Dr. Balagopal Varma R., Principal and Head (Paediatric Dentistry), Amrita School of Dentistry, was an invited speaker at Pedo Pearls ’16, the 13^th National Post Graduate Convention of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, held at Hyderabad from February 25 – 27, 2016. The title of his presentation was “Saliva as a Diagnostic & Prognostic tool in Pediatric Dentistry.” 

The first-year postgraduates in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, Dr. Aravind Mohanan, Dr. Ajmal Najeeb and Dr. Baren Abraham, won second price in the short film competition. Their short film was titled “Ambiance and Attire – Modify and Prevail.” The second-year postgraduates, Dr. Samith M. Pillai, Dr. Tinu George and Dr. Leena Menon, presented a poster titled “Bioesthetics – A New Horizon.”