College Of Dental Sciences ALUMNI Association:
CODS Alumni Association was started by the symbiotic efforts and ideas of staff and students of College of Dental Sciences, Davangere. The association is registered under the Karnataka society’s registration act 1960 on 13th march 2008. The association was framed and executed with the vision to imbibe the upgraded scientific knowledge , current developments, innovations, researches and latest advances in the arena of dentistry and is still working vivaciously. Apart from this , it act as a vector , bringing all the students ( BDS , MDS present and passed out ) and faculty members together and motivate them to thrive with rationalized knowledge and practices of dental profession with flow and dignity, as they say , “ there is no age for learning and to get wise “. The association which has more than 3460 members, offers and gives fair chance to its members to share their ideas and concepts with considerate perspective and hence creates a healthy scaffold of knowledge and earning. Continuing Dental Education programs are conducted periodically and preference is given to alumni members. The association is active in social media through facebook page and all the activities are shared through that. Alumni meet is conducted once in three years, which gives an opportunity for all the alumni to visit their alma mater. CODS Journal of Dentistry (CODSJOD) is managed under the auspices of, Alumni association, Jaypee being the publisher. Distinguished alumni are part of editorial board and contribute to the success of the journal. All the alumni members are given preference to submit their articles to be published in the article. The association is in regular touch with the alumni through its own gmail account.