About
Working as a Professor & Head in the Department of Microbiology, SMS&R, and actively involved in academics and has contributed in implementing the new competency based medical education in the system.
Member:
- IAMM (Indian association of medical microbiologists), India
- ARTIST (Antibiotic resistance testing international support team), Sweden
- American Society for Microbiology, USA
- ISID (International society of Infectious diseases), USA
- IDSI (Infectious diseases society of India), India
Membership of editorial boards of journals / Review Committees
Reviewer:
- Journal of Medical Sciences, SKIMS.
- J K Practitioner, GMC, Srinagar.
- Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Journal of Laboratory Sciences
- Journal of Applied Biological Research
- Archives of International Surgery
- Annals of Clinical Pathology
Editorial Board:
- Microbiology and Related Research
- ActaScientifica Microbiology
Handled Projects:
- Assessment of Disease burden due to Leptospirosis - Sponsored by ICMR.
- Determination of Sensitivity profile & molecular typing of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis from Kashmir Valley - Sponsored by ICMR.
- Efficacy of Microbroth dilution test in early detection of MRSA, and Vancomycin
sensitivity in these MRSA strains - Sponsored by SKIMS.
- Establishment of State Level Viral Diagnostic Laboratory - Sponsored by ICMR/DHR.
- Establishment of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Network. Sponsored by NIV-CDC
- Rubella Mumps India (REMIND) – Multicenter Study- Sponsored by ICMR
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome Surveillance in India-Sponsored by ICMR
- National viral hepatitis surveillance programme project.
Sponsored by NCDC – MOH GOI