Department of Microbiology

Faculty

Sr. No. Photo Rank, Name, Appointment DOJ Teaching Experience
1 Dr Ajay Kumar Sahni Dr. (Brig.) Ajay Kumar Sahni Professor & HOD MD Microbiology, Ph.D. (Virology) 01.01.2021 27 Years (UG & PG)
2 Dr Harmesh Manocha Dr. Harmesh Manocha Associate Professor MD Microbiology 13.11.2017 22 Years (UG & PG)
3 Dr Varun Goel Dr. Varun Goel Associate Professor MD Microbiology 20.02.2020 13 Years (UG & PG)
4 Dr Sneha Mohan Dr. Sneha Mohan Assistant Professor MD Microbiology 20.05.2023 13 Years (UG & PG)

Tutor of Department of Microbiology

Sr. No. Name Designation DOJ
1 Mr. Kushal Singh Tutor 01-12-2022
2 Ms. Jagriti Bansal Tutor 16-10-2024

PG /JR of Department of Microbiology

Sr. No. Name Designation DOJ
1 Dr. Diksha PG (JR) 27-12-2024
2 Dr. Kartikeya Dixit PG (JR) 10-02-2025
3 Dr. KM Mamta PG (JR) 03-03-2025
4 Dr. Darpan Madhupiya PG (JR) 07-03-2025

Non-Teaching Staff of Department of Microbiology

Sr. No. Designation Employee Headcount
1 Lab Technicians Mrs. Rakhi
Mrs. Aradhana
Ms. Gunjan
Mr. Vijay
Mr. Vikas
Mr. Farman
Ms. Chhaya
Mr. Mohit
Mr. Yuvraj
Ms. Mona
Mr. Deepak
2 Lab Attendant Mr. Yogesh
3 Store Keeper Mr. Amit Kumar
4 Sweeper Mr. Raj Kumar

Faculty Achievements and Papers Published

  • Dr. (Brig.) Ajay Kumar Sahni did his MBBS from MGIMS, Sevagram, Wardha, MD (Microbiology) from AFMC Pune, DNB (Pathology) from National Board of Examinations, and Ph.D. Microbiology (Virology) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

  • Exhibited leadership in Antimicrobial Surveillance and Institution of Antibiotic Stewardship in the Hospital Infection Control Program

  • Led & managed CSSD Programs of the hospital and surveillance of the operation theatres and ICUs

  • 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

  • Rendered advice to the clinicians during routine clinical ward rounds in the ICU settings regarding appropriate and judicious use of anti- microbial agents

  • 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

  • Directed a Multispecialty Mid zonal Hospital and worked as a Team Leader to manage critically ill patients

  • 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

  • Steered efforts in streamlining Microbiology laboratories at Army Hospital (R&R) New Delhi and at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

  • CBRN courses for Medical Officer at Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior

  • Conducted DNB (Microbiology) Exam twice at AFMC, Pune

  • Organizing Secretary Maharashtra Chapter of IAMM, Mahamicrocon 2013 &President Maharashtra State Chapter of IAMM year 2013-2014

  • Organizing Chairperson for CME ‘Diagnostic Advances in Laboratory Medicine’ at Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt in 2010

  • Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantonment, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and AFMC, Pune

  • Organized CEP on ‘Diagnostic techniques in Virology’ at DRDE, Gwalior, 2006

  • MBBS Examiner: MUHS, AIIMS, New Delhi

  • MD Examiner: Pune University, MUHS, AIIMS, New Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh University, New Delhi

  • MD Microbiology Supervisor, Delhi University,

  • PhD Examiner: AIIMS, New Delhi, PGI Chandigarh, Punjab University, Goa University and MUHS, Nashik

  • Guide for MD Students; rendered guidance toMD Microbiology students at AFMC, Pune, Pune University, Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi and Delhi University

  • MCI Inspector for under graduate and post graduate recognition of Medical Colleges

  • 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

  • INMAS: Member in task force for formulation of training courses on Medical Disaster Management

  • International Referee to review: J Clinical Lab Analysis London, Cytocon, Viral immunology and Archives of Clinical Microbiology

  • National Referee to review Indian J of Virology, IJPM, MJAFI, IJMM, IJMR, Med J DY Patil Univ.

