Dr. Sumit Rai

Dr. Sumit Rai

Professor, MICROBIOLOGY
Dr. Sumit Rai

Designation : Professor

Qualification :

MBBS (2000) from UCMS, Delhi (University of Delhi)

MD in Microbiology (2006) from MAMC, Delhi  (University of Delhi),

PDCC in Infectious Diseases (2009) from SPGIMS, Lucknow.

Email :sumit_rai@aiimsmangalagiri.edu.in

Research Profile

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Area of Interest

    1. Bacteriology, Serology and Clinical Infectious Diseases
    2. Antimicrobial, Diagnostic and Hospital Infection Control Integrated Stewardship
    3. Establishing the COVID testing Facility at SSPH PGTI, performing RNA Extraction (Manual and automated), Mastermix preparation and performing screening and confirmatory RT PCR on Agilent Aria Mx and BioRad CFX96 DX
    4. Offsite / Remote NABL assessment of labs undergoing NABL Accreditation for COVID Testing and other RNA Viruses
    5. Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory capacity building for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
    6. Antimicrobial Agents and Quality Control in AST and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
    7. Parasitology
    8. Lead and Technical Assessor at NABL Medical Laboratory Accreditation as per ISO 15189:2012
    9. Past / Recent work done on:
        • Colistin BMD and Time Kills Assays
        • Changes in drug sensitivity patterns and MIC’s of Salmonella isolates over the past 5 years from a tertiary care centre and detection of mutation of gyrA gene by PCR-RFLP
        • Detection of AmpC beta lactamases and sensitivity patterns of Acinetobacter isolates
        • ESBL screening and confirmation in Enterobacteriaceae on a single plate by combining disc synergy and disc approximation tests
        • MBL detection in carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas using different phenotypic methods
        • Detection and Prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC) in Klebsiella and other Enterobacteriaceae members
        • Detection of Amp C beta lactamases form urinary isolates of family Enterobacteriaceae
        • Performing active screening and confirmatory tests for identification and detection of metallo beta lactamases (MBL) in Enterobacteriaceae with particular reference to New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamases (NDM)
        • Prevalence of Metallo beta lactamase in stool isolates from OPD patients (via Hospital Laboratory services)
        • Developed a novel in – house strip method for MIC determination of bacterial isolates (validated)
        • Screening of mobile phones of health care workers as source of potential pathogens
        • Isolation and Genetic Characterization of Linezolid Resistant Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (LRVRE) and Linezolid Resistant MRSA (LRMRSA) strain in India.
        • Early gut colonization of hospital delivered neonates with Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

Memberships

    1. Delegate and Premium Member, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute, since 2021
    2. Member of Editorial Board for Indian Journal of Medical Microbiologists, since 2020
    3. Founder Member and Director in Charge Publications, Society of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in India® [SASPI®], since 2021
    4. Life Member Indian Association Medical Microbiologists National Body, since 2014
    5. Life Member Indian Association Medical Microbiologists Delhi Chapter, since 2003
    6. Life Member Indian Association Medical Microbiologists UP-UK Chapter, since 2007

     

Honors / Awards

  1. Awarded with the Pyarelal Sharma Bishen Devi Gold Medal for Best Thesis for partial fulfillment of MD Microbiology in 2005 at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
  2. Awarded for the Best Poster entitled-“Laboratory Assessment of Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” at Indian Association of Medical Microbiology, Delhi Chapter held at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi on 21st April 2007.
  3. The publication: “Development of a TaqMan real time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of the newly emerging form of carbapenem resistance gene in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii”. Manchanda V, Rai S, Gupta S, Rautela RS, Chopra R, Rawat DS, Verma N, Singh NP, Kaur IR, Khare S, Bhalla P. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2011; 29 (3): 249-53, awarded the IAMM Best Published paper in Bacteriology for the year 2010-11
  4. Awarded Dr Srinivas Best Paper Award on Antibiotic Susceptibility for Poster presentation-“Detection of a novel C2571T and the classical G2576U mutation in linezolid resistant Staphylococcus aureus along with isolation of linezolid resistant Enterococcus faecium from a patient on short term linezolid therapy: First report from India” at IAMM Delhi Chapter at RML Hospital and PGIMER, New Delhi on 3rd August 2013.
  5. The publication: Detection of the classical G2576U mutation in linezolid resistant Staphylococcus aureus along with isolation of linezolid resistant Enterococcus faecium from a patient on short term linezolid therapy: First report from India. Rai S, Niranjan DK, Kaur T, Singh NP, Hada V, Kaur IR.. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015;33:21-24. awarded the IAMM Best Published paper in Bacteriology for the year 2014-15
  6. Awarded the “Overall Most Active and Best Participant” with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 5000/- at the 3rd National Hospital Infection Control Workshop at JIPMER from 18th to 23rd February 2019

Books / Chapters

Chapter 25: Management of Hospital Laundry Services and its Role in Prevention of HCAI’s, In: Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections, Prevention and Control by Vikas Manchanda and Sumit Rai. JayPee Publishers, 1st Edition; 2020.

