Pondicherry Dental College was established in the year 1990 in a building with only 2 rooms. It was subsequently renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Dental College & Hospital in the year 1995.Mahatma Gandhi Dental College and Hospital was upgraded to present status as Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences on 08.09.2005 vide G.O.Ms.No. of the Govt. of Pondicherry. It is the only Dental Institute in the country in the Govt.
The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing was established in the year 1965 as an autonomous institute fully funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.The major objectives of the institute are to impart professional training, render clinical services, conduct research and educate the public on issues related to communication disorders such as hearing impairment, mental retardation, voice, fluency and phonological and language disorders.
Applications are invited from candidates seeking admission to first year professional degree courses for the academic year 2013 - 14 under the purview of CENTAC. Candidates who have alre ady passed HSc or an equivalent qualifying examination and those who have appeared in such qualifying examination during March /April 2013 are also eligible for admission, subject to fulfilling the stipulated minimum marks in the prescribed subjects for th e various courses and the criteria for age.