  • Referee and Expert for Armed Forces Research Projects 16. Secretary, Hospital Infection Control Committee at Army Hospital (R&R) New Delhi

  • 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

  • Worked as Consultant with ICMR, New Delhi in the project “Antimicrobial surveillance network and anti- microbial resistance monitoring”

  • 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 years research experience in Virology Division at Defence Research & Development Establishment Ministry of Defence, Jhansi Road, Gwalior

  • Area of Research & work:

  • 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

  • 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

  • Standardization of RT Based and Multiplex PCR for the Rapid Detection of 04 Serotypes of Dengue Viruses and different Strains of JE Virus

  • Sub-typing of HIV-1 by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay at AFMC, Pune as a National AIDS Research

  • Kasturba Fellowship during MBBS by MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha year 1978

  • Silver Medal for securing 1st position in MBBS

  • Silver Medal for securing 1st in Physiology and Bronze Medal for standing 2nd in Anatomy in 1st MBBS

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Fogarty AIDS International Training Fellowship by Univ. of California, Los Angeles, USA in the Year 1996

  • 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

  • International Award by The International AIDS Society, 2ndIAS conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment held at PARIS, July 13thto 16th 2003

  • Scholarship to attend IVth International conference on AIDS India 2003 at Chennai 9 to 12th Nov 2003

  • International Award by The International AIDS Society, XV International AIDS conference held at Bangkok, July 11thto 16th 2004

  • 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

  • Nidhi Pal, K Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Ajay Kumar Sahni. Rifampicin resistant in pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases of children. Indian Journal of Microbiology Research 2024;11(2):1–4

  • Nidhi P, Kushal S, A K Sahni, Anju R. Retrospective study of extreme drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from clinical samples. Prepex Indian Journal of Reseach. 2023;12(12):1-3

  • Nidhi Pal, Varun Goel, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Manish Singh, Harmesh Manocha and Anju Rani. Bacterial or fungal co-infection in COVID-19 infection. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. wjpls, 2022, Vol. 8, Issue 9, 103-107.

  • Goel V., Gupta S., Gupta V., Sahni A. K. Environmental surface sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary care hospital. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021,13(2): 27–31

  • P. Pandit, A. Sahni, A. Biswas. Catheter-related blood stream infections: prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance pattern. Med J Armed Forces India 2021,77(1): 38-45

  • Worked as a member in writing guidelines for DHR-ICMR, Diagnosis and Management of Rickettsial Diseases in India, 2015

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Specific to Recombinant Dengue Multi-Epitope Protein

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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]

  • 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]

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Pleuropulmonaryparagonimiasismimicre of Tuberculosis.Lal M, Sahni AK, Rajput AK. Pathog Glob Health 2013 Jan;107(1):40-2

  • 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)

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction: The panacea for Diagnosing Tubercular Breast Disease, Lall M, SahniAK ;Ann Trop Med Public Health 2013; 6:131-3.

  • Pleuro-pulmonary Paragonimiosis a mimicker of Tuberculosis. MahimaLall, Ajay Kumar Sahni, AK Rajput. Pathogens in Global Health 2013: 107(1)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Bacterial Infections and Emerging Resistance in Renal Transplant Recipients. Khan ID, SahniAK. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 14 No. 01 January’15

  • 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

  • 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

  • First International Conference on AIDS INDIA 2000 Nov 27th to Dec 1997 held at Chennai, India; presented following 2 papers (oral presentation)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • International Virology Symposia held at International Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 1998, (Poster Presentation)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Paper presented at XI International Congress of Virology, International Union of Microbiological Societies Sydney, Australia 9th to 13thAug 1999. (oral paper)

