Delhi: The Dental Council of India (DCI) issued notification for 216 dental institutions regarding uploading anti-ragging records on the website.
As per the notification, dental institutions throughout India would have to post anti-ragging reports on the DCI website every year as per sections 12.1 & 12.2 of DCI Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging 2009 up to 31st October and 30th April, respectively. Despite numerous reminders, 216 dentistry colleges have not published the required anti-ragging report on the DCI website for various dates between October 2018 and April 2022, according to data available on the DCI website.
DCI has instructed the colleges to quickly publish the anti-ragging report for the period between October 2018 and April 2022 on its website, failing which the names of defaulting dental colleges would be presented to the Executive Committee of DC1 for appropriate action.
In addition, the list/status of 215 Dental Colleges that have not uploaded the anti-ragging report on the DC1 website for various periods between October 2018 and April 2022 has been posted on the DCI website under the Anti-Ragging Section and Archive Section. The entire list is provided with this notice.
All institutions are responsible for ensuring that hazing does not occur in their dental institution. Measures made to curb it may be reviewed as DCI Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Dental Colleges, 2009. According to section 11.3 of the aforementioned regulations, the authorities/Management (Trust, Societies, etc.) of the institution, specifically the Head of the institution, shall be responsible for ensuring that ragging does not occur within the institution. In the event of a hazing occurrence, the Management/Head shall take immediate and appropriate action against the individual(s) whose negligence caused the situation. The authority designated to appoint the Head is then required to take immediate and appropriate action against the Head.
A parliamentary act established the Dental Council of India to regulate the profession of dentistry and maintain the best standards of dental education in the country. The DCI is legally obligated to take the necessary efforts to ensure that dentistry education in the United States continues to be of the highest quality.
Any dental qualification issued by any person/authority/institution is not legitimate unless and until it is according to the norms of the DCI Act and Regulations made there-under, the respective requirements of Sections 10,10A and 10B of the Dentists Act, 1948.