CHENNAI – 5 Nov, 2026 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.
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has undertaken the selection of part-time members of the National Dental Commission (NDC) and its three Autonomous Boards through a draw of lots, in accordance with the provisions of the National Dental Commission Act, 2023, and the Rules framed thereunder. Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, participated in the selection process.
The appointments, made for a tenure of two years, comprise ten part-time members representing State/UT Governments and nine part-time members representing State Dental Councils. The process also included the selection of the second part-time member for each of the three Autonomous Boards of the Commission.
The ten part-time members representing State/UT Governments have been selected from Sikkim, Jharkhand, Keralam, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
The nine part-time members representing State Dental Councils have been selected from Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Puducherry.