  • Partial Envelope Nucleotide Sequences of HIV-1 strains in India, Pradeep Seth, ArindamMaitra, Ajay Kumar Sahni, ShobhaBroor, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New-Delhi

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Papers presented at the International Symposium “Emerging Viral Infections”, New Frontiers & Challenges, October 11-13, 2004, National Institute of Virology, Pune- India

  • “Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis B e Antigen Negative Chronic Hepatitis” (Poster), Lahiri KK, Sahni A K, Gupta RM, Jena J and Kapila K

  • “Genetic subtyping of HIV-1” (POSTER), Mathur B, Sahni A K, Gupta RM, Jena J and Nagendra A

  • “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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Serological and Molecular Investigation of Dengue Outbreak in Mumbai, India, SR Santhosh, P K Dash, M MParida, A K Sahni et al

  • 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

  • Division of Virology, Defence R & D Establishment, Jhansi Road, Gwalior, M.P-474002

  • Papers presented at the XVI Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference held at New Delhi 26-31 March 2006

  • “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

  • “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

  • 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

  • Papers presented at the 7thAsia pacific Congress of Medical Virology organized by AIIMS, India Habitat Centre New-Delhi 13-15 Nov 2006

  • “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

  • “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

  • “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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • PL11: Resurgence of Mixed Dengue Virus Infection, Ajay K. Sahni, ManmohanParida, S Bhattacharya, V Nair & A Khetrapal

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dr.HarmeshManocha completed his MBBS and MD from Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

  • Organizing Chairperson "CME cum Workshop on "Hospital Infection control practices" Challenges & Solutions 2019"on 23rd and 24th July, 2019.

  • Resource person to CDC for laboratory strengthening in Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Chattisgarh and various other states.

  • Attended CISP, Revised basic and AETCOM workshops

  • Varun Goel, Savita Gupta, Harmesh Manocha, Saurabh Srivastava. Device-associated healthcare-associated infections surveillance in an intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in COVID-19 patients. J Clin Sci Res 2022;11:228-33.

  • Nidhi Pal, Varun Goel, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Manish Singh, Harmesh Manocha and Anju Rani. Bacterial or fungal co-infection in COVID-19 infection. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. wjpls, 2022, Vol. 8, Issue 9, 103-107.

  • Dua S. Arora S, Manocha H, Chandnani P. Evaluation of effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Voluntary Blood Donors and their Donation Practices: A Survey-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Glob J Ttansfus Med. 2021,6:245-6

  • Toor D, Jain A, Kalhan S, Manocha H, Sharma VK, Jain P, Tripathi V and Prakash H Tempering Macrophage Plasticity for Controlling SARS-CoV-2 Infection for Managing COVID-19 Disease. 2020 Front. Pharmacol. 11:570698.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Clinico-MycolgicalProfile of Dermatophytsis in Sharda Hospital Greater Noida.Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) 2018.

  • 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.

  • An Analysis of Deferral Pattern in Plateletpheresis Donors J Cont Med A Dent 2015.

  • 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.

  • Cryptosporidiosis, whether it is more prevalent in Southern India Tropical Parasitology 2014.

  • Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmitted (Single and Dual) Infections in Blood Donors of Western U.P. India Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 2014.

  • Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmitted (Single and Dual) Infections in Blood Donors of Western U.P. India Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 2014.

  • Coinfection of Parvovirus B19 with other Hepatitis viruses leading to Fulminant Hepatitis of Unfavourable outcome in Children ThePediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2009.

  • Frequency of Leptospirosis in Patients of AcuteFebrile Illness in Uttar Pradesh JAPI 2004.

  • Drug resistance in Salmonella typhi in North India with special reference to ciprofloxacin. J AntimicrobChemother 2000; 46: 149–150

  • Dua S. Arora S, Manocha H, Chandnani P. Evaluation of effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Voluntary Blood Donors and their Donation Practices: A Survey-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Glob J Ttansfus Med. 2021,6:245-6

  • Dr. VarunGoel did his MBBS from VSS MC, Burla, MD (Microbiology) from JNMC, Belgaum, DHM from NIHFW, Delhi and MBA(HA) from AHA. He did SRship from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and SIX SIGMA (Green belt) from Indian Statistical Institute.

