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MISSION STATEMENT

Dedicated to provide microbial diagnostic facilities

• 1. Providing state-of-the-art medical care to the patients of Gautam Buddha Nagar & neighboring districts
• 2. Imparting comprehensive medical education to the postgraduates, undergraduates, nursing officers and health care workers (HCW)
• 3. Molecular diagnostics and research in emerging microbial pathogens
• 4. Implementation of infection prevention control practices & Antimicrobial Stewardship.

RESEARCH PROJECTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Varun Goel

• 1. Antimicrobial consumption and microbial resistance pattern in patients admitted in ICU at a tertiary care hospital in North India (Funding agency GIMS) n North India (Funding agency GIMS)
• 2. Device-associated health care-associated infection in an intensive care unit in Covid-19 patients (Funding agency GIMS) completed
• 3. Environmental Surface Sampling in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Funding agency GIMS) completed
• 3. Efficacy of urine based human papillomavirus screening for cervical cancer (Funding agency Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)
• 3. Characterization of bacterial isolates, antibiotic resistance patterns, and risk factors for acquisition in Hospital-acquired infections in the adult intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital in North India (Funding agency GIMS)



Research Project as Co-Investigator (Co-PI): Dr. Varun

• 1. “Incidence of adverse outcomes and risk factors for mortality among Mucormycosis patients in India: a multi-centric ambispective cohort study, 2021-2022”. (Funding agency ICMR-NIE)
• 2. “Identification and Molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Tuberculosis suspected patients” (Funding agency The Tuberculosis Association of India, New Delhi) completed
• 3. “Development of Isothermal-PCR and CRISPR-Cas12 based rapid and portable coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 detection kit”. (Funding agency DBT-BIRAC 2020).

CME/WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Training workshop on "Handling infectious Biological material with special reference to COVID-19" conducted on 20-6-22 supported by CDC.

Guest and Faculty lecture to commemorate WORLD TB DAY on 24th March 2022

CME on "Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship", on 6th September 2021.

CME cum workshop on "Recent Advances in CSSD and its role in Hospital Infection Control", on 14th September 2021 with collaboration of Department of Anesthesia

CME cum workshop on ‘Hospital Infection Control Practices:Challenges& Solutions’, on 23rd and 24thJuly 2019 supported by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) and American society for Microbiology(ASM).

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• 1. Improvement in infrastructure in the form of all seven section of microbiology laboratory, library and museum
• 2. Improvement in the equipment status like BSL 2, CO2 incubator,Refrigerated centrifuge etc. available
• 3. Automated Blood Culture , Automated Bacterial Identification & Suscepetibility Testing (Vitek-2) , Automated immuno analyser(abbot) , MGIT -960 for Mycobactrium culture & drug sensitivity ,Biorad Real time PCR ,Bio safety Cabinet class II B2 ,Horizontal Autoclave

Notable Accomplishments Across the Career

• 1. Exhibited leadership in Antimicrobial Surveillance and Institution of Antibiotic Stewardship in the Hospital Infection Control Program
• 2. Led & managed CSSD Programs of the hospital and surveillance of the operation theatres and ICUs
• 3. Administered Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to formulate antibiotic policies and suggested mitigation measures to reduce average length of stay of the patients in the hospitals
• 4. Rendered advice to the clinicians during routine clinical ward rounds in the ICU settings regarding appropriate and judicious use of anti- microbial agents
• 5. Performed HIV research on Molecular sub-typing of HIV-1 by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay and also used Isothermal Loop Amplification Methodology (LAMP) for the first time in the Armed Forces to analyse 100 dengue virus samples and 300 samples of Japanese encephalitis virus
• 6. Directed a Multispecialty Mid zonal Hospital and worked as a Team Leader to manage critically ill patients
• 7. Worked as a Team Leader to upgrade Army Hospital Laboratories to the state-of-the-art molecular levels during the outbreak of H1N1 in New Delhi
• 8. Steered efforts in streamlining Microbiology laboratories at Army Hospital (R&R) New Delhi and at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
• 9. CBRN courses for Medical Officer at Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior
• 10. Conducted DNB (Microbiology) Exam twice at AFMC, Pune

Other Assignments

• 1. Organizing Secretary Maharashtra Chapter of IAMM, Mahamicrocon 2013 &President Maharashtra State Chapter of IAMM year 2013-2014
• 2. Organizing Chairperson for CME ‘Diagnostic Advances in Laboratory Medicine’ at Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt in 2010
• 3. Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantonment, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and AFMC, Pune
• 4. Organized CEP on ‘Diagnostic techniques in Virology’ at DRDE, Gwalior, 2006
• 5. MBBS Examiner: MUHS, AIIMS, New Delhi
• 6. MD Examiner: Pune University, MUHS, AIIMS, New Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh University, New Delhi
• 7. MD Microbiology Supervisor, Delhi University,
• 8. PhD Examiner: AIIMS, New Delhi, PGI Chandigarh, Punjab University, Goa University and MUHS, Nashik
• 9. Guide for MD Students; rendered guidance toMD Microbiology students at AFMC, Pune, Pune University, Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi and Delhi University
• 10. MCI Inspector for under graduate and post graduate recognition of Medical Colleges
• 11. Core group member: National Disaster Management Authority, NDMA, Govt. of India for the formulation of National guidelines for the Biological Disaster Management and mass casualty evacuation
• 12. INMAS: Member in task force for formulation of training courses on Medical Disaster Management
• 13. International Referee to review: J Clinical Lab Analysis London, Cytocon, Viral immunology and Archives of Clinical Microbiology
• 14. National Referee to review Indian J of Virology, IJPM, MJAFI, IJMM, IJMR, Med J DY Patil Univ.
• 15. Referee and Expert for Armed Forces Research Projects 16. Secretary, Hospital Infection Control Committee at Army Hospital (R&R) New Delhi
• 17. Chaired a session on Infectious Diseases of Military Importance; 38th World Congress of Military Medicine, Kaula Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia 4-9 October 2009 and also delivered lecture as Plenary Speaker
• 18. Worked as Consultant with ICMR, New Delhi in the project “Antimicrobial surveillance network and anti- microbial resistance monitoring”

Research Experience

• 1. 5 years research work at National HIV/AIDS Reference Centre in the Dept. of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (Jul’95 to Sep’01)
• 2. 2 years research experience in Virology Division at Defence Research & Development Establishment Ministry of Defence, Jhansi Road, Gwalior
• 3. Area of Research & work:
• 4. Detection and Development of Monoclonal Antibody based Detection Kits against ENV Region of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JE), Recombinant Protein of JE Virus and also against Whole Viral Lysate
• 5. Actively engaged in cultivation of Dengue and JE viruses, Sequencing of the Isolated Strains andPurification of the Viral Protein for use in the indigenously made Detection Kits
• 6. Standardization of RT Based and Multiplex PCR for the Rapid Detection of 04 Serotypes of Dengue Viruses and different Strains of JE Virus
• 7. Sub-typing of HIV-1 by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay at AFMC, Pune as a National AIDS Research

Project (2003 to 2005)

