Dr. Anshula Deshpande is a devoted academician and an admirable clinician in the field of Pediatric Dentistry. She has also acquired MBA in Clinical Research Management and Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law. She has recently completed her PhD in Education. She has done her BDS and MDS from Manipal University. She was awarded VidyaTandon memorial Gold Medal as best out-going Post-graduate student in Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry for the year 2004, Manipal University. Awarded internationally through International Association of Dental Research/Colgate "Research in Prevention Award 2006" (Only one from Asia) at 85th General Meeting of IADR at New Orleans, Lousiana, USA, in March 2007. She has also received many best paper awards in national and international conferences. She has been invited as Guest speaker in more than 35 forums at both National and International Levels. She has presented various papers and chaired scientific sessions in national and international conferences in various forums. She is dedicated to research with more than 80 publications in National and International Journals and 8 text book contributions. More than 32 research projects have been completed under her guidance and 5 are on-going Research as Investigator and Guide. Iler subject areas of interest are Adult Teaching and Learning and Preventive Dentistry.