I’m an Undergraduate and Postgraduate alumni of JSS Medical college iam currently working as Senior Resident in the Department of Microbiology. I taken keen interest in developing innovative teaching methods for undergraduates. Actively involved in teaching postgraduates, undergraduates, BDS, MSc Medical microbiology students and BSc allied health courses. My thrust areas of Research includes Infectious diseases and Hospital Infection control. I am also a Co-PI for the project funded by JSSAHER. Iam currently guiding MSC Post graduate students in their thesis on various topics like Mycology, Viriology and Drug resistance.
Ongoing Projects
- Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods for colistin against
- carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary care hospital of Southern India
(Role – Co-PI)
- Surveillance of Multidrug resistant ,Extensively Drug resistant & Pandrug resistant organisms for the health care facilities using Automated AST system – A large scale National Multicentric study
(Role – Co-PI)