• a. (Funded by NACO)
• b. 03 Major Research Projects based on RT-LAMP based detection of Dengue genotypes ; Newer genomic methods for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and MALDI-TOF based detection of atypical mycobacteria

Awards & Achievements

• 1. Kasturba Fellowship during MBBS by MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha year 1978
• 2. Silver Medal for securing 1st position in MBBS
• 3. Silver Medal for securing 1st in Physiology and Bronze Medal for standing 2nd in Anatomy in 1st MBBS
• 4. Chief of the Army Staff Award–2004for the Best Article published in the field of Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Hematology, entitled “Genomic Diversity of HIV-1 in India”. Award presented on 2ndFebruary 2004 at the AFMRC meet at AFMC, Pune; Authors: A K Sahni; VVSP Prasad; P Seth
• 5. Best Paper Published Award for the year 2005 by Medical Journal Armed Forces India, presented by the DGAFMS during the AFMRC meet at AFMC, Pune on 06thFeb 2006. Title of the paper selected for the Award; ‘Outbreak of Viral Hepatitis E in a Regimental training Center, Authors:Lt. Col. A Banerjee;Lt.ColA K Sahni; Lt. Col.Rajiva; Brig.ANagendra; Col. G S Saiprasad
• 6. Best Paper Published, Defence Research and Development Establishment Brig.(Dr) KM Rao Gold Medal Award for the Year 2006 for the Biological Life Sciences. Award presented on 28thDec 2006 by the Director, DRDE on the occasion of DRDE raising day. Title of the paper selected for the Award; “Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak, India, 2005”, Authors: ManmohanParida, Paban K. Dash, Nagesh K. Tripathi, Ambuj, SanthoshSannarangaiah, ParagSaxena, SurekhaAgarwal,Ajay K. Sahni, Sanjay P. Singh,†Arvind K. Rathi,‡ RakeshBhargava, Ajay Abhyankar, Shailendra K. Verma, Putcha V. LakshmanaRao, and Krishnamurthy Sekhar
• 7. Best Paper Published Award for the Year 2006 by the Medical Journal Armed Forces India. Award presented by the DGAFMS during the AFMRC meet at AFMC, Pune on 07thFeb 2007. Title of the paper selected for the Award; "Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) A/AE Circulating Recombinant Forms in India: Possible Implications”, Authors: Lt. Col. RM Gupta, Dr. P Seth, Mr. VVSP Prasad, Lt. Col. AK Sahni, Col. J Jena
• 8. Chief of the Army Staff Award–2012for the best article published in the field of Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Hematology, entitled “Reverse Transcription Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT LAMP) for Diagnosis of Dengue.” Award presented on 8thFebruary 2013 at the AFMRC meet at AFMC, Pune, Authors:Brig.AKSahni, Col. Naveen Grover, Maj ID Khan, Brig.AK Sharma
• 9. Chief of the Army Staff Award-2016for the best article published in the field of Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Hematology, entitled “Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Enterococci at a Tertiary Care Centre.” Award presented on 6thFebruary 2017 at the AFMRC meet at AFMC, Pune, Authors:MajPuneet Bhatt, Brig.A.K. Sahni, SurgCmde A.K. Praharaj, (Retd)Col. Naveen Grover, SurgCdr C.N. Chaudhari
• 10. Fogarty AIDS International Training Fellowship by Univ. of California, Los Angeles, USA in the Year 1996
• 11. Genomic Diversity in the Envelope Gene of HIV-1 in India. (ORAL), Maitra A, Seth P, Sahni AK, Broor S, Dar L. Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi; Best Paper Presentation Award, First International Conference on AIDS INDIA 2000 Nov 27thto Dec 1997 held at Chennai, India
• 12. International Award by The International AIDS Society, 2ndIAS conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment held at PARIS, July 13thto 16th 2003
• 13. Scholarship to attend IVth International conference on AIDS India 2003 at Chennai 9 to 12th Nov 2003
• 14. International Award by The International AIDS Society, XV International AIDS conference held at Bangkok, July 11thto 16th 2004
• 15. Bagged 2nd prize for Fighting Superbugs-Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns and Infection Control Experience at a Tertiary Care ICU. Lall M, Khan ID, Sahni AK. Poster session presented at International Conference on Hospital Acquired Superbugs; 2012 Mar 23-24; Ambala, India

Publications/ Presentations

Chapters in Books

• 1. Worked as a member in writing guidelines for DHR-ICMR, Diagnosis and Management of Rickettsial Diseases in India, 2015
• 2. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism in the manual- Mollicutes Techniques and Molecular Technology, CME, Monograph series No .V; published by National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2003
• 3. Biochemistry of AIDS in Text book of Medical Biochemistry by MN Chatterjea and RanaShinde, Chapter No. 46, Sixth Edition 2004, pp 760-772; published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi
• 4. Polymerase Chain Reaction and Real Time PCR; Biochemistry of Cholera-Vibrio Toxins, Pathogenesis; Gene Therapy in Text Book of Medical Biochemistry by MN Chatterjea and RanaShinde. Chapter No. 18, 20, 21 Seventh Edition 2007, pp 266-272; 278-288; 289-295. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi
• 5. National Disaster Management Guidelines-Medical Preparedness and Mass Casualty Management, 2007, a publication of National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India. ISBN978-81-906483-6-3, Oct’07, New Delhi
• 6. National Disaster Management Guidelines- Management of Biological Disasters, 2008, publication of National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India. ISBN978-81-906483-6-3, Jul’08, New Delhi
• 7. Diarrheal Diseases in Text Book of Environmental Medicine, edited by Maj Gen Velu Nair, publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; ISBN/ EAN : 9789351292470; binding: Paperback; published in 2014
• 8. ICMR Annual Report 2019: Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research Network; Jan 2019 to Dec 2019; Compiled by Dr K Walia, Dr VC Ohri and Dr Ajay Kumar Sahni
• 9. Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Specific to Recombinant Dengue Multi-Epitope Protein

