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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
                             RULES 13a-14 AND 15d-14
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the Annual  Report of Remedent USA, Inc. (the  "Company") on
Form 10-KSB for the period  ending  March 31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Robin List, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15-d14
of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as adopted  pursuant to ss.302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.       I have reviewed the Report;

2.       Based  upon my  knowledge,  the  Report  does not  contain  any  untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         in order to make the  statements  made,  in light of the  circumstances
         under which such statements were made, not misleading;

3.       Based upon my knowledge, the financial statements,  and other financial
         information  included in the  Report,  fairly  present in all  material
         respects  the  financial  condition  and results of  operations  of the
         Company, as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report;

4.       I and the other certifying officers of the Company:

     o    are responsible for establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls
          and procedures for the Company;

     o    have designed such  disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that
          material  information  is made  known to us,  particularly  during the
          period in which the Report is being prepared;

     o    have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's  disclosure controls
          and procedures within 90 days of the date of the Report; and

     o    have presented in the Report our conclusions  about the  effectiveness
          of the  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  based  on the  required
          evaluation.

5.       I and the other  certifying  officers  have  disclosed to the Company's
         auditors  and to the  audit  committee  of the board of  directors  (or
         persons fulfilling the equivalent function):

     o    all  significant  deficiencies  in the design or operation of internal
          controls (a pre-existing term relating to internal controls  regarding
          financial  reporting)  which  could  adversely  affect  the  Company's
          ability to record,  process,  summarize and report  financial data and
          have identified for the Company's auditors any material  weaknesses in
          internal controls; and

     o    any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or other
          employees  who  have a  significant  role  in the  Company's  internal
          controls.

6.       I and the  other  certifying  officers  have  indicated  in the  Report
         whether or not there were significant  changes in internal  controls or
         in other  factors that could  significantly  affect  internal  controls
         subsequent to the date of their  evaluation,  including any  corrective
         actions   with  regard  to   significant   deficiencies   and  material
         weaknesses.


/s/ ROBIN LIST
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Robin List,
Chief Executive Officer
July 14, 2003