RESEARCH WORK/PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

• Project on "Dental Health Education for school children" sponsored by UNICEF in collaboration with Zilla Panchayat, Mysore.
• Project work on "Study of Periodical Tissues" sponsored by Dabur Pharmaceuticals.
• Project on "Hepatitis B screening in Dental students"-Medical Research Foundation of Bangalore.
• "National Oral Health Survey and Fluoride Mapping"-A Dental Council of India and Ministry of Health Project.
• Project on "Clinical Trial of Indigenous Implants" developed by Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) in progress.
• A joint project with the Department of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on "TGF-b and Gene Mapping in Oral Sub mucous Fibrosis and Oral Cancer" -Has been initiated and is in progress.
• Project on "Preventive Healthcare with special reference to Bangalore urban poor", in concert with CAMHADD (Common Wealth Association of Handicap and Development Disability) and BMP (Bangalore Mahanagara Palike) has been initiated and is in progress.
• Proposed collaboration with Department of Oral Medicine, New York University, New York. And Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, on "Comprehensive Oral Health Programme -A Village Adoption Project".