Peeling Back the Onion: An Outsider's Observations

© 2017 Contemporary Clinical Dentistry | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow I recently had the honor and pleasure to participate as a speaker at a conference in Punjab state and met with the leaders and members of the Indian Dental Association (IDA), Amritsar branch, and the administrators, faculty members, and students of dental colleges from the Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Government Dental College, Patiala, Dashmesh Dental Institute, Faridkot, National Dental College, Dera Bassi, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, BJS Dental College, Ludhiana, and Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana. At this same conference, Professor S.G. Damle, our esteemed editor of this prestigious and internationally renowned online publication, was honored as the chief guest and gave a moving oration which inspired the dental students to become leaders for the betterment of society.