The program's timing is not incidental. For four decades, Nidaan has operated at the coalface of dental and oral radiology in Pune, and in that time its leadership has watched a persistent, underdiscussed problem widen: a chronic shortage of trained, competent dental imaging technicians capable of operating CBCT and OPG equipment to the clinical standard dentists and radiologists require. As dental practices across Maharashtra have modernised their diagnostic capabilities, the availability of qualified hands to run that equipment has not kept pace. It is a gap SOVAKA's founding team, drawing on decades inside functioning Nidaan centres, says it has "witnessed firsthand" — and one that classroom-only coaching institutes, disconnected from real clinical environments, have been ill-equipped to close.
SOVAKA's response is deliberately unconventional. Rather than building a simulated training facility, the company has opened its own operational centres to trainees. Candidates train inside functioning Nidaan CBCT & OPG centres in Pune, working alongside active clinical teams, live patient workflows, real equipment and genuine reporting timelines — not staged demonstrations. The curriculum, developed by SOVAKA's academic and clinical coordination desks, covers patient positioning protocols, the FDI tooth numbering system, OPG acquisition principles, Frankfort plane and chin alignment, TMJ positioning, radiation dosimetry and safety compliant with AERB regulations, and DICOM/cloud PACS routing — the full operational vocabulary of a working imaging technician, not an abstracted syllabus.
Eligibility has been kept intentionally broad on the academic front: applicants need only be 18 or older, have passed 12th standard, hold basic computer literacy, and be comfortable with instructional material in English, Marathi or Hindi. A science background is explicitly not required, and the company states plainly that candidates from Arts, Commerce, vocational or any other stream are welcome, with prior healthcare experience unnecessary. What the program does insist on is sincerity, professionalism and integrity — traits SOVAKA's leadership regards as more predictive of success in a clinical environment than a transcript.
Crucially, admission to this Pune-based cohort is restricted to candidates from Pune and its adjacent areas. The decision reflects the program's core design principle: training happens inside live clinical centres with fixed schedules and limited daily patient throughput, and SOVAKA has chosen to prioritise proximity over scale. Training locations and timelines are coordinated directly between each student and the SOVAKA/Nidaan operations team, an approach only practical for a geographically concentrated intake. The result is a hyperlocal talent pipeline, built to feed Pune's own dental imaging ecosystem rather than compete for candidates across the state.
पुणे आणि आसपासच्या भागांतील उमेदवारांसाठी सोवाका लाइफसायन्सेसने डेंटल (Dental) रेडिओलॉजी टेक्निशियन (Technician) ट्रेनिंग (Training) प्रोग्रॅम (Program) सुरू केला आहे. हा प्रोग्रॅम प्रत्यक्ष निदान सीबीसीटी (CBCT) आणि ओपीजी (OPG) सेंटर्समध्ये (Centres) राबवला जातो, जिथे उमेदवारांना खऱ्या क्लिनिकल (Clinical) वातावरणात प्रशिक्षण मिळते. एक महिन्याच्या या कोर्समध्ये (Course) पेशंट पोझिशनिंग (Patient Positioning), रेडिएशन सेफ्टी (Radiation Safety) आणि रिपोर्टिंग (Reporting) प्रणालींचे सखोल ज्ञान दिले जाते. फक्त पुणे आणि जवळपासच्या भागांतील उमेदवारांनाच यासाठी अर्ज करता येतो.
High-performing graduates are not simply certified and released into the open market. SOVAKA has built an ecosystem recruitment pipeline directly beneath the training program: candidates who complete the course with strong performance audits, demonstrated professionalism and operational fit may be considered for roles as CBCT technicians, OPG technicians, radiology workflow coordinators or dental diagnostic centre operations staff — first within Nidaan's own network, and more broadly across the SOVAKA ecosystem as it expands. Completion also earns candidates a place on the SOVAKA & Nidaan Certified Professionals Registry, a verifiable record employers and institutions can check directly.
Alongside the training launch, SOVAKA continues to expand the Nidaan CBCT & OPG franchise footprint across Pune and Maharashtra. Operating on a FOCO (franchise-owned, company-operated) model, the franchise arm gives healthcare entrepreneurs, dentists, diagnostic operators and family offices a route into a professionally managed imaging platform — one where SOVAKA centrally handles radiology staffing, standardized workflows, cloud-enabled reporting and technology infrastructure, while partners contribute capital and local presence. With an approximate outlay of INR 40 lakhs and a targeted capital return window of roughly 3.5 years, the franchise model is built around the same operational discipline that already underpins six operational centres, over 1,000 monthly CBCT scans, and a centralized team of eight-plus Oral & Maxillofacial Radiologists delivering 12–24 hour reporting turnarounds. As the training pipeline matures, it is expected to directly staff this expanding franchise network, tying workforce development and physical expansion into a single reinforcing system.
Both initiatives sit inside SOVAKA's larger, longer-horizon ambition: building a fully connected, technology-enabled ecosystem for dental imaging and diagnostics. That vision spans standardized multi-centre operations, centralized cloud PACS infrastructure, AI-assisted OPG reporting pipelines, and remote teleradiology workflows designed to link imaging centres, clinicians and reporting desks into one intelligent operational network. Training and franchising are, in this framing, not standalone initiatives but the human and physical infrastructure layers of a broader system — one the company describes as its mission to power "the future of dental imaging, intelligent radiology workflows and technology-enabled dentistry."
Applications for the Pune Dental Radiology Technician Training Program are open on a rolling basis, subject to training capacity and batch scheduling. Interested candidates from Pune and adjoining areas can apply through SOVAKA Lifesciences' official training portal or contact the company's direct coordination desks for details.
About SOVAKA Lifesciences
SOVAKA Lifesciences (OPC) Pvt. Ltd. is building India's connected dental imaging ecosystem — spanning CBCT and OPG clinical infrastructure, franchising, technician training and AI-enabled diagnostic workflows — on the foundation of Nidaan's 40-plus years of oral radiology experience in Pune.
Sovaka Lifesciences: www.sovakalifesciences.com
1st-time Dental Technician Training in Pune: www.sovakalifesciences.com/training-careers/
