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The Unit of Distance Learning in the Dental Institute is pleased to announce that Dr Subir Banerji has won the Annual Award of Achievement (Education) from The India International Foundation. Dr Banerji was presented with his award at a ceremony last week by His Excellency Nalin Surie, who is the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. Subir is Deputy Director of the Unit’s MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry and is a senior clinical teacher for the MClinDent in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Department of Primary Dental Care.

Since 1990 Dr Banerji has been involved in setting up training facilities for both dental and medical practitioners in India. With Professor Brian Millar, Director of Distance Learning at King’s College London, he has set up 2 Master’s programmes in India allowing Indian dental surgeons to study and train for a world class Master’s degree from King’s College London without having to leave India. These programmes have now been running for 6 consecutive years and are recognised by the Dental Council of India.

In 1998 he was involved in the opening of a charity dental hospital in Chitracoot, which is one of the poorest areas in India on the border of Uttar and Madhya Pradesh. It provides Oral Surgery and Dental treatment free to villagers in the area and training for local resident surgeons. In 2008 with the help of William Sharpling, also of King’s College, a state of the art laboratory was set up at this hospital.

Dr Banerji is also an Advisor to and Executive Director of i2itelesolutions, India, a company which has developed software enabling medical diagnosis of infant retinopathy, cardiology and ultrasound reporting, facilitating specialist medical care to reach the very poor and remote regions of India.

Posted on 27 September 2010