The S R Educational & Charitable Trust was established in 2004 April with the avowed object of providing highest service by the spread of knowledge. The Trust aims towards providing quality education by creation of a centre of academic excellence for promoting studies in kerala , and also aims to serve society by providing better health care facilities as well.
Sri Sankara Dental College was established under the aegis of The S R Educational and Charitable trust to prepare students for a Bachelor's Degree in Dental Surgery. The first academic session commenced in 2005-06. The Dental College & Hospital are committed to providing state of the art facilities & health care to the community of this region.
Sri Sankara Dental College proudly possesses the complete know-how to prepare students as professionals of first rate. We have a plethora of doctors, dental surgeons & auxiliary staff who are highly competent & well-versed in the latest clinical skills. Our dental college also organizes special scientific activities like lectures & scientific presentations by well-known academicians from different parts of country & overseas. Continuing dental health programmes are regularly held for education & motivation of the rural people pertaining to dental problems & complete oral health care. The students of this college have topped in university exams.
Our dental Hospital has an Out Patient Department (OPD) which is attended by patients every day.
(1923 - 2007)
Founder Chairman, SR Educational and Charitable Trust
Sri Sankara Dental College was established under the aegis of The S R Educational and Charitable trust to prepare students for Bachelor's Degree in Dental Surgery (BDS). The S.R. Educational and Charitable Trust is a public Charitable Trust formed on 25.03.2002 with the main objectives of establishing dental, medical, engineering colleges and other educational institutions, hospitals, training centres, counselling centres and all other facilities as are calculated to be of use to the public at large. The Trust was founded in the year 2002 by Late, Sri S Ragavan, who was an eminent and accomplished personality hailing from Varkala. He enjoyed commendable social reputation as a philanthropist and social reformer. He was the Chairman of SN College, Varkala for 35 years, an Executive Committee member of SN Mission Hospital for 50 years and also a very successful businessman. The expertise and quest for furthering excellence in professional Health care education persuaded him to start the dental college & hospital. The sole aim was to impart quality dental education and to provide good health and well being to all sections of the society.
Consequent to the sad demise of the Founder Chairman, Late Sri S Raghavan on March 1 2007, the trust was reconstituted with Mr. R.Shaji as the Chairman. He is associated with the college from its inception, as a Trust Member. He is supported by his wife Mrs. Sreedevi and daughter Mrs Shilpa Shivkumar, MBA Trust members. Dr. Shivkumar Alle Mariyappa, Director - CEO, Cardiothoracic Surgeon worked & Graduated in USA & UK his aim is International Standard health care to Indian population.
The college motto - “Education Par Excellence” is practiced in strict sense to ensure that excellence prevails in every aspect of Dental Education. To translate this into reality and practice, the Chairman is ably supported by a dedicated team of faculty headed by Prof. Dr. Shoba Kuriakose, renowned Pedodontist, as Principal.
The team acts as a friend and mentor to the students and every effort is taken to impart holistic education. The effort has yielded results with the highest pass percentage in Kerala University.
It gives me immense pleasure to invite you all to the official website of Sri Sankara Dental College. This Dental College is a health care initiative of the SR educational trust which has been established to promote the social and educational causes of the people of Kerala in general and the people of Varkala in particular. Since its inception in the year 2005 Sri Sankara Dental College has been successful in providing quality dental health care to the patient population of Varkala and neighboring places. This was made possible by harnessing the resources of a highly trained and motivated professional work force ably supported by a committed auxiliary team. This has resulted in generating ample educational opportunities to the student to enhance their theoretical know-how and to further their practical skills. The SR General Hospital which is a 400 bedded hospital in the same premises is a general health care provider which serves the dual purpose of serving the health care needs of the public at negligible cost and of providing first hand clinical exposure to the students. It is certain that these initiatives of the SR educational trust will go a long way in making Akathumuri an educational and health care hub in South Kerala.
Sri Sankara Dental College started in the year 2006, has grown into a well known Dental College in Kerala. It is situated at Akathumuri, in idyllic settings, surrounded by backwaters. Till now ten batches BDS students and five batches of MDS students have passed out from this college. The college caters to students from Trivandrum and neighbouring districts as well as students from all over Kerala. The students from this college has consistently secured top ranks in the University exams. The college is staffed by well qualified Faculty and, at least five Departments of the college is expecting to be granted the status of Research Centre by the University.The Dental hospital is having state of the art facilities and caters to the rural population of Trivandrum and Kollam districts. With an attached 300 bed hospital, well connected by road and railways, the institution has immense potential to grow into a major Health Care as well as Health Education centre.