National Publications

• 1. A Profile of Patients in ICU with special reference to Infective Patterns (Two-year study) Rajatkumar, JPB Talukdar, AK Sahni, SK Dham, BN Shahi-Army Hospital, R&R, Delhi Cantt. JAPI 2000; 48:78
• 2. HIV/AIDS in India: Genetic Subtypes of HIV-1 Circulating in India Seth P, Sahni AK, Prasad VVSP, Maitra A. Dept. of Microbiology AIIMS, New Delhi, published in Ranbaxy Science Foundation, round table conference series Apr’00; 6: 33-39
• 3. HIV-1 Subtypes and Its Implication and Viral Dynamics A K Sahni, A Nagendra, P K Menon Med. J. Armed Forces Ind.Jan 2002; 58: 66-69
• 4. Sahni, A. K., Raghunath, D., Nagendra, A., & Seth, P. (Dec’03). Genetic Subtyping of HIV-1 Strains Circulating in India by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay. JClinicalVirol (Vol. 28, pp. S72-S73). PO BOX 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier Science BV
• 5. HIV Vaccine Strategies-An Update A K Sahni, A Nagendra Med. J. Armed Forces Ind. Apr 2004; 60: 157-164Early detection of HIV-1 in Infants by PCR.A K Sahni; R M Gupta; J Jena; M N G Nair.Indian. J. Pathol. Microbiol.2005; 48(1): 49-52
• 6. Genomic Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Lt. Col. RM Gupta, Lt. Col. AK Sahni, Col. J Jena, Col. SK NemaMed. J. Armed Forces Ind. Apr’05; 61: 267-270
• 7. Outbreak of Viral Hepatitis E in a Regimental Training Center- Lt. Col. A Banerjee; Lt. Col. A K Sahni; Lt. Col. Rajiva; Brig. A Nagendra; Col. G S Saiprasad Med. J. Armed Forces Ind.2005; 61: 326-329
• 8. Seroepidemiological and Molecular Investigation of an Outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Gorakhpur, 2005 M MParida, N K Tripathi, Ambuj, P Saxena, SR Santhosh, P K Dash, S Agarwal, A K Sahni et al. Indian Journal of Virology. 2006; 17: 16
• 9. Serological and Molecular Investigation of Dengue Outbreak in Mumbai, India SR Santhosh, P K Dash, M MParida, A K Sahni et al Indian Journal of Virology. 2006; 17:16
• 10. Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) A/AE Circulating Recombinant Forms in India: Possible Implication Lt. Col. RM Gupta, Dr. P Seth, Mr. VVSP Prasad, Lt. Col. AK Sahni, Col. J Jena Med. J. Armed Forces Ind. 2006; 62: 316-320
• 11. Resurgence of Mixed Dengue Virus Infection in Delhi: An immunological Perspective Ambuj, M MParida, P K Dsah, S R Santhosh, N Gupta, N K Tripathi, A K Sahni, C P Singh, K N Tewari, P V L Rao and K Sekhar Proc. Nat. Conf. Immunol. Health & Dis. Jan 2006, pp. 163-168
• 12. Outbreak of Rubella Among Cadets in an Academy Lt. Col. A K Banerjee, Lt. Col. A K Sahni, Lt. Col. R M Gupta, Maj V S Grewal, Brig.Zile Singh Med. J. Armed Forces Ind. 2007; 63: 141-143
• 13. Identification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Subtypes by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay Col. A K Sahni, Col. R M Gupta, Brig.ANagendra, Brig.S K Nema, Lt. Gen R Rai, Lt. Gen J R Bhardwaj Med. J. Armed Forces Ind.2007; 63: 249-252
• 14. Hepatitis B e Antigen Negative Chronic Hepatitis in Indian Patients: A Reality Col KK Lahiri, Col AK Sahni, Col RM Gupta, Col SD Duhan, Col. K Kapila, Brig.J Jena Med. J. Armed Forces Ind. 2007; 63: 318-321
• 15. Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Cerebrospinal Fluid using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Col AT Kalghatgi, SurgCmde AK Praharaj, Col. AK Sahni, D Pradhan, Brig.SKumaravelu, Col. PL Prasad, Brig.A Nagendra Med. J. Armed Forces Ind.2008; 64: 29-32
• 16. Divergent Strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Circulating in India, subtyped by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay AK Sahni, K Kapila, RM Gupta Indian. J. Pathol. Microbiol. 2008; 51(3): 346-52
• 17. Evaluation of a Commercial Dengue NS1 Enzyme Linked Immune-Sorbent Assay for Early Diagnosis of Dengue Infection. A Shrivastava, PK Dash, NK Tripathi, AK Sahni, N Gopalan, PV Laxmanarao.Indian J Med Microbiol 2011 Jan-Mar;29(1):51-5
• 18. Reverse Transcription Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT LAMP) for Diagnosis of Dengue. Brig.AKSahni, Col N Grover, Brig. A Sharma, Maj ID Khan, JKishore.Type: Original article; Med J Armed Forces India 2013 Jul 1; 69(3):246-53. Epub 2012 Dec 1
• 19. A Rare Case of Hemoglobin E Hemoglobinopathy with Gaucher’s Disease. TathagataChatterjee, KhushbooDewan, P. Ganguli, Satyaranjan Das, Ajay Sharma, A. K. Sahni , PramodNath;Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2013 Jun 18;29(2):110-2. Epub 2012 Apr 18
• 20. Therapeutic Challenges of ESBLS and AmpC beta-lactamase Producers in a Tertiary Care Center. Col. Naveen Grover, Brig. AK Sahni, Col. S Bhattacharya;Med J Armed Forces India 2013 Jan 17;69(1):4-10. Epub 2012 Jul 17
• 21. Prevalence of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphyococcusaureus isolated from Clinical Samples. Lt. Col. MahimaLall, Brig. AK Sahni; Med J Armed Forces India 2014 Jan 8; 70(1):43-7. Epub 2013 May 8
• 22. Comparison of IS 6110 and Short Fragment devR (Rv3133c) Gene Targets with Phenotypic Methods for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Brig. AK Sahni, WgCdr SP Singh, Avinash Kumar, Maj ID Khan. Type: Original article; Med J Armed Forces India 2013 Oct 9;69(4):341-4. Epub 2013 May 9
• 23. A Fatal Case of Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome. Col.Partha Roy, Brig. AK Sahni, MajAnshu Kumar; Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Jul 2;71(Suppl 1):S107-10. Epub 2013 Aug 2
