I had been actively involved till recently (May 2021) in training about 30000 dental undergraduates and guided 30 postgraduates in the last 31 years of my teaching carrier. during this period I have been either author/co-author for over 52 published scientific articles and many of them are in UGC /DCI approved journals. apart from a constant focus on the diagnosis of various oral and maxillofacial diseases and dental maxillofacial radiology, many saliva-based research studies have been guided by me. I have been a Ph.D. guide for dental education and presently guiding a phd scholor in oral submucous fibrosis.