  • Assessor NITI AAYOG project review and validation of key performance indicators for assessment of District Hospitals

  • Principal Assessor-NABH for HCO/SHCO

  • Resource person for Biomedical Waste Management training of HCWs working in various government health facilities for Delhi Government,2019.

  • Principal Assessor for Ex Service Men Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) under Ministry of Defence

  • Reviewer of ECHS Files

  • CO-PI “Identification and Molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Tuberculosis suspected patients” Funded by The Tuberculosis Association of India, New Delhi

  • 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.

  • Second Prize (Co-author) - Best Free Poster Award in MD Category at IAMM Delhi Chapter 2018.

  • Certified by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in CDC Training on Antibiotic Stewardship (web-based).

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • Member, Organising Committee, TB awareness Marathon, organized on the occasion of World TB Day, New Delhi, 2014.

  • 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

  • Attended CISP, Revised basic and AETCOM workshops

  • Antimicrobial consumption and microbial resistance pattern in patients admitted in ICU at a tertiary care hospital in North India (Funding agency GIMS)

  • Device-associated health care-associated infection in an intensive care unit in Covid-19 patients (Funding agency GIMS) completed

  • Environmental Surface Sampling in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Funding agency GIMS) completed

  • Efficacy of urine based human papillomavirus screening for cervical cancer (Funding agency Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)

  • 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)

  • “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)

  • “Identification and Molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Tuberculosis suspected patients” (Funding agency The Tuberculosis Association of India, New Delhi) completed

  • “Development of Isothermal-PCR and CRISPR-Cas12 based rapid and portable coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 detection kit”. (Funding agency DBT-BIRAC 2020).

  • Internal Auditor as per ISO 15189:2012 (NABL)

  • Shalini Thakur, Siddaram Patil, Somu Lakshmanan, Srinivas D Rao, Sumathi V, Tulasi Nayak, Umesh R Dixit, Unnikrishnan B, Varsha Backiavathy, Vijendra Shenoy, Vinay Kumar Hallur, Aparna Bhatnagar & Manoj V Murhekar. Baseline findings of a multicentric ambispective cohort study (2021–2022) among hospitalised mucormycosis patients in India. Mycology. 2024;15(1):70–84.

  • Dinesh Kumar, Varun Goel, Suneeta Meena, Purva Mathur, Sushil Kumar Kabra, Rakesh Lodha, Sarman Singh. Microsporidia in HIV-positive and HIV-negative pediatric patients with diarrhea at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Laboratory Physicians. 2023;15:443–449.

  • Goel V, Gupta S, Gupta V, Sahni AK. Environmental surface sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary care hospital. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2022;13(2):27–31.

  • Varun Goel, Savita Gupta, Harmesh Manocha, Saurabh Srivastava. Device-associated healthcare-associated infections surveillance in an intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in COVID-19 patients. Journal of Clinical Science Research. 2022;11:228–233.

  • Gupta S, Goel V, Nazir N, Srivastava S, Srivastava A. Impact of body mass index on critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective observational study. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2022;13:3–7.

  • Nidhi Pal, Varun Goel, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Manish Singh, Harmesh Manocha, Anju Rani. Bacterial or fungal co-infection in COVID-19 infection. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. 2022;8(9):103–107.

  • Bansal J, Bisht D, Goel V. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in different age groups among healthy school children and its antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. National Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 2021;10:MO05–MO08.

  • Tomar R, Bisht D, Goel V. Hyperendemicity and recrudescence of dengue activity reported from a tertiary care hospital in NCR region. International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review. 2021;9(9):65–71.

  • Goel V, Gupta S, Bisht D, Sharma R. Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in a tertiary care academic healthcare organization. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2020;8:878–885.