• 24. Usefulness of Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) for Screening of Anti HIVAntibodies in Urinary Specimens: A comparative analysis.Type: Original article. Brig. AK Sahni, Brig. A Nagendra, Col.Partha Roy, S Patrikar. Type: Original article; Med J Armed Forces India 2014 Jul 16; 70(3):211-4. Epub 2013 Dec 16
• 25. Emerging Organisms in a Tertiary Healthcare Set-upKhan ID, Sahni AK, Bharadwaj R, Lall M, Jindal AK, SashindranVK.;Med J Armed Forces India 2014 Apr 17;70(2):120-8. Epub 2013 Dec 17
• 26. An Urgent Need for Introduction of Fourth-Generation Ag-Ab based EIA for Detection of HIV Infection. Roy P, Sahni AK, JindamwarP;Med J Armed Forces India 2014 Jan;70(1):89-90
• 27. In-vitro Vancomycin Susceptibility amongst Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Chaudhari CN, Tandel K, Grover N, Bhatt P, Sahni AK, Sen S, Prahraj AK. Type: Original article;Med J Armed Forces India 2014 Jul 6;70(3):215-9. Epub 2014 Mar 6
• 28. Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Enterococci at a Tertiary Care Centre; MajPuneet Bhatt, Anubha Patel, Brig. A.K. Sahni, SurgCmde A.K. Praharaj, Col. Naveen Grover, SurgCdr C.N. Chaudhari, Nikunja Kumar Das, MayuriKulkarni; Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Apr 8;71(2):139-44. Epub 2014 Oct 8
• 29. A case of Aspergillusnidulans causing White Granule Mycetoma; S. Prasanna, Col. Naveen Grover, MajPuneetBhatt, Brig. A.K. Sahni, Medical Journal Armed Forces India (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2014.11.003
• 30. Sporotrichumpruniosum causing a Rare Invasive Infection in an immunocompromised Patient. Col.Partha Roy, Brig. A.K. Sahni, Lt. Col. Raghu Sriram, GpCapt Shankar Subramanian. Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Dec 11; 71(Suppl 2):S456-9. Epub 2015 Feb 11
• 31. TrichosporonasahiiUrinary Tract Infection in Immunocompetent Patients; MajInam Danish Khana, Brig Ajay Kumar Sahni, Col.AtoshiBasu, SuboohiHaleem; Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Oct 6;71(4):373-6. Epub 2014 Nov 6
• 32. Species Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Coagulase-negative Staphylococci at a Tertiary Care Centre. MajPuneetBhatt,CaptKundanTandel, MajAlina Singh, M. Mugunthan, Col. Naveen Grover, Brig. A.K. Sahni;Med J Armed Forces India 2016 Jan 29;72(1):71-4. Epub 2015 Mar 29.33
• 33. Detection of Glycopeptide Resistance Genes in enterococci by multiplex PCR; Bhatt P, Sahni AK, Praharaj AK, Grover N, Kumar M, Chaudhari CN, Khajuria A. Type: Original Article; Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Jan 7; 71 (1):43-7. Epub 2014 Jun 7
• 34. Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate among Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Chaudhari CN, Tandel K, Grover N, Sen S, Bhatt P, Sahni AK, Praharaj AK; Type: Original article; Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Jan 7;71(1):15-8. Epub 2014 Jun 7
• 35. Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Nosocomial Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pune. Maj Gen Velu Nair, SurgCaptDinesh Sharma, Brig.A.K. Sahni, Col.Naveen Grover et al. Type: Original article; Med J Armed Forces India 2015 Apr 25; 71(2):112-9. Epub 2015 Feb 25
• 36. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus at a Tertiary Care Centre. MajPuneet Bhatt, Gurpreet Singh Bhalla, KundanTandel, PrashantJindamwar, CN Chaudhari, Naveen Grover, Ajay Kumar Sahni2015; Archives of clinical Microbioloogy;Vol 6 No3:6:1-5
• 37. BurkholderiacepaciapseudobacteremiaTraced to Contaminated Antiseptic used for Skin Antisepsis prior to Blood Collection. KundanTandel, Puneet Bhatt, SouravSen, Rajiv Mohan Gupta, NanditaHazra, A.K. Praharaj, Satish Kumar and A.K. Sahni.2016;Reviews in Medical Microbiology, 27:1-5
• 38. Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Diagnosed by Stereotactic Brain Biopsy leading to Detection of HIV Infection; Inam Danish Khan, Ajay Kumar Sahni, ReenaBharadwaj et al. 2016; Journal of Basic & Clinical Medicine 5(1):5-7
• 39. Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Methicillin Resistance among Coagulase-Negative Cocci at a Tertiary Care Center. MajPuneetBhatt, KundanTandel, Alina Singh, M Kumar, Naveen Grover, Ajay Kumar Sahni; Med J Armed Forces India 2016 Dec 24;72(Suppl 1):S54-S58. Epub 2016 Jun 24
• 40. Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption ionization-time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium abscesses, R Sriram, AK Sahni, VL Dudhat, AK Pujahari; Med J Armed Forces India 2018 Jan 23;74(1):22-27. Epub 2017 Mar 2341
• 41. Point Prevalence &Risk Factor Assessment for Hospital-Acquired Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pune, India. Velu Nair, A.K. Sahni, Dinesh Sharma, Naveen Grover et al;Indian J Med Res 2017 Jun;145(6):824-832
• 42. Military Superbug Acinetobacterbaumanii induced sepsis in craniofacial gunshot injuries. ID Khan, Sen S, Sahni AK. J of Military and Veteran’s Health July2018; 26 (3): 13-19
• 43. Outbreak of Protothecawickerhamiialgaemia and sepsis in a tertiary care chemotherapy oncology unit. ID Khan, AK Sahni, Sen S; Med J Armed Forces India 2018 74(4):358-364
• 44. Catheter-related blood stream infections: Prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance patterns. Pandit P, AK Sahni, Grover N; Med J Armed Forces India Jan 2021; 77:38-45

