Dr. Kamal Shigli

Profile Description

Dr Kamal Shigli is currently working as a Professor & Head of the Department of Prosthodontics, DY Patil Dental School, Lohegaon, Pune, Maharashtra. Her research interests include Prosthodontics and Geriatric dentistry. Dr Shigli is an expert in her discipline of dental sciences and a few years ago she began the journey towards becoming a scholarly teacher and scholarship of teaching and learning. To enable this, she completed her Fellowship of FAIMER (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research) from GSMC Regional Institute, Mumbai in 2017. Since she found her passion in the scholarship of teaching and learning, she recently pursued her Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India. She is particularly interested in incorporating geriatric dentistry into the bachelor’s curriculum of dentistry.

Dr Kamal Shigli has given around 10 keynote talks and 20 oral presentations at international, national and state-level conferences. She has published 65 journal articles and one book chapter.

Dr Kamal Shigli is an editorial member and reviewer of various national & international journals of repute. She is also a member of different professional bodies in India (GSI, Geriatric Society of India) and abroad (OWSD, Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World).