Faculty

Dr. Nizamuddin Damani

Consultant & Advisor
Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland, UK

Dr. Harshavardhan Sheorey

Consultant Medical Microbiologist
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

Dr. Shrikant Ambalkar

Consultant Microbiologist
University of Nottingham, UK

Dr. Siddhesh Aras

Faculty, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Genetics Wayne State University, USA

Dr. Shalinie Perera

Clinical Microbiologist
Western Diagnostic Pathology, Western Australia

Dr. Meher Rizvi

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Dr. Nivedita Gupta

Scientist F Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Dr. Shobhini Rajan

Deputy Director General (TB) Central TB Division, Government of India

Dr. Rama Choudhary

ICMR Emeritus Scientist; Former Head of Microbiology, AIIMS Delhi Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Dr. Rakesh Mishra

Director
Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), Bengaluru

Dr. Pragya Yadav

Director-in-Charge; Scientist F & Group Leader National Institute of One Health, Nagpur

Prof. (Dr.) Ujjala Ghoshal

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology AIIMS Kalyani (Ex Professor & Head, SGPGI, Lucknow)

Dr. Purva Mathur

Professor & Head, Unit of Microbiology, JPNATC All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr. Rajesh Prabhakar Karyakarte

Dean (PG & Research), Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology B. J. Government Medical College, Pune

Dr. Rungmei S. K. Marak

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology and Dept. of Infectious Diseases SGPGIMS, Lucknow

Dr. Priscilla Rupali

Professor & Head, Dept. of Infectious Disease Christian Medical College, Vellore

Dr. Camilla Rodrigues

Head, Dept. of Lab Medicine; Consultant Microbiologist P. D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai

Dr. Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology PGIMER, Chandigarh

Prof. Dr. Meena Mishra

Organizing Secretary, MICROCON 2026; Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

Dr. Sumit Rai

Professor & Head, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri

Dr. Pradeep Deshmukh

Professor & Head, Dept. of Community Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

Dr. Mandira Verma Basil

Director & Professor
Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi

Dr. Dimple Kasana

Professor, Additional Director & Head, Dept. of BBTR, RV & TB and BSL3 NCDC, Directorate General of Health Services, MoHFW, Government of India, Delhi

Dr. Bhaskar Thakuria

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology — AIIMS Patna

Dr. Aruna Poojary

Laboratory Director & Infection Prevention Control In-charge Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai

Dr. Reeta S. Mani

Head, Dept. of Neurovirology
NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Dr. Manoj Murhekar

Director — National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai

Dr. Biswaroop Chatterjee

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology — IQ City Medical College, Durgapur, West Bengal

Dr. Prashant Gupta

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Tuhina Banerjee

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi

Dr. Ranganathan Iyer

Director Clinical Microbiology / Senior Consultant — Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad

Dr Mala Chhabra

Principal Consultant, Microbiology & PI, VRDL ABVIMS & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi

Dr. Jayanthi Savio

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru

Dr. Umabala Pamidimukkala

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

Dr. Jayanthi Shastri

Chair Professor, Centre of Excellence in Research & Training in Infectious Diseases Government of Maharashtra

Dr. Safaa Muneer Ahmed

Group Head — Clinical Microbiology & Infection Prevention and Control Renova Group of Hospitals and Tenet Diagnostics, Hyderabad

Dr. Rajendra Surpam

Vice Dean, Professor & Head, Microbiology KMSK Government Medical College, Chandrapur

Dr. Sonal Saxena

Professor & Head — Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

Dr. Parikshit Prayag

Consultant, Transplant Infectious Disease — Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune

Dr. Jyoti Iravane

Professor & Head — Government Medical College, Aurangabad

Dr. Subramaniam Swaminathan

Infectious Disease Specialist Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Chennai

Dr. Ashwini Tayade

Consultant Infectious Diseases & Director, Ishra Health-Infectious Diseases Clinic; Visiting Consultant — Wockhardt Hospital & KIMS Hospital, Nagpur

Dr. Ketan Modak

Consultant Haematologist & BMT Physician National Cancer Institute, Nagpur

Dr. Pankaj Dwivedi

Consultant, Dept. of Pediatric Hemato-oncology (Fellowship in BMT, Tata Memorial) National Cancer Institute, Nagpur

Dr. Sonali Mangesh Choudhari

Consultant Clinical Microbiologist & Hospital Infection Control National Cancer Institute, Nagpur

Dr. Jerestin Watchmaker

Consultant Clinical Microbiologist National Cancer Institute, Nagpur

Dr. Shweta Shah

Lead Consultant, Microbiology & Infection Control — Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai

Mr. Shailesh Mehta

Director, Medovation Inc.
Medovation Products, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Dr. Sarita Mohapatra

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr. Manisha Biswal

Professor, Dept. of Medical Microbiology PGIMER, Chandigarh

Dr. Nilma Hirani

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Grant Government Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai

Dr. Malini R. Capoor

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Dr. Vikas Manchanda

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

Dr. V Balaji

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Christian Medical College, Vellore

Dr. Beena Antony

Professor, Microbiology Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore

Dr. Bhawna Sharma

Professor, Microbiology
VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Dr. Deepak Thamke

Professor, Microbiology MGIMS, Sevagram

Dr. Nayana Ingole

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Chinchpokli, Mumbai

Dr. Sangeeta Joshi

Consultant, Dept. of Microbiology Sahyadri Hospitals, Pune

Dr. Nirmal Jaiswal

Chief Intensivist & Head, Dept. of Medicine & Critical Care Suretech Group of Hospitals, Nagpur