  • Sangita KM, Bisht D, Faujdar SS, Goel V. Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of gram-negative bacilli isolated from Delhi NCR population. Indian Journal of Microbiology Research. 2020;7(3):218–221.

  • Tomar R, Bisht D, Goel V. Isolation of rare dengue serotype-4 from a tertiary care hospital in NCR region. International Journal of Scientific Research. 2020;9(3):50–55.

  • Sangita KM, Bisht D, Goel V. Influencing antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of metallo-beta-lactamase among gram-negative bacilli in a tertiary care hospital. Indian Journal of Microbiology Research. 2020;7(3):1–4.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Kumar D, Goel V. H1N1 Swine flu-lesson from the past and future. Frontech biosciences 2019; 2(1):10-11.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Goel V, Goel T, Kumar D. Ebola outbreak 2014-2015: An update. MAMC J Med Sci 2015; 1:118-25.

  • 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.

  • Goel V, Hogade SA, Karadesai SG. A case of pediatric systemic brucellosis presenting with urinary symptoms. Saudi J Health Sci 2013; 2:130-1.

  • 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.

  • Gupta S, Goel V, Nazir N, Srivastava S, Srivastava A. Impact of body mass index on critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective observational study. Asi J Med Sci 2022;13:3-7.

  • Goel V, Gupta S, Gupta V, Sahni AK. Environmental surface sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary care hospital. Asi J Med Sci 2022;13:1-5.

  • Bansal J, Bisht D, Goel V. Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus in Different Age Groups Among Healthy School Children and its Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern. National J Laboratory Medicine. 2021;10: MO05-MO08.

  • Tomar, R., D. Bisht and Goel V. Hyperendemicity and Recrudescence of Dengue Activity Reported from A Tertiary Care Hospital in NCR Region. Int. J. Curr Res Aca Rev. 2021; 9(09): 65-71.

  • Dr. Sneha Mohan did her MBBS from N.K.P.Salve Medical Institute , Nagpur, Maharastra And MD from King George Medical University, lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

  • Exhibited leadership in Hospital infection control program.

  • Established & managed BSL-2 Virology lab of the hospital.

  • Prepared Standard operating procedures for Microbiology department .

  • Prepared Standard operating procedures for Hospital infection control practices for COVID-19 Pandemic.

  • Rendered trainings of infection control practices in high risk areas including ICUs , Ots and various other areas.

  • Rendered trainings to all the doctors, nurses about the biomedical waste management practices, as part of Hospital infection control committee.

  • Advised to the hospital staff about the hospital surveillance, maintenance of hand hygiene practices during daily clinical ward rounds in the high risk areas.

  • Worked as deputy quality manager of NABL and have conducted successfully NABL inspection.

  • Conducted successfully NABH inspection as a part of hospital infection control committee.

  • Conducted MBBS MSc and MD (Medical Microbiology) Exam at SMS&R, Sharda university.

  • Supervised and completed the dissertation of more than 10 MSc medical microbiology students and two MD students in their thesis.

  • Worked as Co-PI in dental and biotechnology department.

  • Completed Basic course in Biomedical research certification.

  • Undergone certification course of Revised basic course workshop in medical education technology in 2021.

  • Completed CISP-II in 2020 under aegis of the MCI regional centre, MAMC, New delhi.

  • Participated as faculty in foundation course organised by Medical education unit , SMS&R, Sharda University.

  • In 2021, have been awarded as Best Achiever’s Award for the clinical research work done during COVID Pandemic time.

  • Sneha Mohan. Comparative evaluation of rapid card test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Hepatitis B surface antigen in a tertiary care hospital. Yemeni Journal of Medical Sciences. 2023;17(1):1–7.

  • Sneha Mohan. Detection of Panton–Valentine leukocidin gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: clinical and epidemiological aspects. Asian Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences. 2023;1(2):37–41.

  • Sneha Mohan. Comparative evaluation of rapid card test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Hepatitis C virus antibody in a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2023;12(5):150–156. DOI: 10.20546/ijcmas.2023.1205.021.

