The Health Ministry has selected the part-time members of the National Dental Commission and its three autonomous boards by draw of lots, with Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava taking part.
Under the National Dental Commission Act, 2023, the members will serve two-year terms: ten representing states and Union Territories and nine representing state dental councils.
Who was selected
The ten state and UT members are from Sikkim, Jharkhand, Keralam, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. The nine dental council members are from Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Puducherry.
Boards
The second part-time member of each autonomous board was drawn from the nine council members: Telangana for the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Dental Education Board, Karnataka for the Dental Assessment and Rating Board, and Madhya Pradesh for the Ethics and Dental Registration Board, in line with Section 17(5) of the Act.
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Source: official release by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (03 NOV 2026 6:17PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Union Health Ministry, selects part-time members of National Dental Commission and its Autonomous Boards through draw of lots as per procedure prescribed under the National Dental Commission Act, 2023.
How we verified this
VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2332176) issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 03 NOV 2026 6:17PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Union Health Ministry, selects part-time members of National Dental Commission and its Autonomous Boards through draw o — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
