Our Faculty

1. Training on Basic Life Support (BLS) on 02/08/2025 at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad 
2. Hands-on-training in “WHONET” software from 20/03/2025 to 22/03/2025, organized by GB Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, under the aegis of IAMM
3. Completed “Basic Course in Medical Education (BCME)” as mandated by NMC from 01-03-2025 to 03-03-2025 at Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad, co-ordinated by the nodal center, Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi
4. Training on “Blue Printing and Question Paper Development for New GMER 2024 Regulations” at Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad, on 25th February 2025
5. Training on “Biomedical Waste Management: Safeguarding Public Health and the Environment” on 18/01/2025, organized by VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
6. Completed Basic Course in Biomedical Research (BCBR) as mandated by the NMC with a score of 71% in Proctored Examination (August 2023)
7. Hands-on training in “Line Probe Assay” on 24/05/2023, organized by Biomerieux at ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad
8. Hands-on-training in “GeneXpert Technology & Software – Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/XDR” on 02/02/2022, organized by Cepheid at ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad
9. Certificate course in “Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP)”, from 25/02/2022 to 25/03/2022, organized by CDSA, THSTI, and DBT in collaboration with ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad
10. Hands-on-training in “Genome Sequencing in Infectious Diseases” on 25/11/2021 at MAMC, New Delhi
11. Training on “Capacity Building and Strengthening of Hospital Infection Control to detect and prevent antimicrobial resistance in India from 29/06/2021 to 30/06/2021”
12. Training in Paediatric and Gynaecological Microbiology at Rainbow Hospital for women and children, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad (as part of peripheral postings of DNB training)
13. Attended Workshop on Immunofluorescence for Autoimmune Diagnostics on 31/01/2020 at GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Visakhapatnam
14. Hands-on-training in “QA/QC in clinical bacteriology” on 27/11/2019 at Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai
15. Attended Parasitology workshop on 06/09/2019 at Tropacon 2019, at KMC, Manipal
16. Training on Medical Laboratory Quality Management System and Internal Audit (4 days) as per ISO 15189:2012 from 17/06/2019 to 20/06/2019 at Vijaya Diagnostic Center, Hyderabad
17. Observership and hands-on-training in Molecular biology from 22/04/2019 to 30/04/2019 at Anand Diagnostic Laboratory, Bangalore
18. Observership in “Ocular Microbiology” from 01/04/2019 to 06/04/2019 at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
19. Hands-on-training in “Virus Isolation Techniques” on 18/01/2019 at Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad
    -Attended workshop on “Laboratory Diagnosis of fastidious bacteria with special reference to Mycoplasma pneumoniae & Neisseria gonorrhoeae” on 28/11/2018 at Bangalore Medical College
20. Attended workshop on “Antimicrobial Stewardship” on 03/10/2018 at HISICON 2018, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Hyderabad
21. Hands-on-training in “Molecular Techniques” from 17/06/2018 to 20/06/2018 at Credence Diagnostic Centre, Hyderabad
22. Attended workshop on “Diagnosis of toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheria and Vibrio cholerae” on 12/04/2018 at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

International:

1. Presented poster at the 21st Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) 2022
   Title: “Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella similis mimicking Sporotrichosis”

National:

1. Presented a scientific paper in the oral category at the 48th National Conference of IAMM, Microcon New Delhi 2025
   Title: “Gastrointestinal pathogens in the molecular era: a multiplex panel‑based study”
2. Presented a scientific paper in the oral category at the 43rd National Conference of IAMM, Microcon Mumbai 2019
   Title: “Evaluation of In-Vitro Colistin Susceptibility and Clinical Profile of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae related Bloodstream Infections”
3. Presented poster at 42nd National Conference of IAMM, Microcon Bengaluru 2018
   Title: “Prevalence, clinical profile and trends in antimicrobial resistance of typhoidal salmonellae at a pediatric tertiary care center in South India”
4. Presented a scientific paper in the oral category of XV National Conference of the Hospital Infection Society India, HISICON 2018, October 3-6, Hyderabad, India.
   Title: “Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Hyderabad: A Retrospective Study”

State:

1. Awarded first prize for Best poster (Meghna Krishna Baveja Memorial award) presented at the 1st Quarterly Meet of IAMM Delhi Chapter held on 18th March 2023
   Title: “Prevalence of Pediatric Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance by Cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test from a tertiary care center”
2. Awarded first prize (Best paper) for a scientific paper in the oral category (Sri BK Rao Memorial Prize) presented at the Annual conference of XXIII IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2020
   Title: “Evaluation of in-vitro colistin susceptibility and clinical profile of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae related invasive infections”
3. Presented poster at XXII IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2019
   Title: “Elizabethkingia meningoseptica meningitis and bacteremia in a neonate: A case report”
4. Presented poster at XXI IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2018 Title: “Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A & B among children in a pediatric tertiary care hospital in South India”

Invited Talks

National:

1. Presented a Lecture on “VAE Surveillance” as a Resource person/Faculty in the “Certification Programme in Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare” held from 5th August to 8th August 2025 at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad

Membership

1. Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM) Life Member: LM-3519/22
2. Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists: Delhi Chapter (IAMM DC) Life Member: LTM-2699
3. Infection Control Academy of India (IFCAI)

Awards

International:

1.  Awarded “Cureus Laureate Status”, the highest honor reserved for the most valuable members for extraordinary contributions to the “Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences” (ISSN: 2168-8184) on 15th March 2025
2. Awarded attendance grant for the 21st Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) 2022

National:

1. Awarded first prize in the Preliminary/Local round in the National Quiz and attendance grant for 5th National Conference on Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in India, ASPICON 2023
2. Awarded first prize in the IAMM Quiz 2019 at the 43rd National Conference of IAMM, Microcon Mumbai 2019

State:

1. Awarded first prize for Best poster (Meghna Krishna Baveja Memorial award) presented at the 1st Quarterly Meet of IAMM Delhi Chapter held on 18th March 2023
2. Awarded first prize (Best paper) for a scientific paper in the oral category (Sri BK Rao Memorial Prize) presented at the Annual conference of XXIII IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2020

Institute Level:

1. Awarded second Prize in the Quiz Competition organised as a part of World Patient Safety Day Celebrations held from 8th to 17th September 2025 at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad

International:

1. 21st Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) 2022

National:

1. 48th National Conference of IAMM, Microcon New Delhi 2025
2. 5th National Conference on Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in India, ASPICON 2023
3. 43rd National Conference of IAMM, Microcon Mumbai 2019
4. 42nd National Conference of IAMM, Microcon Bengaluru 2018
5. XV National Conference of the Hospital Infection Society India, HISICON 2018

State:

1. 1st Quarterly Meet of IAMM Delhi Chapter 2023
2. XXIII IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2020
3. XXII IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2019
4. XXI IAMM TAPC Annual State Conference 2018