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{{Short description|Indian prosthodontist}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahesh Verma
| honorific_prefix = [[Padma Shri]] ([[Medical Doctor|Dr.]])
| image = Mahesh Verma 2014 (cropped).jpg
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| birth_place = India
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| occupation = Prosthodontist
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| office = Vice Chancellor of GGSIPU
| term_start = 1 August 2019
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| predecessor = [[Anil Kumar Tyagi]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] [[Government of Delhi|Delhi State]] Award [[FICCI]] Health Personality of the Year Rotary Vashishat Sewa Samman Dr. P. N. Behl Foundation Award Dr. B. C. Shroff Oration Award Commonwealth Dental Association Oration Award
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'''Mahesh Verma''' is an Indian [[prosthodontist]] and the former Director and Principal of [[Maulana Azad Medical College|Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences]]. Currently, he is the Vice Chancellor of [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]]. The [[Government of India]] awarded him, in 2014, with the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of medicine,<ref name="Padma 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |title=Padma 2014 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=28 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101141/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Drug Today">{{cite web | url=http://www.drugtodayonline.com/nation/810-dr-mahesh-verma-turns-first-padma-shri-from-dental-science.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141106072501/http://www.drugtodayonline.com/nation/810-dr-mahesh-verma-turns-first-padma-shri-from-dental-science.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2014 | title=Drug Today | publisher=Drug Today | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Verma graduated with a degree in dentistry (BDS) from the [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]] and secured his master's degree (MDS) from the same institution, specializing in [[prosthodontics]].<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund">{{cite web | url=http://www.gcdfund.org/sdl-bio/professor-mahesh-verma-india-1 | title=Global Child Dental Fund | publisher=Global Child Dental Fund | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107093532/http://www.gcdfund.org/sdl-bio/professor-mahesh-verma-india-1 | archive-date=7 November 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ND TV">{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/70/prof_mahesh_verma.html | title=ND TV | publisher=ND TV | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref> He joined the Institute of Dental Sciences of [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] and became the Head of the institute in 1995.<ref name="ND TV" /> He also underwent advanced training in prosthodontics at the [[State University of New York]], Buffalo<ref name="ND TV" /> and later earned an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), [[University of Delhi]].<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> He is the incumbent Director-Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS), the dental wing of [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], New Delhi.<ref name="MAMC">{{cite web | url=http://www.mamc.ac.in/dental-structure.htm | title=MAMC | publisher=MAMC | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref>

Verma helped to develop MAIDS<ref name="Maids">{{cite web | url=http://www.maids.ac.in/home.html | title=Maids | publisher=Maids | date=2014 | access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref> from a dental school of meagre proportions into a Centre of Excellence<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /><ref name="ND TV" /><ref name="News Track India">{{cite web | url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2014/4/27/30-Prof-Dr-Mahesh-Verma-Receives-Padma-Award.html | title=News Track India | publisher=News Track India | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref> with a daily count of over 1200 inpatients.<ref name="Drug Today" /> An [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] - Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA) survey of premier Indian dental schools placed MAIDS as the best dental school in India.<ref name="Best Dental School">{{cite web | url=http://www.careerindia.com/news/2013/08/05/top-15-best-dental-colleges-in-india-by-outlook-mdra-survey-006009.html | title=Best Dental School | publisher=Career India | date=30 June 2014 | access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref> MAIDS have either stood first<ref name="SDC Lucknow">{{cite web | url=http://www.sdclucknow.com/page.php?&PageID=167 | title=SDC Lucknow | publisher=SDC Lucknow | date=2014 | access-date=7 November 2014 | archive-date=22 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522114924/http://www.sdclucknow.com/page.php?&PageID=167 | url-status=dead }}</ref> or has been placed at the top in a few other surveys.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Top-Medical--Dental-Colleges-/281300 | title=Outlook | publisher=Outlook | date=2014 | access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mingle Box">{{cite web | url=http://www.minglebox.com/top-dental-colleges-in-india | title=Mingle Box | publisher=Mingle Box | date=2014 | access-date=7 November 2014 | archive-date=6 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706142154/http://www.minglebox.com/top-dental-colleges-in-india | url-status=usurped }}</ref>

