Pushpagiri Group of Institutions

PUSHPAGIRI – A BRIEF HISTORY
 
The Catholic Church has been engaged in the ministry of healing all over the world for the past two thousand years. The same mission also drove the Founder fathers of Pushpagiri at Tiruvalla, Kerala. What started as a small clinic with eight beds in 1959 to cater to rural maternity care has now grown to a full fledged 678 bedded, hi-tech super specialty Medical College Hospital.
 
Across a span of half a century, Pushpagiri has travelled forward with a renewed understanding and vision, ‘We Care God Cures’ , which proclaims the faith of taking upon each others’ burdens and humility before the divine providence from where all cure and healing happens. The unwavering commitment of the Church to provide value-based education also saw its results initially in Nursing Education at Pushpagiri, which began as early as 1964. Following the establishment of Pushpagiri Medical Society in 1992, on the road to improvisation and expansion, Pushpagiri saw a new beginning, a decade later, in 2002 with the starting of one of the first private medical colleges in Kerala – Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre. In the past decade, Pushpagiri further went along to establish premiere institutions in the field of health care education for Nursing (2002), Pharmacy (2004), Dental Sciences (2006) and Allied Health Sciences (2008).
 
The Pushpagiri Medical Society, a society registered under the Travancore-Cochin Literary Scientific & Charitable Societies Registration Act of 1955, manages the College. The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tiruvalla Most. Rev. Dr. Thomas Mar Koorilos is the Patron    of the Society and a seven member governing board is the policy laying body of the Society. Rev Fr Jose Kallumalickal is the Secretary of Pushpagiri Medical Society. Rev. Fr. Aby Vadakkumthala is the Director of Pushpagiri Group of Institutions. Dr. K. George Varghese is the Principal, Dr Benley George; the Vice Principal (Administration) and Dr. S Sunil: the Vice Principal (Academics) of Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences.
 
Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences, recognized by the Dental Council of India and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India was founded in 2006.The institution is the realization of the vision of the Management to provide quality Dental education to aspiring students of Kerala, a good percentage of these students hail from minority communities. The institution has an annual intake of 50 students in BDS course, 14 students in MDS courses and 10 students in DORA course.
 
Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences ever since its inception had shown excellent academic achievements at the MG University and Kerala University of Health Sciences examinations. The first batch of Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences secured a 100% pass result in the Final BDS Part II examination conducted by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences was the only dental college to achieve this feat among 7 other dental colleges affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Ms Varsha Jeyaprakash, student of 2006 batch secured the first rank in the Final BDS Examination in 2011 conducted by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The first batch of students admitted under Kerala University of Health Sciences secured the best pass result among all 22 dental colleges in Kerala. The 2013 batch of I BDS students secured 80% pass result in the examination conducted by Kerala University of Health Sciences in August 2014. Ms Jasmin Mary George secured the First rank in the I BDS examination conducted by Kerala University of Health Sciences in August 2014. Dr. Karun Koshy Cherian secured the Second rank in the Final MDS examination(Orthodontics) conducted by Kerala University of Health Sciences in June 2017. Dr Mekha Grace Varghese secured the First rank in the Final MDS (Periodontics) examination June 2021.
 
The institution had secured the first position among all 24 dental colleges affiliated to the University. The institution has consistently shown results par excellence in all examinations conducted by Kerala University of Health Sciences. The WEEK magazine in the survey 2020 graded Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences as 28th Best Dental College in India and graded 1st Best Dental College in Kerala.
 
Pushpagiri College of Dental Sciences was elevated to the status of a Post Graduate Institute in 2013. The institution offers 6 Post Graduate courses in the Departments of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Periodontology and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics and Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry which is approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and Dental Council of India.
The institution started a Paramedical Diploma course in Dental Operating Room Assistant Course(DORA) in 2019 which is approved by Dental Council of India and DME, Govt of Kerala.