1. Dr Ravindra Nanda was born on 19 February 1943 and is a professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences and Chair of the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.
15 Facts About Ravindra Nanda
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Ravindra Nanda is part of the founding faculty of School of Dental Medicine and has been at the University of Connecticut since 1972 where he holds an Alumni Chair in the Orthodontics Division.
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Ravindra Nanda is an innovator of various appliances in orthodontics.
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Dr Nanda was born in Lyallpur, British India as the youngest of seven children but moved soon after the Partition of India.
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Ravindra Nanda has two brothers, Dr Ram S Nanda and Dr Surender Nanda, who are orthodontists in the United States of America.
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Dr Nanda did his Post Graduation in Orthodontics under his elder brother Dr Ram S Nanda, who was the head of department of orthodontics of King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University.
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Dr Ravindra Nanda received bachelor's and master's degrees in dentistry and orthodontics from King George's Medical College, Lucknow University.
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Ravindra Nanda joined Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1967 and received his PhD in Philosophy in 1969.
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Dr Ravindra Nanda came over to the new dental school at Loyola in Chicago in 1970, after serving as fellow and assistant professor in orthodontics with Frans van der Linden.
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Ravindra Nanda joined the University of Connecticut in 1972 after teaching two years at Loyola University in Maywood, IL.
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Ravindra Nanda assumed the position of Head of the Department of Orthodontics in 1992 and was promoted to lead the Department of Craniofacial Sciences in 2004, which include the divisions of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry, Advanced Education in General Dentistry, and Orthodontics.
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Currently, Ravindra Nanda is the editor-in-chief of Progress in Orthodontics, the associate editor of Journal of Clinical Orthodontics and on the editorial board of nine national and international orthodontic journals.
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Ravindra Nanda is a member of the American Dental Association, the Connecticut State Dental Association, the Hartford Dental Society, the American Association of Orthodontics, the European Orthodontic Society, the International Association of Dental Research, and the College of Diplomats of the American Board of Orthodontists Ravindra Nanda has authored and edited seven textbooks and more than 200 publications and peer-reviewed journals.
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Ravindra Nanda has given keynote lectures in more than 40 countries and has received awards and honors from USand international orthodontic organizations.
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Dr Ravindra Nanda has received numerous awards for his contributions in dentistry and orthodontics; the most notable include:.