Aligarh: Prof GS Hashmi, Chairperson, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Dr ZA Dental College at Aligarh Muslim University has received the prestigious fellowship of Pierre Fauchard Academy for his services and contribution to the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

He was felicitated with the fellowship during the convocation ceremony of Pierre Fauchard Academy, held on August 17, at King Georges Medical University of Lucknow by the International President of the Academy Dr Pankaj Patel.

The academy is named after Pierre Fauchard, a French Dentist who is considered the father of Modern Dentistry. The objective behind conferring the fellowship is to honour and engage outstanding dentists from all over the world with high ethical, moral and professional standards. The Academy currently consists of more than 5000 fellows.

Prof Hashmi was earlier been awarded the Young Scientist Visiting Fellowship, in 2010, by DST and the Erasmus Plus Visiting Fellowship by the European Union in 2022.