The National Indian Society of Periodontology MDS orientation Program in association with Listerine was conducted in Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai , on July 30,31 2019 . The conference was graced by the Dr. C.K Ashokan, the vice president of Indian Society of Periodontology. There were 63 delegates from all over the country comprising of budding periodontists. The conference was a 2 day event with a series of lectures from eminent speakers in a simplified manner to orient the 1st year postgraduates. The lectures were on very pertinent topics like Journal discussion and critical appraisal,thesis topic selection, research methodology, Biostatistics, manuscript writing , dental photography , Plegarisms and Clinical trial registry. There was enthusiastic interaction in the workshop conducted on Systamatic Review and Reference Management systems where the participants were trained to work with Zotero and Mendeley software. The students went back enriched with ideas eager to put into practice and gave a great feedback.