Publications

Publications (Google Scholar Citations [1st Jan 2022: 490; h-Index-14; i-10 Index-15)

INTERNATIONAL PUBMED INDEXED JOURNALS (Old to New)                          Impact                                
1.     *Anusha Rohit, Shankar Rajasekaran, Suchitra Shenoy, Sumit Rai, Karunasagar I, Suresh Kumar D. Reprocessing of N95 masks: our experience from a resource limited setting in India. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Published 28th December 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.070 3.202
2.     Ravi Shankar, Nita Radhakrishnan, Seema Dua, Satyam Arora, Megha Rana, Dinesh K Sahu, Sumit Rai, Devendra K Gupta. Convalescent plasma to aid in recovery of COVID-19 pneumonia in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Transfusion and Apheresis Science 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2020.102956 1.285
3.     Gupta H, Gupta R, Rai S, Kataria H, Jain V, Shankar V. Is empirical use of the antibiotic combination of cefuroxime and clavulanic acid rational? Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 16, March 2019, Pages 150-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2018.12.017 2.706
4.     Singh NP, Choudhury DD, Gupta K*, Rai S, Batra P, Manchanda V, Saha R, Kaur IR. Predictors for gut colonization of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit. American Journal of Infection Control 2018; 46; e31-e35 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.007 2.030
5.     Rai S*, Rani M, Choudhury DD, Singh NP, Gupta A, Manchanda V. Failure to Decolonize Mupirocin and Linezolid Resistant MRSA from a Patient with Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection”. Journal of Infection and Public Health 2015 J Infect Public Health. 2016 Jan 30. Pii: S1876-0341(16)00011-3. Doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.12.020. [Epub ahead of print] 2.447
6.     Das DM, Khera R, Rai S. Mobile phone surveillance and relationship between quantitative cultures and type of mobile device: A pilot study. International Journal of Medical Science Research And Practice 1 (3), 71-74  
7.     Ravishankar A, Singh S, Rai S, Sharma A, Gupta S, Thawani R. Socio-econimic profile of patients with community acquired skin and soft tissue infections in Delhi. Pathogens and Global Health 2014 Oct 7:2047773214Y0000000154 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID 25292293 1.969
8.     Rai S, *Das D, Niranjan DK, Singh NP, Kaur IR. Carriage prevalence of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in stool samples: A surveillance study. Australasian Med J 2014:7(2):64-7. (Original Article) 1.51
9.     *Wadhwa V., Kumar S., Rai S., Kharbanda P., Kabra S., Sharma V.K. A pseudo outbreak of the contamination of blood cultures with Volvox globator”. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2005; 99 (6): 1-2. 1.969
10.  *Wadhwa V., Kabra S., Khaki P., Gur R., Bhalla P., Rai S., Kharbanda P., Mishra B., Uppal B., Singh A.V., Ahuja R.B., Gautam V.K. Outbreak of burn wound infections by Salmonella enterica serovar Menston and the role of disinfectant testing in finding the cause of spread”. J Hosp Inf. 2007; 65(2): 180-1. 3.354
11.  *Jain M., Rai S., Chakravarti A. Chikungunya: A Review. Trop Doct. 2008 Apr;38(2):70-2. 0.58
12.  Rai S., *Chakravarti A, Matlani M, Bhalla P, Aggarwal Vijay, Singh N, Diwan R. Clinico-laboratory Findings of Patients during Dengue Outbreak from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi. Trop Doct. 2008 Jul;38(3):175-7. 0.58
Cumulative Impact Factor for International Pubmed Indexed Journals 21.632
NATIONAL PUBMED INDEXED JOURNALS (New to Old)                                      Impact
13.  Dwivedi N, *Rai S, Sharma PK, Rai R. Hits and Misses in Treatment of ESCPM Gram Negative Infections. Indian J Med Microbiol 2021 (Accepted Manuscript, In Press) 0.988
14.  *Rai S, Hasan AS, Kapil A, Dahiya S. Aminoglycosides and Tigecycline: Two Misinterpreted Choices for Typhoid Fever. Indian J Med Microbiol 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.09.002 0.988
15.  Rai S, *Rai R, Singh DK, Nandwani S. Neonatal Salmonella Paratyphi B Sepsis: A Case Report. J Neonatol, 2021: 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973217920977544
