EDUCATIONAL PROFILE:

• Post Graduation :M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology – May 2008
• Institute studied : Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Dr.  NTRUHS, Vijayawada.
• PhD Details :  Ph D – Medical Microbiology- June 2019BLDE (DU), Vijaypura.
• Experience :Joining date: 05.08.2008 to till date (15years) Working as tutor at Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka.

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

1. Assistant warden: Girls Hostel, RIMS, Raichur (7years experience)
2. Teaching biology for paramedical students (10years experience)
3. Sports coordinator in RIMS, Raichur.
4. MBBS Dept Batch Coordinator
5. Ant ragging committee member

FIELD EXPERIENCE / JOB PROFILE:

1. Carrying out laboratory investigations independently in Microbiology division in Central Laboratory of RIMS Hospital, Raichur.
2. Working as Tutor in Department of Microbiology of RIMS, from June 2008 to till date (14years). Currently teaching MBBS & Paramedical students and carrying out Research activities.
3. Has experience in cryptosporidiosis Ag- detection In-house ELISA, IFT and PCR methods
4. Participated in Biomedical Medical Waste Management as Squad member during Covid Pandemic Era in District Covid Government Hospital, RIMS, Raichur, Karnataka.

1. Participated in Covid VTM Swab collection in charge in Covid ward & Microbiology Laboratory in   District Government Hospital & Dept of Microbiology, RIMS, Raichur.

6. Completed in Basic course Biomedical Research under ICMR & NIE
7. Trained in Curriculum implementation Support Program II Online held on 6^th & 7^th October 2020, Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur, under the aegis of the NMC Nodal/ Regional, J N medical college, Belgavi.
8. Completed the Foundation Course in Educational Methodology held during May – June 2022 conducted by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health sciences, Karnataka.

PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH PAPERS IN STATE AND NATIONAL:

Oral presentation in National conference

1. Topic: Detection of cryptosporidium parvum by modified acid fast stain and ELISA in HIV/AIDS patients in Raichur district, Karnataka, National conference of Parasitology (PARACON-17) 04/02/2017 & Sree Balaji medical college& Hospital, Bharath university, Chennai.

Poster presentation in State conference

2. Topic: Detection of cryptosporidium parvum in HIV/AIDS patients in correlation with CD4 count Raichur district, Karnataka; Microcon KC-17) 18/02/2017 & VIMS, Bellary.
3. Presented poster presented in ‘Research Day’ held on June on 5^th, 2018 in BLDEU deemed to be university, Vijaypura.
4. Attended and Published in Conference CD ROM- International HIV Symposium Chennai held in Jan 30-1^st Feb 2014.

CONFERENCES AND CME IN STATE/ NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL

1. P state conference of Medical Microbiologists held at Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal held on 11^th – 12^th Feb 2006.
2. 2^nd International Science Symposium on HIV & Infectious Diseases, Chennai held on 30^th Jan – Feb 2014.
3. “One Day Faculty Development Program”, conducted by Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences, Karnataka held on 25^th July 2014.
4. “Writing & Publishing a health sciences/ medical research paper in scholarly journals: A Beginner’s Guide” conducted by Navodaya Medical College, Raichur held on 18^th August 2014.
5. “Revised PPTCT Guidelines & Early Infant diagnosis” C.M.E conducted by Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur held on 02^th January 2014
6. “Fight against HIV – where do we stand” Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Karnataka Chapter, 1^st Quarterly Meet conducted by Dept of Microbiology, Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitra Durga held on 7^th June 2015.
7. “Paracon -2017” National conference on Parasitology organized by Department of Microbiology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai held on 04^th 2017
8. “Microcon KC 2017” Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Karnataka Chapter, conducted by Dept of Microbiology, VIMS, Ballari, Karnataka.

Publications

1. Sandhya P Annapurna G Sajjan, Kishore G Bhat, Venkatesh Naik, Ravivarma, Venkateswara Prasad U and AkshayArya. A Study on Cryptosporidium Parvum In HIV/AIDS Sero-Positive Patients in Raichur. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 8, Issue, 10, pp. 21244-21246, October, 2017 (Pub med).
2. Sandhya P, Annapurna G Sajjan, Kishore G Bhat, Venkatesh Naik, Ravivarma.V and AkshayArya. Comparative Study of Cryptosporidiosis By Modified Acid Fast Stain And Elisa Among HIV/AIDS Sero-Positive Patients. Int J Recent Sci Res. 8(12), pp. 22132-22136, 2017 (Pub med).
3. Sandhya P etal 2013. Study of Opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS Sero-positive patients attending ART centre RIMS, Raichur from the month of September 2013 to November 2013, International HIV Symposium Chennai pub: CD ROM.
4. Venkatesh Naik, Basavaraj V. Peerapur and P. Sandhya A Retrospective Study for Detection of Inducible Resistance to Clindamycin in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Using D-Test at RIMS Teaching Hospital, Raichur. India.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci(2017)6(10):1530-1536.
5. Venkatesh Naik, Basavaraj V. Peerapur and P. Sandhya. A Retrospective Study of the Culture and Sensitivity Pattern of Urinary Tract Infection Causing Organisms at RIMS Teaching Hospital, Raichur, India. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci(2017)6(10):1530-1536
6. Ravivarma, Umarji, Nandulkar, Venkatesh Naik, Sandhya. Chromosomal study in congenital heart diseases in 39 patients Helix Vol.1:498- 500 (2014).
7. Gouda S, Peerapur B, Rudramma J, Kaleem A, Sandhya A study to determine and compare the knowledge, attitude and compliance of Tuberculosis treatment among HIV seropositive and HIVsero-negativeTBpatients.10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-P9,BMC. 

AREA OF SPECIAL INTEREST & LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Indian Association of Medical Microbiology (IAMM)