EDUCATION :

• Awarded Ph.D. from BLDE University (DU) on 1st Oct 2019
• M.Sc in Medical Biochemistry from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore in the year 1999
• BSc (BZC) from Bhandarkar’s Arts and Science College, Kundapur in the year 1996

EXPERIENCE: 18 years

• Working as an Assistant Professor at Navodaya Medical College, Raichur.

JOURNALS:

• Role of TNF-α on the function of erythropoietin and hematological profile in pulmonary tuberculosis. Bhat H, Ambekar J G, Harwalkar A K, Dongre N, Das K K. JCDR 2018; 12(8): BC01-04.
  Serum VEGF and TNF-α Correlate Bacterial Burden in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Bhat H, Ambekar J G, Harwalkar A K, Dongre N, Das K. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and development. 2019; 10:189-194.
• The predictive power of microalbuminuria in diagnosing diabetic retinopathy in adults with Type II diabetes mellitus. Pallavi Ashrit, Arun Kumar, Gundumalla Pradeep Reddy, Vishal Kalasker, Harish Bhat International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research, April-June, 2018;5(2):306-309.
• Thyroid dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Vishal Kalasker1, Arun Kumar, Srinivas Rao, Harish Bhat. International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research 2017; 4(1):85-87.
• Prognostic significance of Ischemia Modified Albumin and the role of high sensitive C-reactive protein levels in acute ischemic stroke patients. Arun Kumar, Vishal Kalasker, K. Pratibha, K. Srinivas Rao, Harish Bhat. International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research 2016;3(3):262-266.
• Assessment of Vitamin D status in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in the pediatric age group. Pallavi Ashrit, Vishal Kalasker, Srinivasa Rao, Harish Bhat K International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research 2016; 3(3):320-324.
• Vishal Kalaskar, Sudha Madhuri, Kodliwadmath M V, and Harish Bhat. Effect of iron deficiency anemia on glycosylated hemoglobin levels in non-diabetic Indian adults. Int J Med Health Sci.2014; 3(1):40-43
• Sheetal D, Sreekantha, Yogesh B, Amarnath M, Manjunath P, Kodliwamath M V, Sreenivasa Rao K, Harish Bhat, and Vishal Kalaskar. Antioxidant Enzymes, Antioxidant Vitamins, Glutathione and uric acid levels in Nasal Polyps. International Journal of Pharma and BioSciences. 2012; 3: 71-76.
• K. Srinivas Rao, Anandkumar Harwalkar, B M Rudresh, T. Srinivas and K. Harish Bhat. Evaluation of serum adenosine deaminase activity during the course of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. Biomedical Research 2012; 23(1): 109-114
• K. Srinivas Rao, Anandkumar Harwalkar, B M Rudresh, T. Srinivas, and K. Harish Bhat. A comparative study and evaluation of serum adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Biomedical research 2010; 21(2): 189-194.
• Vishal Kalaskar, Sudha Madhuri, Srinivas Rao, Kodliwadmath M V, and Harish Bhat. Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Alcoholic liver disease. The Antiseptic 2010; 107(11):544-46
• Vishal Kalaskar, Sudha Madhuri, Srinivas Rao, Kodliwadmath M V, and Harish Bhat. Lipid Peroxidation and non-enzymatic antioxidants in alcohol-induced chronic hepatitis. Biomedicine. 2010 ; 30(3):353-56.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

• Attended 3rd Annual Conference of Association of Physiologists of India, ASSOPICON 2016 at BLDE(DU)’s SBMPMC, Vijaypur held from 14th to 17th September 2016.
  Presented Poster entitled “Correlation between Expression of Hypoxia-Induced Factors and Bacterial Burden in Pulmonary Tuberculosis” and awarded as 2nd Best Paper.
• Attended South Zone Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemist of India, ACBICON-2018 held from 7th to 8th December 2018 at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and presented a paper entitled “Role of Circulating Predictive Markers in Measuring Bacterial Burden in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients”