Dr.
Priyam Batra
Female
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Microbiology
Contact
Email :
dr[dot]priyambatra[at]gmail[dot]com
Office Address
Bacteriology and Serology division
Areas of research interest
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Hospital Infection Control (HIC) and Hospital acquired infections (HAI)
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Peritonitis
- Bacterial serology
Dr.
Kiran Bala
Female
MBBS, MD
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Microbiology
Contact
Email :
drkiran[dot]dks[at]gmail[dot]com
Office Address
Tuberculosis Section, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi—110029
Dr. Kiran Bala has completed her M.B.B.S. from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi in 2007. She has completed her M.D. Microbiology in 2012 from Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh. She has worked as a Senior Resident in Department of Microbiology at Maulana Azad Medical College (M.A.M.C.) and Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi. She has joined the institute in December 2016.
She looks after the routine functioning of Mycobacteriology laboratory;HIC Core Committee Member, AIIMS, New Delhi; Hospital Infection Control Officer, National Centre of Ageing & Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep disorders.
Areas of research interest:
- Clinical Microbiology with major interest in Tuberculosis and opportunistic infections.
- Diagnostics of Tuberculosis
- Multi drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR)
- Non-tubercular Mycobacteria (NTM)
- Therapeutic advances of tuberculosis
- Hospital Infection Control
Publications in indexed journals: 35
Few Publications
- Mahishi N, Bala K, Malik P, Ranjan P, Kumar A, Soneja M, Mohan A, Singh UB. The burden of tuberculosis among patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma in a tertiary care center, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Volume 52, 2024,100729, ISSN 0255-0857, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100729. (Corresponding author).
- Roy P, Bala K, Biswas J, Ahmed J, Bir R, Yadav V, Xess A, Kumari S, Malik P, Deo SVS, Batra A, Sharma A, Singh UB. Active Tuberculosis Risk Associated with Malignancies: A 4-Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital. South Asian J cancer 2024; 00 (00):00. DOI:10.1055/s-0044-1786363.
- Bala K, Kumari S, Monga R, Sagar P, Thakar A, Sharma SC, Singh UB. Spectrum of mycobacterial pathogens for Head and Neck tuberculosis like presentation. Access Microbio. 2021. DOI 10.1099/acmi.0.000304.
- Singh, U.B., Angitha, K.P., Bhatnagar, A. Sharma S, Bir R, Bala K et al GeneXpert Ultra in Urine Samples for Diagnosis of Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Curr Microbiol80, 361 (2023).
- Ahmed J, Bir R, Bala K, Singh UB. The COVID-19 pandemic does not bode well for TB control. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 Sep 1;26(9):897-901. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0286. PMID: 35996276.
- Singh UB, Singh M, Sharma S, Mahajan N, Bala K, Srivastav A, Singh KJ, Rao MVV, Lodha R, Kabra SK. Expedited diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis using Truenat MTB-Rif Dx and GeneXpert MTB/RIF. Sci Rep. 2023 Apr 28;13(1):6976. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32810-2. PMID: 37117209; PMCID: PMC10147673.
- Bala K, Kumari S, Guleria R, Singh UB. Recurrent bilateral breast abscess due to Mycobacterium abscessus in an immune-competent woman. BMJ Case Reports 2020;13: e235857.doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-235857.
Dr.
Megha Brijwal
Female
MD, DNB
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Microbiology
Contact
Email :
megha[dot]brijwal[at]yahoo[dot]com
Office Address
Virology Section
After completing her MBBS and MD from University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, she did her senior residency in Microbiology from AIIMS, Delhi. She later worked in research project on Influenza virus in virology section and joined as a faculty member in the Virology Section of Department of Microbiology since Nov 2016.
Her areas of interest include post-transplant infections (BK virus, CMV), arboviral diseases (Dengue, Chikungunya), respiratory viruses, cell culture and molecular virology.
Dr.
Nishant Verma
Male
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Microbiology
Contact
Email :
drnishant2k[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
Dr. Nishant Verma completed M.B,B.S. from Maulana Azad Medical College and MD Microbiology from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. His major area of work is in Medical Parasitology and Hospital Infection Control at AIIMS, New Delhi. He is the Faculty In-charge of Anaerobic, Special Bacterial Pathogens laboratory (SBPL) and Metagenomics laboratories.
He is associated with several funded research projects as principal investigator/co-investigator and has authored many scientific publications. In addition, he is involved in academic, diagnostic and various administrative duties. Also, he is an executive council member of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology and Assistant editor for the journal ‘Tropical Parasitology’.
Areas of research interest
- Malaria, Lymphatic and extra-lymphatic filariasis
- Leishmaniasis, Trypanosomiasis, infections due to free living amoebae
- Intestinal protozoan infections such as Giardiasis, amoebiasis
- Helminthic infections
- Microsporidia
- Microbiota, Lyme’s disease, Scrub typhus, Bartonella and Anaerobic infections
Dr.
Hitender Gautam
Male
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Microbiology
Contact
Email :
drhitender[at]gmail[dot]com
Office Address
Bacteriology, Serology & Hospital Infection Control
Area of Research
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Hospital Infection Control (HIC) and Hospital acquired infections (HAI)
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Meningitis
- Diarrhoea
- Biomarkers
Dr.Hitender Gautam has completed his M.B.B.S. from University College of Medical Sciences (U.C.M.S.) & G.T.B. Hospital in 2003. He has completed his M.D. in 2008 and Senior Residency in 2011 from Maulana Azad Medical College (M.A.M.C.). He joined the institute as Assistant Professor in June 2014.