International Publications:

• 1. Genomic Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 in India A K Sahni; VVSP Prasad; P Seth Intl. J. of STD & AIDS, Feb 2002; 13: 115-118
• 2. Genomic Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 in India R M Gupta, S Pradeep, A K Sahni, VVSP Prasad and A Rai Antiviral Therapy, Jul 2003; 8 (Suppl.1): S 246
• 3. Sahni AK, Raghunath D, Nagendra A., & Seth P. Genetic subtyping of HIV-1 Strains Circulating in India by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay. J Clinical Virology December 2003 (28); S72-S73
• 4. Genetic Sub Typing of HIV-1 Strains Circulating in India by PCR-RFLP of Protease Gene Amplicon A K Sahni, P Seth2, R M Gupta1, J R Bhardwaj3, V V SPrasad2 1Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India; 2AIIMS, New Delhi, India; 3Office of Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi, India Med Gen Med. 2004 Jul 11; 6(3): TuOrA1144 [eJIAS. 2004 Jul 11; 1(1): TuOrA1144]
• 5. Phylogenetic Analysis of full-length Gag Gene from Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV-1) Strains circulating in India R M Gupta, P Seth, J R Bhardwaj, V V S Prasad, A K Sahni; Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India; AIIMS, New Delhi, India; Office of Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi, India Med Gen Med. 2004 Jul 11; 6(3): MoPeC3411 [eJIAS. 2004 Jul 11; 1(1): MoPeC3411]
• 6. Rapid Responses to: Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak Kills 1300 Children in India GanapatiMudur BMJ 2005; 331: 1288-a Rapid Responses published: (18th Feb’06) Japanese Encephalitis Virus as the Etiologyof Viral Encephalitis Outbreak in Gorakhpur, India 2005 ManmohanParida, N. K. Tripathi, Ambuj, P. Saxena, S. R. Santhosh,P. K. Dash, S. Agarwal, A. K. Sahni, R. Bhargava, A. Abhyankar, S. K. Verma, P. V. L. Rao and K. Sekhar (18th Feb’06)
• 7. Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak, India, 2005 ManmohanParida, Paban K. Dash, Nagesh K. Tripathi, Ambuj, SanthoshSannarangaiah, ParagSaxena, SurekhaAgarwal, Ajay K. Sahni, Sanjay P. Singh, † Arvind K. Rathi,‡ RakeshBhargava, Ajay Abhyankar, Shailendra K. Verma, Putcha V. LakshmanaRao, and Krishnamurthy Sekhar Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, Number 9–September 2006
• 8. Development and Evaluation of Reverse Transcription Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid and Real-Time Detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus M. M. Parida, S. R. Santhosh, P. K. Dash, N. K. Tripathi, P. Saxena, Ambuj, A. K. Sahni, P. V. LakshmanaRao, and Kouichi Morita J. Clin. Microbiol 2006 Nov; 44(11):4172-8
• 9. Comparison of a Dip Stick dot-ELISA with Commercial Assays for Anti-Dengue Virus IgM Antibodies AV Abhyankar, PK Dsah, P Saxena, R Bhargava, MM Parida, AM Jana, A K Sahni, PVL Rao Viral Immunology 2006 Dec; 19(4):630-636
• 10. Co-Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotypes in Delhi, India,2005: Implication of Increased DHF/DSS P Saxena, MM Parida, PK Dsah, SR Santhosh, A Shrivastava, NK Tripathi, N Gupta, A K Sahni, R Bhargava, C P Singh, KN Tewari, K Sekhar and PVL Rao Dengue Bulletin 2006; 30: 283-87
• 11. Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Specific to Recombinant Dengue Multi-Epitope Protein Ajay VinayakAbhyankar, RakeshBhargava, AshaMukul Jana, Ajay Kumar Sahni, PV LakshmanaRaoHybridoma 2008, 27(3): 191-98
• 12. Molecular Evolution of HIV-1 in India-tracked by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay (HMA) AK Sahni, RM Gupta, JR Bhardwaj AIDS 2006-XVI International AIDS Conference: Absrtact no. CDC0266
• 13. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp 41 Mutations in Proviral DNA among Antiretroviral Treatment-Naive Individuals from India SouravSen, S.P. Tripathy, A.K. Sahni, R.M. Gupta, K. Kapila, G.S. Chopra, Vaishali M. Chimanpure, Ajit A. Patil, R.S. Paranjape. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. May 2009, 25(5): 521-523
• 14. Pleuropulmonaryparagonimiasismimicre of Tuberculosis.Lal M, Sahni AK, Rajput AK. Pathog Glob Health 2013 Jan;107(1):40-2
• 15. A Rare Case of a Mixed Phenotypic Acute Leukemia (Mpal)- Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital. Devika Gupta, TathagataChatterjee, Srishti Gupta, Ajay Sharma, Satyaranjan Das, ProsenjitGanguli, PramodNath, Sanjeevan Sharma, AK Sahni. J Clinic Experiment Pathol 2012; Volume 2 (3)
• 16. Polymerase Chain Reaction: The panacea for Diagnosing Tubercular Breast Disease, Lall M, SahniAK ;Ann Trop Med Public Health 2013; 6:131-3.
• 17. Pleuro-pulmonary Paragonimiosis a mimicker of Tuberculosis. MahimaLall, Ajay Kumar Sahni, AK Rajput. Pathogens in Global Health 2013: 107(1)
• 18. Phenotypic Detection of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases and Amp C Beta-Lactamases among Nosocomial Isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Vijayvergia V, Sahni AK, Lall M, Vijay K, Khan ID. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science October 2013:12(04); 378-84
• 19. Khan ID, Sahni AK. Possession Syndrome at High Altitude (4575 m/15000 ft). Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2013 Jul-Sep;11(43):253-5
• 20. First reported case of Aspergillusnidulanseumycetoma in a Sporotrichoid Distribution. Verma R, Vasudevan B, Sahni AK, Vijendran P, Neema S, Kharayat V. Int J Dermatol 2015 Jan 30; 54(1):74-7. Epub 2014 Sep 30
• 21. Complete Genome Sequencing and Evolutionary Phylogeography Analysis of Indian Isolates of Dengue Virus Type 1. Dash PK, Sharma S, Soni M, Agarwal A, Sahni AK, ParidaM.Virus Res 2015 Jan 6; 195:124-34. Epub 2014 Sep 6
• 22. OchrobactrumAnthropi Sepsis in Intensive Tertiary Care.Inam Danish Khan, Tanushri Mukherjee, Srishti Gupta, SuboohiHaleem, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Sayantan Banerjee, JayashreeKonar Journal of Basic & Clinical Medicine 2014, 3(1):18-20
• 23. Prevalence of High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance in Enterococci at a Tertiary Care Centre. Bhatt P, Shete V, Sahni AK, Grover N, Chaudhari CN, Dudhat VL, Pandit P. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 5, Issue, 8, pp.1515-1517, September, 2014
• 24. Bacterial Infections and Emerging Resistance in Renal Transplant Recipients. Khan ID, SahniAK. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 14 No. 01 January’15
• 25. Rapid Diagnosis of Dengue Outbreaks in Resource Limited Facilities. ID Khan, AK Sahni. West Indian Medical Journal, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. July 2016
• 26. Outbreak of Wilderness/ Backcountry/Travelers’Diarrhea at a Himalayan Base Camp at 4000 m/ 13,125 ft. ID Khan, VK Sashindran, GS Sandhu, S Khan, KS Rajmohan, Ashwani Kumar, R Pandey, R singh, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Int J Travel Med Glob Health. 2018 Feb; 6(1):25-29

International Presentations:

