Mahesh Verma

Mahesh Verma is an Indian prosthodontist and the former Director and Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Currently, he is the Vice Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The Government of India awarded him, in 2014, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of medicine,

Biography Verma graduated with a degree in dentistry (BDS) from the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and secured his master's degree (MDS) from the same institution, specializing in prosthodontics. He joined the Institute of Dental Sciences of Maulana Azad Medical College and became the Head of the institute in 1995.

Verma helped to develop MAIDS from a dental school of meagre proportions into a Centre of Excellence with a daily count of over 1200 inpatients. MAIDS have either stood first or has been placed at the top in a few other surveys.

A World Health Organization (WHO) fellow, the India and Sri Lanka chapter of the International College of Dentists and the Indian Academy of Restorative Dentistry (IARD). He was the vice president of the Dental Council of India, former president of the Indian Prosthodontic Society and the former Vice President of the Indian Academy of Dental Educationists

He also holds the position of the registrar of the Delhi Dental Council. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of American Dental Association (Indian Edition) and the Journal of British Dental Association (Indian Edition). the International Medical Sciences Academy, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons, Faculty of General Dentistry Practice.