Association in 2006, Dr BC Shroff Oration Award of the Indian Prosthodontic Society Annual Conference in 2007, Commendation by the Vice Chief of Army Staff in 2009 and Commonwealth Dental Association Oration Award in 2010.

Mahesh Verma has been designated a fellow of several organizations, including the American College Of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, the National Academy of Medical Sciences, the International Medical Sciences Academy, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons, Faculty of General Dentistry Practice.