  • Dey S, Mohan S, Kakru DK. Two waves of the pandemic: a demographic profile of COVID-19. International Journal of Applied Research. 2023;13(6).

  • Tarana Sarwat, Sneha Mohan, Satendra P. Singh, Dalip K. Kakru. Prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients at Sharda Hospital, Greater Noida, Western UP. Yemeni Journal of Medical Sciences. 2022. ISSN: 2227-961X.

  • Harvinder Kaur, Sneha Mohan, Tarana Sarwat, Dalip K. Kakru. Detection of carbapenemase production in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2021;10(11):438–450.

  • Khaneja Poorna, Sneha Mohan, Tarana Sarwat, Renu Dutta. Coinfection of cytomegalovirus (IgG) antibody in anti–hepatitis C virus seropositive cases at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Medical Sciences and Health. 2021;7.

  • Apoorva B, Sneha Mohan, Mukesh Manjhi, Dalip K. Kakru. Comparison of antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from critical and non-critical areas at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare. 2021;8(12).

  • Mukesh Manjhi, Sneha Mohan, Vivek Sagar, Pravesh Yadav, V. Ramesh. Clinico-mycological study of dermatophytic infections in a tertiary care hospital of South Delhi. Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare. 2020;7(40).

  • Apoorva B, Mukesh Manjhi, Sneha Mohan, Dalip K. Kakru. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B infection among pregnant women at a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2020;9:2164–2166.

  • Nikita Birhman, Sneha Mohan, Tarana Sarwat, Mariyah Yousuf, Dalip K. Kakru. Bacteriological profile of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Acta Scientific Microbiology. 2020;3(5):77–80.

  • Ambreen Shafaat Khan, Tarana Sarwat, Sneha Mohan, Mariyah Yousuf, Dalip K. Kakru. Changing patterns of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital. Acta Scientific Microbiology. 2020;3(9).

  • Mariyah Yousuf, Tarana Sarwat, Sneha K. Mohan, Nikita Birhman, Dalip K. Kakru. Bloodstream infections in intensive care units and its antibiogram. Acta Scientific Microbiology. 2020;3(6).

  • Nikita Birhman, Sneha Mohan, Dalip K. Kakru. Efficacy of nitrofurantoin in catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Acta Scientific Medical Sciences. 2020;4(6).

  • Apoorva B, Sneha Mohan, Tarana Sarwat, Dalip K. Kakru. Antibiogram of Acinetobacter spp. isolates in a tertiary care hospital: a lead towards antibiotic stewardship. Acta Scientific Microbiology. 2020;3(5):71–76.

  • Tarana Sarwat , Sneha Mohan , Satendra P. Singh , Dalip K. Kakru . Prevalence of Extended Spectrum Beta‐Lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients at Sharda Hospital, Greater Noida, Western UP. Yemeni J Med Sci. 2022. ISSN: 2227-961X.

  • Harvinder Kaur, Sneha Mohan, Tarana Sarwat and Dalip K. Kakru. 2021. Detection of Carbapenemase Production in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia Coli and Klebsiella Species. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(11): 438-450. doi:

  • Khaneja Poorna, Sneha Mohan, Sarwat Tarana, Dutta Renu. Coinfection of Cytomegalovirus (Immunoglobulin G) Antibody in Anti-hepatitis C Virus Seropositive Cases at a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Medical Sciences and Health/May-Aug 2021/Volume 7/Issue.

  • Apoorva B, Sneha Mohan, Mukesh Manjhi, Dalip Kakru. Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Critical and Non Critical Areas at a Tertiary Care Hospital: J Evid Based Med Healthc, pISSN – 2349-2562 eISSN-2349-2570/Vol.8/Issue12/March 22, 2021.

  • Ambreen Shafaat Khan, Tarana Sarwat, Sneha Mohan, Renu Dutta. Surgical Site Infection: Bacteriology and Clinicopathological Profile and Antibiogram in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Medical Sciences & Health, Year 2020.