16.  *Rai S, Sharma PK, Tyagi N, Agarwal S. Community acquired Infection caused by Small Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus. Indian J Med Microbiol 2020; 38(2): 216-18, doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_250 0.988
17.  *Choudhury DD, Singh NP, Rai S, Batra P, Manchanda V. Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae neonatal gut colonization: A future concern in healthcare settings. Indian Journal of Microbiology Research, July-September, 2018;5(3):348-354. DOI: 10.18231/2394-5478.2018.0073 0.988
18.  *Rai S, Tandon M, Singh NP, Manchanda V, Kaur IR. Development, optimization, standardization, and validation of a simple in-house agar gradient method to determine minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin for Staphylococcus aureus. J Lab Physicians. 2019 Jul-Sep;11(3):220-228. doi: 10.4103/JLP.JLP_11_19. PubMed PMID: 31579244; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6771310. 0.7
19.  Ateriya N, Kumar A, Rai S, Barnerjee KK. Microbial profile of infections in burn patients. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. 2017; 34 (1): 46-50 0.08
20.  Mathew JL, Rai S, Sahi P, Kumar V. Oral Azithromycin for Acute Episodic Airway Symptoms in Young Children: Evidence-based Medicine Viewpoint. Indian Pediatr. 2016 Mar;53(3):244-7 1.403
21.  *Rai S. Breaking the “One Disease, One Organism Myth”. Indian Pediatrics 2016;53:115-116 1.403
22.  *Rai S, Niranjan DK, Kaur T, Singh NP, Hada V, Kaur IR. Detection of the classical G2576U mutation in linezolid resistant Staphylococcus aureus along with isolation of linezolid resistant Enterococcus faecium from a patient on short term linezolid therapy: First report from India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015;33:21-24 0.988
23.  *Rai S. Azithromycin zone interpretation for Salmonella: Time to Adopt BSAC’s zone diameters? Indian J Med Microbiol 2014;32:465-6 0.988
24.  *Rai S, Niranjan DK, Mishra P, Singh NP. Antibiotic pressure mediated selection of non – biofilm forming strain of Elizabethkingia meningosepticum causing fatal nosocomial meningitis in a term infant”. Indian J Path Microbiol 2013; 56: 307-9. 0.529
25.  Niranjan DK, Singh NP, Manchanda V, *Rai S, Kaur IR. Multiple Carbapenem Hydrolyzing Genes in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. Indian J Med Microbiol 2013; 31(3): 237-41. 0.988
26.  *Rai S, Niranjan DK, Singh NP, Kaur IR. Carbapenemase Producing Proteus: Any Therapeutic Suggestions? Indian J Med Microbiol 2013; 31: 200-1. 0.988
27.  *Rai S, Marak RSK, Jain S. Posterior Fossa Cryptococcoma in a patient with Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2012; 30 (3): 367-70. 0.988
28.  Wadhwa V, *Rai S, Thukral T, Chopra M. Laboratory Quality Management System: Road to Accreditation and Beyond”. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2012; 30 (2):55-60. 0.988
29.  *Rai S, Jain S, Prasad KN, Ghoshal U, Dhole TN. Rationale for Azithromycin prescribing practices for Enteric Fever in India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2012; 30(1): 30-3. 0.988
30.  *Rai S, Manchanda V, Singh NP, Kaur IR. Zinc Dependant Carbapenemases in Clinical Isolates of Family Enterobacteriaceae. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2011; 29 (3):275-9. 0.988
31.  *Manchanda V, Rai S, Gupta S, Rautela RS, Chopra R, Rawat DS, Verma N, Singh NP, Kaur IR, Khare S, Bhalla P. Development of a TaqMan real time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of the newly emerging form of carbapenem resistance gene in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2011; 29 (3): 249-53. 0.988
32.  Rai S, *Wadhwa V, Kharbanda P. A case of poly-parasitism involving a trematode and four different nematodes in a migrant from Bihar. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007; 25(1): 62-3. 0.988
33.  *Wadhwa V., Kharbanda P., Rai S. How reliable are serological tests in diagnosis of cysticercosis? Indian J Med Microbiol. 2006; 24(1): 78-9. 0.988
34.  *Wadhwa V, Kharbanda P, Rai S., Uppal B. Urogenital myiasis due to Chrysomyia bezziana. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2006; 24(1): 70-1. 0.988
35.  *Wadhwa V., Rai S., Kharbanda P., Kabra S., Gur R., Sharma V.K. Fatal case of pulmonary infection by Nocardia brasiliensis”. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2006; 24(1): 63-4. 0.988
Cumulative Impact Factor for National Pubmed Indexed Journals 17.867

