EDUCATION :

• Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology in the Faculty of Medicine from St. John’s Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore on 14th June 2014.
• Ph.D. in Microbiology in the Faculty of Science and Technology from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga on 03rd January 2004.
• M.Sc. Medical Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.

EXPERIENCE: 15 years

• Professor at Navodaya Medical College Raichur.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL:

• Prevalence of virulence factors and phylogenetic characterization of uropathogenic Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection in patients with and without diabetes mellitus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2015; 109: 769-774..
• Lower prevalence of hlyD, papC and cnf-1 genes in ciprofloxacin-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli than their susceptible counterparts isolated from southern India. Journal of infection and public health 2014; 7: 413-419.
• The detection of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in patients with symptomatic UTIs using different diffusion methods in a rural setting. Journal of infection and public health 2012; 4: 2081-7.

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Evaluation of cefotoxin disc diffusion test as a rapid phenotypic method for detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – STS Projest funded by RGUHS, Bangalore.
• Genotypic detection and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR) from various clinical materials.
• Evaluation of C-terminal telopeptide-II (CTX-II) from urine in osteoarthritis by Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) as non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers

PROJECTS COMPLETED:

• Study of Virulence markers of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diabetes mellitus patients with urinary tract infection – ICMR funded STS Project
• Influence of oxygen sensitive vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression in pulmonary tuberculosis and its correlation with erythropoietin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (Co-guide for the Ph.D. thesis topic)

NATIONAL JOURNAL:

• Serum VEGF and TNF alpha correlate bacterial burden in pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. 2019; 10(1): 168-172
• Role of TNF-alpha on the function of erythropoietin and hematological profile in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical and diagnostic research. 2018; 12(8): BC01-BC04.
• Occurrence and characterization of urinary tract infection in patients with and without diabetes mellitus with special reference to Escherichia coli. Indian Journal of Microbiology Research; 2017; 4 (3):
• Rate of isolation of Helicobacter pylori from Different Clinical Samples In Patients Suffering from Gastritis Attending Tertiary Care Hospital. J Pure Appl Microbio 2017; vol. 11, issue 2.
• Enhanced adhesion and cell damage by Escherichia coli harboring hly, papC and cnf-1 genes to the uroepithelium in the diabetic mouse bladder model. J Pure Appl Microbio 2017;11(1):577-583.
• An evaluation of the vibration perception threshold (VPT) testing as an early predictive diagnostic marker of neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2015 Oct; 6(4): (B) 26 – 31
• Occurrence and characterization of Candida species isolated from symptomatic cases of urinary tract infection. J Pub Health Med Research 2013; 1: 28-31
• Detection of Cell Surface Hydrophobicity and Biofilm formation among ESBL- and non-ESBL- producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli J Med Edu & Research 2012; 2: 12-20
• Evaluation of serum adenosine deaminase activity during the course of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. Biomedical Research 2012; 23(1): 109-114.
• Symptomatic and asymptomatic urinary tract infection by Escherichia coli among pregnant women attending an outpatient clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Journal of Pure and applied microbiology. 2011; 5(2): 717-723.
• Biodegradation of phenol by free and immobilized cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biomedicine 2010; 30(4): 487-494.
• A comparative study and evaluation of serum adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Biomedical research 2010: 21(2): 189-194.
• Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance and multidrug resistance among uropathogens. Journal of Commun Dis 2003; 35(2): 102-108.
• In-vitro activity of Norfloxacin against uropathogens and drug efficacy is simulated bladder model under diabetic conditions. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2003; 2(1): 37-42.
• Prevalence of anemia and worm infestation in school going girls at Gulbarga, Karnataka. Indian Pediatrics. 2003; 40: 70-72.
• Seroprevalence of HBV among people visiting barber. Journal of Communicable Diseases 2002; 34(2): 154-156.

SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

• Presented paper in XVI Annual IAMM- Karnataka Chapter conference held at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore on 19th Feb. 2012
• Presented paper in XVII Annual IAMM- Karnataka Chapter conference held at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore on 24th Feb. 2013.
• Presented poster in XXVII National Conference of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists-2003, Microcon, Mumbai
• Presented poster in Association of Microbiologists of India, 21st National Conference -2001, Dept. of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Karnataka
• Presented a scientific paper in Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, 5th Maharashtra Chapter Conference. 1999. MIMSR Medical College, Latur. MH
• Current Issues in Diagnostic Microbiology’ held from 24 – 25 September 2004 at Dept of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka.
• Work shop cum training under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) held in the Dept. of Microbilogy, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore from 7.11.05 to 11.11.05.
• Basic workshop in ‘Medical Education Technologies’ conducted by regional training center St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, 2009.
• Techniques in ‘Molecular Medicine’ held at the Academy’s training center, Pune from 13-18 Dec’2010.

AWARDS:

• Best paper award at the XVI annual conference of IAMM-KC held at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore on 19th Feb 2012.
• AMI (Association of Microbiologists of India) award and Silver Jubilee award of Post Graduate Department of Microbiologists, Gulbarga University for the best scientific poster presentation in 21st National Conference- 2002.