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.

Faculty

Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page
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)	Professor	Clinical :- Mycology, Parasitology Research :- Mycology, Parasitology	ypm.1702@yahoo.com
Dr. Vanya Singh	Assistant Professor	Clinical :- Research :-	singh.vanya26@gmail.com
Dr. Amber Prasad	Associate Professor	Clinical :- Research :-

Photo	Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page

Services

Services Available in the department:

Bacteriology

Bacterial (Aerobic Culture)
Blood Culture-Automated
Gram Staining
Albert Staining

Mycobacteriology

Ziehl Neelsen Staining
Modified ZN Staining
AFB culture
CB- NAAT

Mycology

KOH mount
Indian Ink Staining
Fungal (Culture)

Virology

Parasitology

Stool R/M
Occult blood in stool

HICC-

Environmental
urveillance
CAUTI
VAP
SSI
Needle stick injuries
HBV Vaccination
Tetanus vaccination
Water
Air
CLABSI

Serology and Immunology

ANTI HIV Antibodies
HBSAG
ANTI HCV Antibodies
ICT FOR MALARIAL PARASITE
TYPHI DOT/ICT FOR TYPHOID/WIDAL
DENGUE IgG ANTIBODIES
DENGUE IgM ANTIBODIES
DENGUE NS1 ANTIGEN
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
RHEUMATOID FACTOR
ASO TITRE
RPR/VDRL
TOXOPLASMA IgM ANTIBODIES
TOXOPLASMA IgG ANTIBODIES
RUBELLA IGM ANTIBODIES
RUBELLA IGG ANTIBODIES
CMV IgM ANTIBODIES
CMV IgG ANTIBODIES
HSV IgM ANTIBODIES
HSV IgG ANTIBODIES
ANA IFA
ANCA IFA
ANTI ds- DNA IFA
Liver Mosaic
HAV IgM ANTIBODIES
HEV IgM ANTIBODIES
SCRUB TYPHUS
IgE ANTIBODIES
ANTI CCP
ANTI CARDIOLIPIN
ANTI HBS ANTIBODY

Courses & Short term Trainings

Name of the course	Duration of course	Objectives/ brief description of the course
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	To enable them to become a competent Medical Microbiologist. To apply their training in patient care for early diagnosis of the disease To utilize knowledge acquired for preparation of guidelines regarding infection control To plan and carry out fundamental and specialized research. To operate routine and sophisticated instruments in the laboratory
PDCC Infectious diseases	1 Year	Tocreateexpertswhocandiagnose andtreat patientswith infectiousdiseases.
PhD	3 Year	To plan and carry out fundamental and specialized research

Name of the course	Curriculum	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course

Research

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Projects Status
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

Projects (Intramural)

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Intramural/ Extramural	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Collaboration

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration
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)

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration

Expansion plan

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