*Corresponding Author

NON PUBMED INDEXED JOURNALS

  1. Brijwal M., *Rai S., Singh N.P., Kaur I.R. Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA)- Types & modifications” Jeevanu Times. 2010; 9(1):7-8 (Review)

37.  *Rai S., Ghoshal U., Ghoshal U.C. A case of Polyparasitism in a patient with Ulcerative Colitis. Jeevanu Times. 2010; 9(1):1-2 (Case Report)l

  1. De Kaustuv, *Rai S, Singh NP, Kaur IR. MALDI – TOF: In Diagnosis and Research. Jeevanu Times 2011; 11(2): 13-6 (Review)

INDEXED INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

  1. Detection of carbapenemase enzymes in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Re-modified Hodge Test and other phenotypic methods. Jain S, Rai S, Prasad KN, Dhole TN, Maurya A.Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 17, Issue Supplement S4, May 2011, S179
  2. Rationale of azithromycin prescribing practices in India. Jain S, Rai S, Prasad KN, Dhole TN, Maurya AK. 5th Ditan International Conference on Infectious Diseases, PP027, July 2011; Volume 15 (Suppl 1): S52
  3. Unusual Gram Negative Infections: An Emerging Threat. Jain S, Rai S. International Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol 21, Suppl 1, 336 April 01, 2014

42.  *Rai S, Tandon M, Singh N and Kaur I. Development, optimization, standardization and validation of a simple in-house agar gradient method to determine vancomycin MICs for Staphylococcus aureus [v1; not peer reviewed]. F1000Research 2016, 5:603 (poster) (doi: 10.7490/f1000research.1111668.1). 17th International Congress of Infectious Diseases [ICID], March 2016, Hyderabad

 

As Guest Speaker / Examiner / External Expert / Faculty / Resource Personnel / Judge / Panelist

 

