Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi

Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi is situated on the campus of Amrita Hospital (formerly Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences) in Kochi, India. This campus, spread over 125 acres with a built-up area of over 3.33 million sq. ft., also houses the Amrita School of Medicine, along with schools of nursing, health sciences, pharmacy, and the school of nanosciences and molecular medicine, all part of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The hospital itself was founded by Mata Amritanandamayi and inaugurated on 17 May 1998 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with the Mata Amritanandamayi Math serving as its parent organisation. The broader medical campus includes 31 modern operating theatres, 275 equipped intensive care beds, a digital radiology department, and a clinical laboratory accredited by NABL, while the hospital overall holds NABH accreditation. The Amrita University Medical School component has 17 Centres of Excellence and 29 Speciality Departments, supported by 670 faculty members and 4,000 support staff. No specific founding year, dean, or website details for the dentistry school itself are provided in the available text.