A [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) fellow,<ref name="ND TV" /> Verma teaches healthcare management at the FMS, Delhi University.<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> He is involved in WHO social and community projects as well as institutional projects of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR), [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR).<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> One of his projects is the development of indigenous dental implants involving [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology]] and the CSIR, funded by the [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Ministry of Science and Technology]].<ref name="News Track India" />
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==Positions==
Verma has been involved in professional and academic organizations. He is the President of the Delhi unit of the [[Indian Dental Association]].<ref name="ND TV" /><ref name="News Track India" /><ref name="IDA">{{cite web | url=http://www.ida.org.in/DentistDirectory/IDAofficebearer.aspx | title=IDA | publisher=IDA | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014 | archive-date=7 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107112232/http://www.ida.org.in/DentistDirectory/IDAofficebearer.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> the India and Sri Lanka chapter of the [[International College of Dentists]] and the Indian Academy of Restorative Dentistry (IARD).<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /><ref name="Indian Academy of Restorative Dentistry">{{cite web | url=http://www.dentistindia.com/iard/officebearers.asp | title=Indian Academy of Restorative Dentistry | publisher=Indian Academy of Restorative Dentistry | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref> He was the vice president of the [[Dental Council of India]],<ref name="Interview">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLnAJ7rBne0 | title=Interview | publisher=YouTube | date=3 March 2013 | access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref> former president of the Indian Prosthodontic Society<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /><ref name="ND TV" /><ref name="IPS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ipsonline.in/abt_past.asp | title=IPS | publisher=IPS | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014 | archive-date=7 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107083022/http://www.ipsonline.in/abt_past.asp | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the former Vice President of the Indian Academy of Dental Educationists<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> and the Indian Society for Dental Research (ISDR)<ref name="ISDR">{{cite web | url=http://www.isdrindia.com/officebearers.html | title=ISDR | publisher=ISDR | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014 | archive-date=4 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304192506/http://www.isdrindia.com/officebearers.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He also holds the position of the registrar of the Delhi Dental Council.<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /><ref name="ND TV" /> He serves as honorary advisor to the Armed Forces Dental Services, [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] and as international advisor to the [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow]] (UK).<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" />

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.<ref name="ND TV" /> He was also the chairman of the event ''FDI 2014''<ref name="Interview - Dental Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.dental-tribune.com/epaper/issue/id/2681 | title=Interview - Dental Tribune | publisher=Dental Tribune | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014}}</ref> He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of American Dental Association (Indian Edition) and the Journal of British Dental Association (Indian Edition).<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> He 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 Publishing|Springer]] publication.<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> He also serves as the clinical director of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID).<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" />

==Awards and recognitions==
[[File:Padma Shri India IIIe Klasse.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Padma Shri India]]
Verma received the State Award from the [[Government of Delhi]] in 2001,<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /><ref name="ND TV" /> the [[B. C. Roy Award]] in 2007,<ref name="Drug Today" /><ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /><ref name="ND TV" /><ref name="News Track India" /> and the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2014, when he was included in the [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] honours. He was the ''Health Personality of the Year'' for 2012, an honour from the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] (FICCI).<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" /> He is also a recipient of ''Rotary Vashishat Sewa Samman'' in 2002,<ref name="ND TV" /> ''Dr. P. N. Behl Foundation Award'' of the Delhi Medical Association in 2006, ''Dr. B. C. 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.<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" />

He has been designated a fellow of several organizations, including the American College Of Dentists, the [[International College of Dentists]], the Pierre Fauchard Academy,<ref name="ND TV" /> the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Global Child Dental Fund" />

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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.ijss-sn.com/volume-1-issue-2---july---september-2013.html | title=Foreward [sic] Letter by Dr. Mahesh Verma | publisher=International Journal of Scientific Study | date=July 2013 | access-date=6 November 2014 | author=Mahesh Verma | volume=1 | issue=2}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.dental-tribune.com/epaper/issue/id/2681 | title=Interview - Dental Tribune | publisher=Dental Tribune | date=2014 | access-date=6 November 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/bbv/exclusive/3-as-availability-affordability-and-assurance-must-for-improving-healthcare-in-india_878235.html | title=Zee News Interview | publisher=Zee News | date=21 September 2013 | access-date=6 November 2014}}
* Singh, Paramjit; Arora, Vimal (2005). ''[https://www.jaypeedigital.com/book/9788180614187 Military Dentistry: Terrain, Trends and Training]''. jaypee. {{ISBN|978-81-8061-418-7}}.

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