  1. Guest Speaker at MICROCON Guwahati 2021. Surviving Sepsis 2021 on 22nd December 2021 (Online)
  2. Guest Speaker at AIMS Kochi & Medanta 17th December 2021 (Online)
  3. Guest Speaker and Panelist at  ASPICON held on 3rd 4th December 2021, AIIMS Patna (Offline)
  4. Guest Speaker BD Master Class with Dr Patrick Murray 1st December 2021 (Online) with Becton Dickinson (Online)
  5. Faculty / Facilitator at the WHONET Training Workshop under WHO and IAMM-DC on 29th and 30th November 2021[Hotel Crowne Plaza, Greater NOIDA (Offline)
  6. Guest Speaker at the IAMM Pre Conference CME on 26th November 2021 under the aegis of IAMM Delhi Chapter: Annual Conference on 26th November 2021 (Offline). Diagnostic Armamentarium for Fever of Unknown Origin
  7. Guest Speaker at Pre Conference Workshop held by UCMS, Delhi under the aegis of IAMM Delhi Chapter on 25th November 2021 (Online)
  8. Guest Speaker at CME held by ESI Basaidarapur on the occasion of World Antibiotic Awareness Week: on 24th November 2021 (Offline). Understanding PKPD of Antibiotics and Practical Implications
  9. Judge for online National PG Seminar competition conducted by Department of Microbiology, VMKV Medical College & Hospitals, Salem to commemorate  the World  Antimicrobial Awareness Week on 22.11.2021 (Online)
  10. Guest Speaker at CME held by UCMS, Delhi on the occasion of World Antibiotic Awareness Week: AMSP – The Solution for the AMR Menace on 18th November 2021 (Offline). Antibiotic dose Adjustment in infections- PK/PD & MIC of drugs
  11. External Examiner for BDS Final outgoing exam at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 9th and 10th November 2021 (Offline)
  12. Guest Speaker at CME held by KMC Mangalore under the aegis of American Society of Microbiology. Microbiologists Perspective to Diagnostic Stewardship on 9th October 2021 (Online)
  13. Guest Speaker and Resource Personnel at JIPMER Puducherry, 5th National Workshop on HICC at JIPMER Pondicherry on 2nd October 2021 (2 Lectures in Offline Mode)
  14. Guest Speaker at AIIMS, Raipur, 15th September 2021 Real Case Scenarios in Antimicrobial Stewardship (Online)
  15. External Examiner for PDCC (Infectious Diseases) on 22nd July 2021 AIIMS, Bhopal (Ofline)
  16. Guest Lecture on PK PD of Antimicrobials, taken on 19th May 2021. Institute of Child Health. Madras Medical College. (Online)
  17. External Examiner for MBBS (Microbiology) from 20th to 23rd April 2020 at KGMU, Lucknow (Offline)
  18. Panelist and Moderator for Panel Discussion on “CLSI 2021: What to Expect?” at the E-MICROCON 2020 on 11th December 2020 (Online)
  19. Guest Speaker for E-MICROCON 2020, Pre – Conference Workshops at MAMC Delhi (Quality Control in RT-PCR) and CNBC, Delhi (Complicated UTI) 8th December 2020 (Online)
  20. Judge for E-Posters for the National AIIMS, ASM Webinar on Antibiotic Resistance: Renewed Fight held on 7th and 8th October 2020 (Online)
  21. Guest Speaker during Post Graduate Induction Program at Aligarh Muslim University (through webinar) on 30th June 2020: PK PD of Antibiotics (Online)
  22. External Examiner for MD (Microbiology) from 17th to 19th June 2020 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
  23. Guest Speaker at Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad for the National Convention on Hospital Infection Control from 13th March to 15th March 2020.
  24. External Examiner for 2nd Professional MBBS Practical at KGMU, Lucknow, From 3rd to 6th March 2020.
  25. Guest Speaker at JIPMER Pondicherry on 1st February 2020 at National Workshop on Hospital Infection Control, JIPMER Pondicherry 29th Jan to 1st Feb 2020
  26. External Examiner for DM (Infectious Diseases) on 9th and 10th December 2019 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
  27. External Examiner for Outgoing Exam for Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi on 27th December 2019 at CNBC.
  28. Guest Speaker at PGIMER Chandigarh on 23rd November 2019 at CME on Recent Advances and Challenges in Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Infections
  29. Guest Speaker and Resource Personnel at the second ASPICON (Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Initiative Conference) held at AIIMS Bhopal no 11th and 12th November 2019.
  30. Guest Speaker at the Debate on “AMR: Are we doing Enough” at the Annual IAMM Delhi Chapter held on 2nd November 2019 at India Habitat Center
  31. Subject Matter Expert (SME) with American Society for Microbiology, USA under the ECHO Project in coordination with CDC and NCDC, India w.e.f. 22nd October 2019 to 15th September 2020.
  32. Guest Speaker during IAMM Odisha Chapter at Apollo Hospital Bhubaneshwar on 28th and 29th September 2019
  33. External Examiner for DM (Infectious Diseases) on 8th and 9th May 2019 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
  34. Guest Speaker and Resource Personnel at UP / UK Chapter of IAMM on 1st and 2nd February 2019on Hospital Antbiograms at Era’s Medical College, Lucknow
  35. Subject Matter Expert (SME) during Expert Group Meeting on Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi on 2nd January 2019
  36. External Examiner for Outgoing Exam for Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi on 24th December 2018 at CNBC.
  37. External Examiner for Entrance Exam for Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi on 4th December 2018 at CNBC.
