Dr. Ashwin M Jawdekar graduated (BDS) from Government Dental College a…read morend Hospital, Mumbai, in 1997. He received his Master’s degree (MDS) in Pediatric Dentistry from Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai in 2001. He acquired MSc in Dental Public Health (with Merit) from King's College London, and Diploma in Dental Public Health (DDPH) from Royal College of Surgeons, London in 2012. He has also received Certificate training in Clinical Dental Research Methods at the University of Washington in 2010. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Administration and Certificate training in Quality Management in Healthcare from Medvarsity, Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad. He has also acquired Post-graduate Certificate Training (L7) in Dental Practice Management from the University of Chester, U.K. He has acquired orthodontic training at IDRR, Bangalore, and Raphael Integrative Orthodontic Centre, New Jersey, and completed Fellowship in MFS Orthodontics in UDV, Andorra.He has authored a book: Child Management in Clinical Dentistry (Jaypee Publishers) and contributed to textbooks of Pediatric Dentistry and Endodontics. He has been a guest speaker for the national conventions of Indian Dental Association (IDA), and Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD) and international conferences held in the USA and UAE. He has been a speaker for the Indian Dental Association (IDA)-Colgate Countrywide Programme: Future Dental Professionals (‘Career Guidance’ for Graduate Dentists). He has published case reports and articles in national and specialty Journals. While studying at King’s College London, he presented a poster at the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) Conference in London (April 2012). He also won the paper award in the session at The Post-Graduate Research Day at Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London in April 2012. He attended a Senior Dental Leadership Program at Harvard School of Dental Medicine held in Boston, USA in March 2013; wherein, he received Tony Volpe Award of the Global Child Dental Fund for his contributions and aspirations in pediatric dentistry. He is also designated as a ‘Global Ambassador for the Global Child Dental Fund’.He was a guest editor for the special issue on "Oral Health Promotion in Infants and Children: Models and Long-term Effectiveness" of International Journal of Dentistry.He was a state coordinator for a Ministry of Health, Government of India project “Assessment of Safety Profiles for Dental Procedures in India” in the year 2008-09.His current position is Professor in the Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry at Dr. GD Pol Foundation’s YMT Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai (under the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences), India. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience in various dental schools in India.He has been practicing pediatric dentistry for more than 12 years at Little Smiles, Thane (India), an ISO certified dental care center for children. He has won the Famdent Highly Commended Pedodontist Of The Year Award in 2013. He has also won the Dentist Excellence Award 2015 of IDRR at Bangalore.read less