  • Mukesh Manjhi, Sneha Mohan, Vivek Sagar, Pravesh Yadav, V. Ramesh Clinico-Mycological Study of Dermatophytic Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital of South Delhi.: J Evid Based Med Healthc, pISSN - 2349-2562, eISSN - 2349- 2570 / Vol. 7 / Issue 40 / Oct. 05, 2020.

  • B. Apoorva, Mukesh Manjhi, Sneha Mohan, DalipK. Kakru Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection among Pregnant Women at a Tertiary Care Hospital. : Int.J.Curr.Microbial,App.Sci(2020) 9(0): 2164-2166.

  • Nikita Birhman. Sneha Mohan,TaranaSarwat, Mariyah Yousuf and Dalip K Kakru. Bacteriological Profile of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection 2020;.Acta Scientific Microbiology 3.5 : 77-80.

  • AmbreenShafaat Khan, TaranaSarwat, Sneha Mohan, Mariyah Yousuf and Dalip Kakru. Changing Patterns of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Tertiary Care HospitalACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY (ISSN: 2581-3226) Volume 3 Issue 9 September 2020.

  • Mariyah Yousuf1, Tarana Sarwat, Sneha K Mohan, Nikita Birhman, and Dalip K KakruBlood Stream Infections in Intensive Care Units and its AntibiogramACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY (ISSN: 2581-3226) Volume 3 Issue 6 June 2020

  • Nikita Birhman. Sneha Mohan, and Dalip K Kakru. Efficacy of Nitrofurantoin in Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection. ACTA SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL SCIENCES (ISSN: 2582-0931) Volume 4: Issue 6 June 2020.

  • B Apoorva. Sneha Mohan, TaranaSarwat and Dalip K Kakru2020. Antibiogram of Acinetobacter spp. Isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Lead towards Antibiotic Stewardship". Acta Scientific Microbiology 3.5: 71-76.

  • Mukesh Manjhi, Pravesh Yadav, Sneha Mohan, Sidharth Sonthalia, V. Ramesh, Varun Kashyap. A Comparative study of topical tacrolimus and topical triamcinolone acetonide in nodular scabies. Dermatologic therapy wiley, June 2020.

  • Mohan S, Dutta R, Singh AK. Association of serological parameters and platelet counts in dengue fever: A hospital based study. Int J Health Allied Sci2019;8:164-7.

  • Hassan N, Mukhopadhyay S, Mohan S. Morbidity and mortality profile of preterm neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care centre in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. Int J ContempPediatr2019;6:1859-62.

  • Sneha Mohan, ShaliniBisht, Anjali Agarwal, VichalRastogi.. High Level Aminoglycoside Resistant Pattern of Enterococci Isolated from Urineat Tertiary Care Hospital 2018. Sch. J. App. Med. Sci; 6(6): 2427-243.

  • Bipin Gupta, Sneha Mohan, Anjali Agarwal and RenuDutta.Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Neonatal Septicemia in a Tertiary Care Hospital. 2018; Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(08): 3999-4005.

  • Anjali Agarwal Sangram Singh, Patel, Arti Negi, Sneha Mohan and Seema BoseBacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Bloodstream Infections in A Tertiary Care Hospital Set Up 2018; Sch. J. App. Med. Sci; 6(4): 1616-1622.

  • Verma Devki, Mohan Sneha and Chander Yogesh. 2016. Antibiogram Profile of Uropathogens in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Uttar Pradesh, India.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 5(6):422-430.

  • Jagriti Bansal, Varun Goel, Kushal Singh, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Mukhopadhayay S, Manish Kumar Singh. Prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species in bloodstream infections among pediatric patients in a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology (JPTCP). 2025;32(4):191–198.

  • Bansal J, Goel V, Pal N, Singh K, Manocha H, Sahni AK. Trends of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacterales in a tertiary care hospital. IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases. 2025;11(2):214–218.