Dr. Prasan Kumar Panda

Professor, Dept. of Medicine (ID Division) — AIIMS Rishikesh; Secretary, SASPI

Dr. Nishat Hussain

Professor of Microbiology, Ocular Microbiology Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr. Rajni Gaind

Consultant & Professor — VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Dr. Manish Soneja

Professor, Dept. of Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr. Vineeta Mittal

Professor — RMLIMS, Lucknow

Dr. Bharti Malhotra

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology — Sawai Mansingh Medical College, Jaipur

Dr. Ragini Tilak

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology — BHU, Varanasi

Dr. Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology — KMC Manipal

Dr. Vandana K. E.

Professor, Dept. of Microbiology — KMC Manipal

Dr. Joy Sarojini Michael

Designation not stated
Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore

Air Marshal (Dr.) Shankar Subrahmaniam

Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical) Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence

Gen. Raghunath

Retired Director General Armed Forces Medical Services

Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy

Gastroenterologist — Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad (to be confirmed)

Dr. Abhay Chowdhary

Chief Executive Officer
Urokol Kulkarni Urosurgery Institute, Pune

Dr. Anup Warrier

Chief Medical Affairs & Quality Officer — Aster Hospital, Cochin

Dr. Subhash Kr. Todi

Director, Department of Critical Care — Manipal Hospitals, Kolkata

Dr. Maithili Kavathekar

Director, Laboratory Services — Sahyadri Speciality Labs, Pune

Dr. Debkishore Gupta

Director & Head, Medical Affairs – South Asia — bioMérieux

Dr. Shashwati Nema

Additional Professor, Dept. of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal

Dr. Ishani Bora

Additional Professor, Dept. of Virology PGIMER, Chandigarh

Dr. Ayush Gupta

Additional Professor, Dept. of Microbiology — AIIMS Bhopal

Dr. Archana Angrup

Additional Professor,
Dept. of Microbiology PGIMER, Chandigarh

Dr. Sanjay Bhattacharya

Consultant in Microbiology
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal

Dr. Anuradha Deshmukh

Senior Consultant Microbiologist — Kingsway Hospital, Nagpur

Dr. Girish C Deshpande

Senior Physician & Intensivist National Cancer Institute, Jamtha, Nagpur

Dr. Rajeev Soman

Consultant ID Physician — Jupiter Hospital, Pune

Dr. Akshatha Ravindra

Consultant Infectious Diseases — Kauvery Hospitals, Bengaluru

Dr. Chaitanya Shembekar

Gynaecologist & Fertility Consultant Omega Hospitals, Nagpur

Dr. Vijendra Kawle

Senior Consultant, Microbiology
Rainbow Children's Hospitals, Hyderabad

Dr. Akshat Vij

Consultant Microbiologist & Infection Control Officer Medicover Hospitals, Hyderabad

Dr. Atul Rukadikar

Associate Professor & In-charge, Dept. of Microbiology — AIIMS Gorakhpur

Dr. Arunkumar Subbiah

Associate Professor, Dept. of Nephrology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr. Soumyabrata Nag

Associate Professor, Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

Dr. Padmaja A. Shenoy

Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Dr. Priyanka Narain

Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Patna Medical College, Bihar

Dr. Amit Arora

Additional Professor
PGIMER, Chandigarh

Dr. Rahul Garg

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Telangana

Dr. Debabrata Dash

Associate Professor, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology — AIIMS Mangalagiri

Dr. Rimjhim Kanojia

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology PGIMER, Chandigarh

Dr. Tanu Sagar

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr. Shwetha J. V.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru

Dr. Sneha K. Chunchanur

Assistant Professor & Infection Control Officer, Microbiology Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru

Dr. Rashmita Das

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology B. J. Government Medical College, Pune

Dr. Sushma Yanamandra

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology B. J. Government Medical College, Pune

Dr. Sarah Cherian

Scientist G
ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

Dr. Mahesh S. Dharne

Chief Scientist
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Dr. Vikrant Bhor

Scientist E — ICMR-National Institute of Research in Reproductive & Child Health, Mumbai

Dr. Varsha Potdar

Scientist E
National Institute of Virology, Pune

Dr. Anoop Velayudhan

Scientist E
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Dr. Anita Shete

Scientist E
ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune

Dr. Vainav Patel

Scientist D; Head, Dept. of Biochemistry & Virology — ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai

Dr. Mohammed Ashiq

Research Scientist, Dept. of Microbiology — KMC Manipal

Dr. Gajendra Singh

Project Research Scientist-I, Dept. of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal

Ms. Rinka Sanatan Pramanik

Senior Project Associate
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Dr. Vineeta Khare

Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow

Dr. Pradeep Mishra

Head of Department, Medicine & Critical Care National Cancer Institute, Nagpur

Mr. Sai Prashant Joshi

Project Associate II
NCIM, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Mr. Kiran Balkrushna Nannaware

Project Associate
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Mr. Raunak Kumar

Project Associate I
NCIM, Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune

Dr. Devjani De

Medical Affairs Lead – India — bioMérieux

Ms. Neeta Amit Ghugare

Assistant Manager & Head — CSSD Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central

Ms. Malathi Manuel

Senior Demonstrator — