Microbiology
Faculty
Services
Courses & Short term Trainings
Research
Collaboration
Expansion plan
Microbiology
Vision
To set up a state of art department of clinical Microbiology which will focus on creating a clinical Microbiologist who will move from bench side to beside management of infectious diseases.
Mission
AIIMS Rishikesh has been set up primarily to cater to the needs of the local people of the hilly state of Uttarakhand and other surrounding states. Creating a centre of excellence for training and research in medical microbiologywill help to provide clinical consultation on investigation, diagnosis & treatment of patients suffering from infectious diseases and for implementing infection control programmes.
| Photo | Name & Qualifications | Designation | Areas of Interest | Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page |
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 | Dr. Vanya Singh | Assistant Professor | Clinical :- Research :- | singh.vanya26@gmail.com |
 | Dr. Pratima Gupta MBBS; MD Microbiology, MNAMS, CAFÉ, Fellow in HIV Medicine (FHM) | Professor & Head | Clinical :- Antimicrobial Stewardship, Evidence Based Medicine Research :- Bacterial drug resistance,Dengue, viral hepatitis, rabies, HICC,HIV/AIDS, Rickettsial Diseases | pratima.micro@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2971-5355 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Pratima_Gupta |
 | Dr. Balram Ji Omar M.D.,D.Orth ,PGDHM(I) , MAMS ,D.Litt | Professor | Clinical :- Infectious Disease & MDR (Molecular) OT Surveillance Research :- MDR –ESBL,MBL & MRSA, Candida and its pathogenicity, Waterborne pathogens and pollutants, Congenital Malaria, Phytochemicals and constituents and its antimicrobial property, Nanotechnology | balram.micro@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in |
 | Dr. Yogendra Pratap Mathuria M.B.B.S, M.D ( Microbiology) | Additional Professor | Clinical :- Mycology, Parasitology Research :- Mycology, Parasitology | ypm.1702@yahoo.com |
| Dr. Amber Prasad | Assistant Professor | Clinical :- Research :- |
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Services Available in the department:
Bacteriology
Mycobacteriology
Mycology
Virology Parasitology
HICC-
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Serology and Immunology
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Courses & Short term Trainings
| Name of the course | Curriculum | Duration of course | Present number of students | Objectives/ brief description of the course |
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| MBBS | 4.5 Year | To provide an understanding of the infectious disease in order to deal with the aetiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and control of infections. | ||
| MD | 3 Year |
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| PDCC Infectious diseases | 1 Year | Tocreateexpertswhocandiagnose andtreat patientswith infectiousdiseases. | ||
| PhD | 3 Year | To plan and carry out fundamental and specialized research |
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Research Projects
| Title | Site-Investigators | Principal Investigator | Collaboration, if any (Department and institute) | Funding Agency | Projects Status |
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| Antimicrobial resistance study on Multi drug resistant bacteria | Dr. Mohit Bhatia, Dr. Pratima Gupta, Dr. Balram Ji Omar | Central Research Lab, KIMMS, Bengaluru & NIHR, UK | Ongoing | ||
| Establishment and strengthening of laboratory for diagnosis of Dengue at AIIMS, Rishikesh | Dr. Pratima Gupta | Ongoing | |||
| Comparative evaluation of Front-loading sputum microscopy approach versus Standard RNTCP spot morning approach for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary health care centre in Uttarakhand | Satish Kumar Mahapatra, Dr. Puneet Kumar Gupta | STS ICMR 2018 Project-Completed-Report Submitted | Ongoing | ||
| Cross Sectional Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Perception, Attitude and Compliance among various Health Care | Ankit Goyal, Dr. Pratima Gupta | STS ICMR 2018 Project-Completed-Report Submitted | Ongoing | ||
| To study the association and expression of IL-33 levels with clinical and laboratory characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis. | Dr Manju Pai | Women Scientist Award -DST | Ongoing |
Projects (Extramural)
| Title | Site-Investigators | Principal Investigator | Intramural/ Extramural | Collaboration, if any (Department and institute) | Funding Agency | Projects Status |
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Projects (Intramural)
| Title | Site-Investigators | Principal Investigator | Intramural/ Extramural | Collaboration, if any (Department and institute) | Funding Agency | Projects Status |
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| Collaboration for | Collaboration with Department and institute | Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration |
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| Research | PGI Chandigarh, department of Microbiology | Dengue Virus sequencing Gaurav Badoni |
| Research | NIPER, Mohali | Nanoparticle development-Ms Diksha |
| Academic | Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee | Collaborative research project (Concept paper stage) submitted to ICMR for funding (Dr Deepjyoti Kalita as Co-investigator from AIIMS Rishikesh) |
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Clinical Services:
- Full-fledged IFA- autoimmune disease lab service – including All monoplex ELISA for ANA, ANCA, Automation (Phadiaetc). Also planning to cover, autoimmune liver, kidney profile etc
- Viral load testing for HBV, HCV & HIV
- Qualitative molecular testing of other infectious markers
- Cryptococcal antigen detection from CSF, galactomannan detection from serum and BAL samples.
- To establish fully equipped BSL 3 lab and Biomedical Waste pretreatment facility at AIIMS Rishikesh
Academics and teaching
- To start BScMLT, MScMLT, PDCC Immunology courses, DM in Infectious diseases
- Viral Diagnostic lab
- Rabies surveillance and testing center
Research
- Set up an Infectious Diseases center
- Flow cytometer based testing (with cell sorter),
- Next generation sequencing
- Tissue culture