J.N. Kapoor, D.A.V Centenary Dental College

About D.A.V DENTAL COLLEGE
J.N.Kapoor D.A.V (C) Dental College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana was established in 1987 by D.A.V. trust and management society. The college is affiliated to Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Medical Sciences, Rohtak and is recognised by the Dental Council of India for the B.D.S and M.D.S courses.it has also got the permission from the State Government of Haryana, Central Government and D.C.I. The objectives of the college are to provide the infrastructure and to promote and supplement the dental and medical education and training, to provide dental health care both curative and preventive to the community at large living in the catchments area of the dental college and to undertake research for promotion of dental health and prevention of dental diseases.

Vision
The DAV vision of education telescopes well with the National Policy on Education (1986) which lays great emphasis on developing a national system of education, with Education For All, keeping in mind the elimination of disparities in the educational system and provision of more facilities through qualitative interventions, empowerment of women, access to education to disadvantaged sections of the society, educationally backward minorities and the disabled. It also calls for greater rigour and discipline in academic pursuits, autonomy and accountability, experimentation and innovation and nurture excellence and modernization of processes at different levels of education. In order to accomplish the mission, the objectives laid down are as under:

The DAV has a clear-cut vision: • To continue expanding and exploring, locally and globally and be a knowledge leader and content provider. • To muster strategies to become a global epicenter of knowledge, culture, skills, technology, research and service. • To empower women through education.

Mission
The DAV vision of education telescopes well with the National Policy on Education (1986) which lays great emphasis on developing a national system of education, with Education For All, keeping in mind the elimination of disparities in the educational system and provision of more facilities through qualitative interventions, empowerment of women, access to education to disadvantaged sections of the society, educationally backward minorities and the disabled. It also calls for greater rigour and discipline in academic pursuits, autonomy and accountability, experimentation and innovation and nurture excellence and modernization of processes at different levels of education. In order to accomplish the mission, the objectives laid down are as under:

• To provide a wide range of holistic education by homogenizing the western knowledge while remaining anchored to the Indian cultural moorings; • To act as a catalyst of change by spreading education, and by dismantling the cobwebs of ignorance and illiteracy; • To develop individuals who are morally upright, intellectually well-informed, socially concerned, emotionally balanced, physically well-developed and culturally accomplished; • To stimulate a scientific temper by crusading against superstitions and out-dated customs like child marriage, caste system, female foeticide, dowry, gender bias, regionalism etc; • To sensitize individuals towards social welfare and • To nurture creative and resourceful minds who think big, think fast and think ahead, who care for the nation and the weaker sections of society, and are imbued with humanistic passions and values.