• 1. First International Conference on AIDS INDIA 2000 Nov 27th to Dec 1997 held at Chennai, India; presented following 2 papers (oral presentation)
• 2. Genetic Sub Typing of Human Immunodeficiency Virus using a Heteroduplex Mobility Assay (HMA). (oral paper), Sahni A K, Seth P, Maitra A, Broor S, Dar L, Reddy PS, Raghunath D, Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi and Army Hospital (R&R) New -Delhi
• 3. Genomic diversity in the Envelope Gene of HIV-1 in India. (oral paper), Maitra A, Seth P, Sahni AK, Broor S, Dar L. Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi; received Best International Presentation Award for the same
• 4. Presented Paper presented at 10thInternational Congress of Immunology, New-Delhi 1-6Nov 1998, Serum Neopterin as a Marker of Immune Activation in HIV and Tuberculosis. (oral paper), L. Dar, G K Singh, A Sahni, A Maitra, S Broor, JP Wali, P Seth, Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi
• 5. International Virology Symposia held at International Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 1998, (Poster Presentation)
• 6. Sub typing of HIV-1 Strains circulating in India by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay, Sahni AK, Maitra A, Broor S, Dar L, Seth P. Dept. of Microbiology AIIMS New Delhi
• 7. Genomic Diversity in the Principal Neutralizing Domain of HIV-1 in India, Maitra A, Sahni AK, Broor S, Dar L, Seth P. Dept. of Microbiology AIIMS New Delhi
• 8. Paper presented at XI International Congress of Virology, International Union of Microbiological Societies Sydney, Australia 9th to 13thAug 1999. (oral paper)
• 9. Partial Envelope Nucleotide Sequences of HIV-1 strains in India, Pradeep Seth, ArindamMaitra, Ajay Kumar Sahni, ShobhaBroor, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New-Delhi
• 10. Co-submitter of HIV-1 Envelope Sequences of Indian Strains to the Gene Bank Los Alamos, USA. [Nucleotide Data-Base www.nlm.ncbi.nih.gov.in] 1999
• 11. Paper presented at the 4thInternational Conference on AIDS India Chennai Nov 9-12, 2003, “Genetic Sub Typing of the HIV-1 strains circulating in India by PCR-RFLP of the Protease Gene Amplicon” (Poster), A K Sahni, R M Gupta
• 12. Paper presented at the XVthInternational Conference on AIDS at Bangkok 11th to 16thJuly 2004 (Oral Presentation), “Sub typing of the HIV-1 Strains Circulating in India by PCR-RFLP. (oral paper), A K Sahni; P Seth; R M Gupta; J R Bhardwaj; V V S Prasad
• 13. Paper presented at the XVthInternational Conference on AIDS at Bangkok 11th to 16thJuly 2004 (Poster Presentation), Phylogenetic analysis of Full Lengthgag Gene from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) strains circulating in India, R M Gupta; P Seth; J R Bhardwaj; V V S Prasad; A K Sahni
• 14. Paper presented at the International Conference & CME on HIV/AIDS: The Military Face organized by DGAFMS & US Pacific Command at AFMC, Pune, 2-6 Sep 2004, “A Profile of Opportunistic infections in a setting of HIV/AIDS” (oral paper), A K Sahni, R M Gupta
• 15. Papers presented at the International Symposium “Emerging Viral Infections”, New Frontiers & Challenges, October 11-13, 2004, National Institute of Virology, Pune- India
• 16. “Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis B e Antigen Negative Chronic Hepatitis” (Poster), Lahiri KK, Sahni A K, Gupta RM, Jena J and Kapila K
• 17. “Genetic subtyping of HIV-1” (POSTER), Mathur B, Sahni A K, Gupta RM, Jena J and Nagendra A
• 18. “Identification of a putative HIV 1 subtype A/AE Circulating Recombinant form (CRF) in India (Poster); Gupta RM, Seth P, Prasad VVSP, Jena J, Kapila K, Lahiri K K, Sahni A K
• 19. Paper presented at the 3rdInternational conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005, “Profile of Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Mutations in the full length gag gene of HIV 1 subtype C strains from India” (Poster); Gupta R1, P Seth2, Prasad V2 Bhardwaj J R3, Bhattacharya A4, A K sahni1
• 20. 1Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India; 2AIIMS, New Delhi, India; 3Office of Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi, India, 4 Bioinformatics, JNU, New Delhi, India
• 21. Papers presented at International Symposium on Management of Vector Borne Viruses held at International Crops Research Institute for the Semiarid Tropics, Patancheru 502324, Andhra Pradesh, India. Two Papers presented (Oral), 7-10Feb 2006
• 22. Serological and Molecular Investigation of Dengue Outbreak in Mumbai, India, SR Santhosh, P K Dash, M MParida, A K Sahni et al
• 23. Seroepidemiological and Molecular Investigation of an Outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Gorakhpur, 2005; M MParida, N K Tripathi, Ambuj, P Saxena, SR Santhosh, P K Dash, S Agarwal, A K Sahni et al
• 24. Division of Virology, Defence R & D Establishment, Jhansi Road, Gwalior, M.P-474002
• 25. Papers presented at the XVI Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference held at New Delhi 26-31 March 2006
• 26. “Identification of Singular and Dual Infections caused by Distinct Subtypes of HIV-1 in Armed Forces Personnel and their families by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay (Poster), Lt. Col. A K Sahni, Lt. Col. R M Gupta, Col. K Kapila
• 27. “Detection of HIV Type-1 A/AE Circulating Recombinating Forms (CRF) in India: Possible Implications (ORAL), R M Gupta, P Seth, VVSP Prasad, A K Sahni, J Jena
• 28. Paper presented at the AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, Molecular Evolution of HIV-1 in India-tracked by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay [HMA]A.K. Sahni, R.M. Gupta, J.R. Bhardwaj
• 29. Papers presented at the 7thAsia pacific Congress of Medical Virology organized by AIIMS, India Habitat Centre New-Delhi 13-15 Nov 2006
• 30. “Epidemiological Trend of Dengue Virus Outbreak in Delhi-2005 (oral paper), Ajay Kumar Sahni, Parida MM, Dash PK, Santhosh SR, Gupta N, Tripathi NK, Bhargava R, Abhyankar AV, Singh CP, Tewari KN, Rao PVL, Sekhar K
• 31. “Rapid and Real Time Detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus by RT-LAMP Assay (oral paper), MM Parida, SR Santhosh, PK Dash, A K Sahni, N K Tripathi, Ambuj, N Gupta, P Saxena, PVL Rao and K Morita
• 32. “Development of Monoclonal Antibody specific to Recombinant Dengue Multi Epitope Protein for Immunodiagnosis (Poster), Bhargava R, Abhyankar A, Jana AM, Sahni AK, Rao PVL, Sekhar K
• 33. Paper presented at a Japanese Virological Society, Nagoya, Japan, 19-21 Nov 2006, Development and Evaluation of Reverse Transcription Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid and Real-Time Detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (Poster Presentation), M. M. Parida, S. R. Santhosh, P. K. Dash, N. K. Tripathi, P. Saxena, Ambuj, A. K. Sahni, P. V. LakshmanaRao, and Kouichi Morita
• 34. Paper Presented at the 10thAnnual Medical Science Update CME 2008,Bhutan, Seroepidemiology and Molecular Investigation of Japanese Encephalitis Epidemic in Gorakhpur, India 2005, Ajay K. Sahni, ManmohanParida, Paban K. Dash, Nagesh K. Tripathi, Ambuj, SanthoshSannarangaiah, ParagSaxena, SurekhaAgarwal, Sanjay P. Singh,†Arvind K. Rathi,‡ RakeshBhargava, Ajay Abhyankar, Shailendra K. Verma, Putcha V. LakshmanaRao, and Krishnamurthy Sekhar
• 35. Presented a plenary paper, Plenary session IV: Military Threat: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases. 38thWorld Congress of Military Medicine, Kaula Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia 4-9 October 2009
• 36. PL11: Resurgence of Mixed Dengue Virus Infection, Ajay K. Sahni, ManmohanParida, S Bhattacharya, V Nair & A Khetrapal
• 37. Paper presented at the International CME organized by the Royal Bhutan Army Medical Services. Paper presented orally on “Rapid Dengue Detection Methods by LAMP Technology” as First Author. 24-25 Aug 2012
• 38. Presented oral paper as a Plenary Speaker “Emerging and Remerging Bio-Warfare Agents and Future Bio-Threat, International conference organized by National Disaster Management Authority-CDC Atlanta-FICCI. 7-8 May 2013
• 39. Poster Presentation “Rapid Diagnosis of Dengue Outbreak in Resource-limited Facilities; Khan ID, Sahni AK. European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-28 Apr’15

Publications

• 1. Toor D, Jain A, Kalhan S, Manocha H, Sharma VK, Jain P, Tripathi V and Prakash H (2020).Tempering Macrophage Plasticity for Controlling SARS-CoV-2 Infection for Managing COVID-19 Disease. Front. Pharmacol. 11:570698.
• 2. Comparative Evaluation of Centrifuged Buffy Coat Smear,Peripheral Blood Smear, and Rapid Antigen Detection Test in Malaria Diagnosis Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) 2018.
• 3. Clinico-MycolgicalProfile of Dermatophytsis in Sharda Hospital Greater Noida.Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) 2018.
• 4. Histopathological Study of Malignant Breast Lesions with Special Reference to Rare Tumors. International Journal of Contemporary Surgery, January-June, 2015, Vol.3, No. 1 2015.
• 5. An Analysis of Deferral Pattern in Plateletpheresis Donors J Cont Med A Dent 2015.
• 6. Carriage of ESBL and AmpC-Positive Enterobacteriaceae in Gastrointestinal Tract of Healthy Community Subjects and Hospitalized Patients and Detection of blaCTX-M Gene in ESBL Positive Isolates Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci 2015.
• 7. Cryptosporidiosis, whether it is more prevalent in Southern India Tropical Parasitology 2014.
• 8. Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmitted (Single and Dual) Infections in Blood Donors of Western U.P. India Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 2014.
• 9. Coinfection of Parvovirus B19 with other Hepatitis viruses leading to Fulminant Hepatitis of Unfavourable outcome in Children ThePediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2009.
• 10. Frequency of Leptospirosis in Patients of AcuteFebrile Illness in Uttar Pradesh JAPI 2004.
• 11. Drug resistance in Salmonella typhi in North India with special reference to ciprofloxacin. J AntimicrobChemother 2000; 46: 149–150.