  38. Guest Speaker at North West MICROCON 2018 held by Department of Microbiology DMC, Ludhiana on 13th October 2018 on Management of Gram Negative MDRO’s
  39. Faculty during the Exclusive Two Day Workshop on Paeditaric Hematology Oncology Nursing conducted by Department of Pediatric Hematoncology at SSPH PGTI on 29-30th September 2018
  40. Invited as Guest Speaker at AIIMS New Delhi, for a CME held during the National Medical Professional Week 19th – 20th July 2018
  41. Invited as Guest Speaker at PEDSEPSIS 2018 CME at CNBC Delhi on 4th May 2018
  42. Invited as Expert for selection of Senior Resident in Microbiology at CNBC on 21st April 2018
  43. Invited as Guest Speaker at CME Organized by Dept Pathology at Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareli on 8th April 2018
  44. External Examiner at 2nd Professional MBBS Examination at KGMU, Lucknow 7th to 10th March 2018
  45. Invited as External Examiner for Entrance Exam for Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi on 19th December 2017 at CNBC.
  46. Guest Speaker and Practical Workshop Convener at National CME Cum Workshop On Hospital Infection Control And Antimicrobial Stewardship Program held at SGPGIMS Lucknow on 12th – 15th December 2017: AMR Surveillance and WHONET and WHONET Practical
  47. Guest Speaker and Panelist at IAAM Delhi Chapter Satellite Workshop on “Optimizing Antimicrobial Stewardship in a public health care setting : challenges & opportunities” Lecture Topic: Tools for monitoring surveillance in Antimicrobial Stewardship at UCMS
  48. Guest Speaker and Panelist at MICROCON 2017 at RIMS Ranchi for the session on “Paediatrics Infections” 26th November, 2017
  49. Invited as Judge for Reviewing Abstracts submitted for Bacteriology (Poster / Oral Presentation) at MICROCON 2017, RIMS, Ranchi
  50. Invited as Guest Speaker at the 2nd PG Assembly organized at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 21st August 2017 under the aegis of IAMM, Delhi Chapter
  51. Invited Expert for selection committee of candidates for Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi on 18th January 2017 at CNBC.
  52. Invited as Guest Speaker at MICROCON2016 at PGIMER Chandigarh on 26th November 2016
  53. Invited as Guest Speaker at Dept of Orthopedics GMCH, Chandigarh on 25th November 2016
  54. Invited as Judge for Reviewing Abstracts submitted for Bacteriology (Poster / Oral Presentation) at MICROCON 2016, PGIMER Chandigarh
  55. Invited as Guest Speaker on “Diagnosis of Implant Associated infections in Plastic Surgery” at Medanta, the Medicity under IAMM Delhi Chapter on 20th August 2016
  56. Invited as Guest Speaker for a presentation on “Clinical Utility of MIC and its Role in Treatment” at Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi for a CME cum Training during the Hand Hygiene Week on 6th May 2016
  57. Invited as Guest Speaker for a presentation on “Clinical Utility of MIC and its Role in Treatment” at Indian Spinal Injuries Center, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi for a CME cum Training on Antimicrobial Stewardship on 28-29th April 2016
  58. Faculty, Nodal Officer and Resource Personnel for the WHO Fellowship Training Program on “Antibiotic Resistance testing, Quality Assurance and Surveillance” under the Aegis of WHO India at Department of Microbiology VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital from 3rd – 8th August 2015.
  59. Invited as Guest Speaker and Workshop Faculty at 15th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control and 13th National conference of the Hospital Infection Society of India workshop held at Maulana Azad medical College, New Delhi 21-24th March 2015
  60. Invited as Guest Speaker for “Hands on Workshop on Molecular Diagnosis and Challenges: Pediatric Infectious Diseases” at CNBC, under the aegis of IAMM-Delhi Chapter on 26th November 2014
  61. Invited as Guest Expert at the “National symposium and Workshop on Prudent Use of Antimicrobials and Infection Control” under the aegis of IAMM [UP chapter] held at Subharti Medical College Hospital on 8th April 2014.
  62. Invited as Guest Speaker and Resource Personnel at Pre – Conference Workshop entitled “Detection of Beta Lactamases: Phenotypic and Genotypic Methods” at MICROCON 2011: The XXXVth National Conference of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists held at IMS, BHU, Varanasi from 23rd – 26th November 2011.
  63. Invited to judge free poster session at MICROCON 2011: The XXXVth National Conference of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists held at IMS, BHU, Varanasi from 23rd – 26th November 2011.
  64. Invited as Expert on Panel Discussion on “Guidelines for Use of Antibiotics in Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice” by Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, 22nd March 2011
  65. Conducted a CME cum Satellite workshop under the aegis of IAMM Delhi Chapter entitled “Quality Control in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing” in Dept of Microbiology UCMS & GTB Hospital in March 2010.

 

Major Laboratories Assessed as Technical Assessor for NABL under ISO 15189:2012 and NABL 112

  • Dept of Microbiology, PGIMER Chandigarh
  • Lal Path Labs, Rohini Delhi
  • Dept of Microbiology, AIIMS Delhi
  • Dept of Microbiology, AIIMS Patna
  • Dept of Microbiology, KGMU Lucknow