Dr. Hitender Gautam looks after the routine functioning of Bacteriology & Serology Laboratories; routine functioning of HIV-Immunology Laboratory; HIC Core Committee Member, AIIMS, New Delhi; Hospital Infection Control Officer, Dr. B.R.A IRCH & Surgical Block; NABL Core Committee Member & Deputy Quality Manager for Dept. of Microbiology; Invited Co-Guide for PhD in Medicine by Research Medical Microbiology program at Texila American University; Nodal Officer for COVID-19 for Department of Microbiology
Publications: 76
Papers in Conference either as Presenting or Co-author: 100
Book Chapters: 6
Invited Lectures: 36
Gene Bank Submission: 24
Major Extramural Research Projects as Principal Investigator
- “Biomarkers for bacteremia, antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections by NMR and Mass Spectrometry among febrile neutropenic patients” Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), DBT 2019-2022
- “Genomic profiling of invasive and hospital acquired Escherichia coli pathotypes from different clinical samples to identify the virulence and antimicrobial resistance markers” SERB DST. Mar 2022 to Mar 2024
- Site-specific biomarkers to differentiate infection from either colonization or aseptic inflammation in ICU. ICMR. 2023-2026
- Molecular Characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among children with acute diarrhea: Association of virulence and adherence genes. DHR.2024-2027
- IIRPIG-2023-0001405/F1. “Platform for enhanced pathogen detection for meningitis and sepsis: Rapid, portable, and field-deployable diagnostics”. ICMR. AIIMS Site PI. Approved for funding
- Detection of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) Gram-negative bacteria in sepsis and meningitis: Clinical significance in AMR stewardship. AIIMS-THSTI Collaborative Proposal. 2023-2025
Major Publications
- Jaya Biswas , Kavi Priya Appasami, Hitender Gautam, Sarita Mohapatra, Seema Sood, Benu Dhawan, Rama Chaudhry, Arti Kapil, Bimal Kumar Das. Tick-tock, beat the clock: Comparative analysis of disc diffusion testing with 6, 10 and 24 hour growth for accelerated Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing report and antimicrobial stewardship. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2023;42(8):929-943. (Corresponding author)
- Bir, Raunak; Gautam, Hitender; Arif, Nazneen; Chakravarti, Priyanka; Verma, Jyoti; Banerjee, Sayantan; Tyagi, Sonu; Mohapatra, Sarita; Sood, Seema; Dhawan, Benu; Chaudhry, Rama; Kapil, Arti; Das, Bimal; Das,Bhabatosh. Analysis of Colistin resistance in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales and XDR Klebsiella pneumoniae. Ther Adv Infectious Dis 2022;9: 1–15. DOI: 10.1177/20499361221080650 (Corresponding author)
- Sharma N, Gautam H, Tyagi S, Raza S, Mohapatra S, Sood S, Dhawan B, Kapil A & Das B.K. Clinical Use of Multiplex-PCR for the Diagnosis of Acute Bacterial Meningitis. J Family Med Prim Care 2022;11:593-8. (Corresponding Author)
- Raza S, Gautam H, Mohapatra S, Sood S, Dhawan B, Chaudhry R, Kapil A, Das BK. Molecular characterization of resistance-nodulation-cell division efflux pump genes in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. J Global Infect Dis J Global Infect Dis 2021;13:177-9. DOI: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_404_20. (Corresponding Author)
- Sonu Agrawal, Hitender Gautam, Abdul Hakim Choudhary, Bimal Kumar Das, Lalit Kumar, Arti Kapil. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Cancer Patients: An experience from a tertiary care cancer centre. Ind J Med Microbiol 2019 Jul-Sep;37(3):376-380. (Corresponding Author).
- Jajoo M, Manchanda V, Chaurasia S, Sankar MJ, Gautam H, Agarwal R, Yadav CP, Aggarwal KC, Chellani H, Ramji S, Deb M, Gaind R, Kumar S, Arya S, Sreenivas V, Kapil A, Mathur P, Rasaily R, Deorari AK, Paul VK; Investigators of the Delhi Neonatal Infection Study (DeNIS) collaboration, New Delhi, India. Alarming rates of antimicrobial resistance and fungal sepsis in outborn neonates in North India.PLoS One. 2018 Jun 28;13(6):e0180705.
- Hitender Gautam,Preena Bhalla, Sanjeev Saini, Beena Uppal, Ravinder Kaur, Chander Prakash Baveja, Richa Dewan.Epidemiology of Opportunistic Infections and its Correlation with CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Counts and Plasma Viral Load among AIDS Patients at tertiary care hospital in India. Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care2009; 8(6): 333-337. (Corresponding Author)
Dr.
Gagandeep Singh
Male
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Microbiology
Contact
Email :
drgagandeep[at]gmail[dot]com
Area of Research
- Cutaneous and Subcutaneous mycoses
- Histoplasmosis & other endemic mycoses
- Therapeutic drug monitoring of antifungals
Dr.
Kalpa J. Das (NCI)
Male
Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of
Nuclear Medicine
Contact
Email :
kalpadass[at]rediffmail[dot]com
Dr.
Abhinav Singhal (NCI)
Male
Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of
Nuclear Medicine
Contact
Email :
drabhinavsinghal[at]live[dot]in
Dr.
Khangembam Bangkim Chandra
Male
Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of
Nuclear Medicine
Contact
Email :
drbkimc_k[at]aiims[dot]edu
Dr.
S. A. Shamim
Others
Affiliation
Additional Professor
Department of
Nuclear Medicine
Contact
Email :
sashamim2002[at]gmail[dot]com