Achievement

• 1. Assessor NITI AAYOG project review and validation of key performance indicators for assessment of District Hospitals
• 2. Principal Assessor-NABH for HCO/SHCO
• 3. Resource person for Biomedical Waste Management training of HCWs working in various government health facilities for Delhi Government,2019.
• 4. Principal Assessor for Ex Service Men Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) under Ministry of Defence
• 5. Reviewer of ECHS Files
• 6. CO-PI “Identification and Molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Tuberculosis suspected patients” Funded by The Tuberculosis Association of India, New Delhi
• 7. First Prize (Co-author) in poster presentation CME under aegis of IAMM Delhi NCR chapter, held at Super Specialty Pediatrics Hospital and Post graduate Teaching institute Noida, Recent advances in Diagnostic Microbiology 2019.
• 8. Second Prize (Co-author) - Best Free Poster Award in MD Category at IAMM Delhi Chapter 2018.
• 9. Certified by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in CDC Training on Antibiotic Stewardship (web-based).
• 10. Member, Organising Committee, one day “Brain storming symposium of Tuberculosis: Challenges in diagnosis and management” and expert panel discussion, organized at the occasion of World TB Day, New Delhi, 2015.
• 11. Delivered guest lecture and imparted training at Hands On-Workshop on the laboratory Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasitic Diseases: under the aegis of IAMM DC (MICRO-D-CON 2015).
• 12. Member, Organising Committee, TB awareness Marathon, organized on the occasion of World TB Day, New Delhi, 2014.
• 13. Resource person for participants from NER India during a Short-term training course on recent techniques in infectious disease diagnosis for mid-career doctors/scientists of North East Region in India from 29th April to 9th May 2013 at AIIMS, Delhi
• 14. Attended CISP, Revised basic and AETCOM workshops

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Varun Goel

• 1. Antimicrobial consumption and microbial resistance pattern in patients admitted in ICU at a tertiary care hospital in North India (Funding agency GIMS)
• 2. Device-associated health care-associated infection in an intensive care unit in Covid-19 patients (Funding agency GIMS) completed
• 3. Environmental Surface Sampling in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Funding agency GIMS) completed
• 4. Efficacy of urine based human papillomavirus screening for cervical cancer (Funding agency Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)
• 5. Characterization of bacterial isolates, antibiotic resistance patterns, and risk factors for acquisition in Hospital-acquired infections in the adult intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital in North India (Funding agency GIMS)

Research Project as Co-Investigator (Co-PI): Dr. Varun

• 1. “Incidence of adverse outcomes and risk factors for mortality among Mucormycosis patients in India: a multi-centric ambispective cohort study, 2021-2022”. (Funding agency ICMR-NIE)
• 2. “Identification and Molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Tuberculosis suspected patients” (Funding agency The Tuberculosis Association of India, New Delhi) completed
• 3. “Development of Isothermal-PCR and CRISPR-Cas12 based rapid and portable coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 detection kit”. (Funding agency DBT-BIRAC 2020).

Publications

• 1. Goel V, Gupta S, Bisht D, Sharma R. Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in a tertiary care academic health care organization. Int J Res Med Sci 2020;8:878-85.
• 2. Tomar R, Bisht D, Goel V. Isolation of rare DEN 4 serotype from a tertiary care hospital in NCR region. International Journal Of Scientific Research 2020;9(3):50-55.
• 3. Sangita KM, Bisht D, Faujdar SS, Goel V. Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of gram negative bacilli isolated from Delhi NCR population. Indian J Microbiol Res 2020;7(3):218-221.
• 4. Sangita KM, Bisht D, Goel V. Influencing antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of metallo beta lactamase among gram negative bacilli in a tertiary care hospital. Indian J Microbiol Res 2020;7(3):1-4.
• 5. Goel V, Gupta S, Bisht D, Sharma R. Bundle of care approach to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit in a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India. Lung India 2019; 36:177-8.
• 6. Singh MK, Bisht D, Goel V, Agarwal A. Prevalence of Rotavirus Genotypes among children below 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis in Western Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research 2019; 4:01-07.
• 7. Kumar D, Goel V. H1N1 Swine flu-lesson from the past and future. Frontech biosciences 2019; 2(1):10-11.
• 8. Tomar R, Bisht D, Goel V. Co-Circulation of Dengue Serotypes in a Tertiary Care Hospital in NCR Region. Int J CurrMicrobiol App Sci 2019; 8(01): 1307-13.
• 9. Anjali, Goel V, Sujana L, Bisht D. Clinico-mycological study of dermatophytosis in a tertiary-care hospital in Ghaziabad. Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences 2019;5(1):14-17.
• 10. Mishra PP, Bisht D, Prakash V, Goel V. Comparison of Methods for Detection of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamases Production by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Isolates from Neonatal Sepsis Cases. International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research 2019;1(4): 295-305.
• 11. Mishra PP, Bisht D, Prakash V, Goel V. Incidence of extended spectrum β-lactamase and AmpC β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiellaspp isolated from neonatal septicaemic cases in a tertiary care centre, Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Scientific Research 2019;8(4):12-15.
• 12. Singh MK, Bisht D, Goel V, Tomar R, Agrawal A. Detection of bacterial and intestinal parasitic infections among children under 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis in a tertiary care hospital in NCR region. Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences 2018;4(2):87-90.
• 13. Goel V, Kumar D, Mathur, P. Prevalence of Enteric Bacterial Pathogens among HIV Infected Versus Non-HIV Infected Patients with Diarrhoea in Northern India. Int J CurrMicrobiol App Sci 2018; 7(09): 2785-92.
• 14. Aggarwal R, Goel V, Mitra SK, Bisht D. Effectiveness of Polymerase chain reaction in Ziehl-Neelsen stain negative body fluids samples in suspected cases of Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis. J Med SciClin Res 2018:06(05):381-7.
• 15. Gupta R, Goel V, Sinha ON, Bisht D. Microbiological profile and changing trends of antibiogram profile in patients of chronic suppurative otitis media in a tertiary hospital in NCR region. Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences 2018;4(1): 20-24.
• 16. Goel V, Kumar D, Lingaiah R, Singh S. Occurrence of Needlestick and Injuries among Health-care Workers of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in North India. J Lab Physicians. 2017;9(1):20–25.
• 17. Patwardhan V, Kumar D, Goel V, Singh S. Changing prevalence and antibiotic drug resistance pattern of pathogens seen in community-acquired pediatric urinary tract infections at a tertiary care hospital of North India. J Lab Physicians 2017; 9:264-8.
• 18. Garg P, Goel V, Nagmoti JM, Nagamoti MB. Bacteriological study of Orofacial Space Infections and Their Antibiotic Sensitivity Profile. Int J CurrMicrobiol App Sci 2017;6(11): 25-30.
• 19. Goel V, Kumar D, Patwardhan V, Balooni V, Singhal S, Singh S. Trends of seroprevalence, epidemiology and clinical presentation of HIV in North India: a tertiary care hospital-based study. World Journal of AIDS 2016; 6: 54-8.
• 20. Goel V, Kumar D, Kumar R, Mathur P, Singh S. Community Acquired EnterococcalUrinary Tract Infections and its Antibiotic Resistance Profile at a Tertiary Care Setting of North India. J Lab Physicians 2016; 8:50-4.
• 21. Goel V, Gupta S, Goel T. Ventilator-associated pneumonia: A review of the clinically relevant challenges in diagnosis and prevention. British J Medical Practitioners; 2016;9(2): a:2-10.
• 22. Goel V, Goel T, Kumar D. Ebola outbreak 2014-2015: An update. MAMC J Med Sci 2015; 1:118-25.
• 23. Goel V, Hogade SA, Karadesai SG. Prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, AmpC beta-lactamase, and metallo-beta-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacterbaumannii in an intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital. J SciSoc 2013; 40:28-31.
• 24. Goel V, Hogade SA, Karadesai SG. A case of pediatric systemic brucellosis presenting with urinary symptoms. Saudi J Health Sci 2013; 2:130-1.
• 25. Goel V, Hogade SA, Karadesai SG. Ventilator associated pneumonia in a medical intensive care unit: Microbial aetiology, susceptibility patterns of isolated microorganisms and outcome. Indian Journal Anaesthesia 2012; 56: 558-62.

