About

Schooling from St. Xaviers`s Delhi, Undergraduate and postgraduate alumuni of MAMC,New Delhi,More than 30 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching involving MBBS, MD, DM, MCh, PhD, BDS ,Nursing and other technical courses.

Experience

-Lady Hardinge Medical College((30 years)

-JN Medical College,Aligarh(4 years)

-MAMC and assoc hospitals,New Delhi(3 years)

-ABVIMS and Dr. RML Hospital,New Delhi(1 year)

Qualification

• M.D.,FIMSA,WHO (fellow)

Award & Recognition

• Gold Medal for Best MD Thesis (Para-clinical and Pre-clinical subjects), MAMC, University of Delhi, 1990
• WHO Fellowships:

-Biotechnology (2002–2003)&Outbreak Investigation and Epidemic Preparedness (2011)

• Dr. Gauri Bajaj Malik Prize for Allergy & Immunology Research, 2005
• Country Focused HIV/AIDS Control Plan, Osaka University, Japan, 1998
• Rashtriya Gaurav award in 2016 by IIFS
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Typhoid & Paratyphoid Bivalent Vaccine Development
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, AIIMS Madurai (January2024)
• Executive Council Member, IAMM (2024–2026)
• Technical Assessor: - National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, India and Technical Assessor with National Accreditation Apex Council (NAAC), Approved Assessor: NMC, New Delhi
• Subject Expert to UPSC, NBE, U.P. Council for Science & Education, and several national universities.
• Appraiser for NBE, New Delhi.
• Reviewer for:IJMR, Journal of Infection in Developing countries(JIDC),BMC Paeds, Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences,BMC Paeditrics and BMC pregnancy&child birth
• Member, High-Level Multidisciplinary Control Team, Pune, assisted State Health Department in implementation of cluster containment plan, microplan and check hospital preparedness (ICU and ventilator management) COVID- 19 Containment (April–May 2020)
• ICMR Expert, DeCoDe Panel – Determination of cause of death (April 2021)
• Central Team Member, Measles Outbreak Investigation (MOHFW Disaster management cell), Mallapuram, Kerala (Nov–Dec 2022)
• Central Team Member,Avian Influenza Outbreak, (MOHFW Disaster management cell),Andhra Pradesh(April 2025)
• Life Member: IAMM, Indian Association of Immunologists, Hospital Infection Society of India, Indian Federation of Sports Medicine, Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, Academy of Health Profession Educators and American Society for Microbiology
• External Examiner for MBBS, MD, DMLT & BDS courses across national/international universities

Research

Published over 45 national/international papers, . (Citations-709,h-index-15)

-More than 60 presentations in national and international conferences

-First author of 4 Textbooks and chapter contribution in 3 other text books

Certifications

MD,FIMSA,NABL Assessor, NAAC assessor, NMC assessor, NBE appraiser, Yoga Siromani (Teacher of Yoga), Critical Care Provider Certification

Area of Interest

Infectious diseases and Microbial typing