  • Sneha Mohan, Parul Singhal, Kushal Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Mukesh Manjhi, Dalip Kakru. Comparison of Ct values in relation with age and gender. Frontiers in Health Informatics. 2024;14(1):2165–2172.

  • Sneha Mohan, Sneha Dey, Kushal Singh, Azra Ferheen Chaudhary, Dalip Kakru, Mukesh Manjhi, Abhishek Bharti. Relative quantification method as a tool for viral load assessment in COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Neonatal Surgery. 2024;13:748–757.

  • Nidhi Pal, Kushal Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Ajay Kumar Sahni. Rifampicin resistance in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases of children. Indian Journal of Microbiology Research. 2024;11(2):1–4.

  • Nidhi Pal, Kushal Singh, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Anju Rani. Retrospective study of extreme drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from clinical samples. Paripex – Indian Journal of Research. 2023;12(12):1–3.

  • Kushal Singh, Geeta Gupta, Vikas Saini, Shikha Sharma, Manish Kumar Singh. Prevalence of rotavirus-associated diarrhea with non-viral infectious diarrhea in different age groups. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT). 2022;10(11):429–433.

  • Shikha Sharma, Geeta Gupta, Kushal Singh. Antibiotic resistance pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from urine samples of urinary tract infection patients. World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development. 2021;7(11):70–74.

  • Kushal Singh, Dr. Geeta Gupta, Dr. Vikas Saini, Shikha Sharma, Dr. Manish Kumar Singh. Prevalence of Rotavirus Associated Diarrhea with Non-Viral Infectious Diarrhea in Different Age Groups: www.ijcrt.org 2022 IJCRT | Volume 10, Issue 11 November 2022 | ISSN: 2320-2882

  • Shikha Sharma, Dr. Geeta Gupta, Kushal Singh, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolated from Urine Samples of The Urinary Tract Infections Patients WWJMRD 2021; 7(11): 70-74 (ISI) 2020- 2021: 1.361 E-ISSN: 2454-6615

  • Bansal J, Goel V, Pal N, Singh K, Manocha H, Sahni A K. Trends of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacterales in a tertiary care hospital. IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases. 2025;11(2):214–218.

  • Jagriti Bansal, Varun Goel, Kushal Singh, Ajay Kumar Sahni, Mukhopadhayay S, Manish Kumar Singh. Prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species in bloodstream infections among pediatric patients in a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology (JPTCP). 2025;32(4):191–198.

  • Kainthola K, Bisht D, Bansal J, Goel V, Rawat A, Rashmi R. Antifungal resistance pattern in Candida species: Tackling the emerging threat to human health. Journal of Neonatal Surgery. 2025;14(8):246–251.

  • Bansal J, Bisht D, Bahuguna K, Rawat A. Identification of mupirocin resistance levels of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in clinical isolates at a tertiary care hospital. CJETMF. 2025;25(1):337–346.

  • Kainthola K, Bisht D, Goel V, Bansal J, Rawat A, Malik M. Identification of FKS1 and FKS2 gene encoding antifungal resistance in clinical isolates of Candida auris. Journal of Chemical Health Risks. 2025;15(5):1555–1562.

  • Bansal J, Bisht D, Bahuguna K, Dhandayuthapani S, Rawat A. Identification of ileS gene encoding low-level mupirocin resistance in clinical isolates of MRSA and MSSA. African Journal of Biomedical Research. 2024;27(1s):1916–1922.

  • Kumari S, Bansal J, Ashish, Sandhiya. Bloodstream infections in ICU patients from a tertiary care hospital on automated blood culture BD BACTEC and VITEK 2 compact system. International Journal of Applied Science. 2024;10(1):24–29.

  • Bansal J, Bisht D, Goel V. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in different age groups among healthy school children and its antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. National Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 2021;10(3):MO05–MO08.

  • Singh S, Bisht D, Rawat A, Bansal J, Jain R. Detection of COVID-19 using rapid point-of-care chromatographic immunoassay-based test. Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences. 2022;8:116–120.