Dr. Nidhi Pal

M.Sc. and Ph.D (Med Microbiology)

Awards & Achievements

• 1. Awarded as Bronze Medal in M.Sc. Medical Microbiology in TMU
• 2. Awarded as 2nd winner in poster presentation in UP-PATHCON 2015
• 3. ‘Prof. ArchanaAyyagari Junior Scientist Best Paper award in the field of antimicrobial resistance’in UP MICROCONE 2018
• 4. Joint Organizing Secretary cum Treasurerin "CME cum Workshop on "Hospital Infection control practices" Challenges & Solutions 2019"on 23rd and 24th July, 2019.

Publications

• 1.Bacterial or fungal co-infection in COVID-19 Patients
• 2. Nidhi Pal, R.Sujatha, Anil Kumar. Vantilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) due to Acinetobacterbaumannii and its Antibactererial Resistance Pattern: A case control study. Indian Journal of Scientific Research.2017;17 (1): 073-079.
• 3. Nidhi Pal, R.Sujatha, Anil Kumar. NDM-1 in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacterbaumanniifrom North India
• 4. Nidhi Pal, R.Sujatha, Anil Kumar, R. Sujatha.Assessment of Biofilm Formation as a Virulence Marker in Device Associated Nosocomial Infections due to A.baumanniiin Intensive Care Units in Kanpur. International Journal of Scientific Research.2017 October;6(10):136-138.
• 5. Nidhi Pal, R. Sujatha .Evaluation of Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Score II in Acinetobacterbaumanniiinfection/colonization and its antimicrobial resistance profile in Kanpur. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2017; 6(7):
• 6. Nidhi Pal, R. Sujatha. Extreme drug resistant A.baumannii associated with CLA-BSI in Kanpur. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2017 Aug;5(8):3620-362
• 7. Nidhi Pal, R. Sujatha, Anil Kumar.Phenotypic and Genotypic Identification of AcinetobacterBaumannii with Special Reference to Blaoxa-51Like Gene and its Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern from Intensive Care Units in Kanpur. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research. 2017;4(5):1154-1158
• 8. AmbikaBhatiani,VikasMishra,NidhiPal,AshishChandna. Bacteriological profile of surgical site infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern at tertiary care centre in Kanpur. J.EvolutionMed.Dent.Sci 2016;5(82): 6141-6144.
• 9. BhatianiAmbika, Yadav Sony, Pal Nidhi and ChandnaAshish. Prevalence of Carriage of Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Care Center, Kanpur (U.P), India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2017; 6(5): 739-746
• 10. Vikas Mishra, Nidhi Pal, R. Sujatha, AmbikaBhatiani. Incidence, Risk Factors & Pathogens Causing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia In A Tertiary Care Center & Their Antibiotic Resistance Pattern: A Prospective Study. World Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Medical Research 2016; 2(5):221-225.
• 11. R. Sujatha, Nidhi Pal. Retrospective Study of Prevalence of Common Intestinal Parasitic Infection in Tertiary Care Centre at Kanpur. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research. February 2016;Volume 3(2): 573-575
• 12. Nidhi Pal, R. Sujatha. Microbiological Profile and Antimicrobial Resistant Pattern of Blood Culture Isolates, Among Septicaemia Suspected Patients. National Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 2016 Jan, Vol 5(1): 17-21
• 13. R. Sujatha, Nidhi Pal. Bacteriological profile and antibiotic sensitivity pattern from various body fluids of patients attending Rama medical college hospital, Kanpur. International journal of advance in case report, 2015;2(3):119-124

Dr. Manish Kumar Singh

M.Sc. and Ph.D (Med Microbiology)

Awards & Achievements

• 1. Selected for World Health Organization Sponsored Work Shop on Leptospirosis from Himachal Pradesh held at Andaman and Nicobar.
• 2. AwardedFirst Prize in poster presentation CME under aegis of IAMM Delhi NCR chapter, held at super speciality paediatrics hospital and Post graduate Teaching institute Noida, Recent advances in Diagnostic Microbiology.

Publications

• 1. Bacteriological Study of Packaged Drinking Water Marked as Bulk Pack In Mangalore Karnataka.( Indian J Microbiol Res 2015;2(2):107-111).
• 2. Preliminary Screening for Prevalence of Hepatitis B, C Viruses and their co-infection: A Hospital Based Study of North India.IJMR2015,2(3)189-191
• 3. Scrub typhus: An emerging scourge Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research; September 2015: Vol.-4, Issue- 4, P. 394-401.
• 4. Detection of Bacterial and Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Children under 5 years of age with Acute Gastroenteritis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in NCR RegionSantosh University Journal of Health Sciences, July-December, 2018;4(2):87-90.
• 5. Aerobic Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Pus Isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital (Int.J. Curr. Microbiol. App.Sci (2015) 4(5): 784-787).
• 6. Swine Flu: A Perpetuating Challenge to Health Personnel’s.( Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2015) 4(6): 784-787)
• 7. Assessment of Antibacterial Activity of Usnea Species of Shimla Hills. (Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2015)
• 8. Epidemiology and outcome of burn injuries in tertiary care hospital of Northern India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Abrol RK et al. Int J Res Med Sci. 2015 Oct;3(10):2711-2713.
• 9. Prevalence of Rotavirusgenotypes in children below 5 years of age with AGE in Uttar Pradesh .(IJMSIR:6:NOV2019 PAGE1-7)

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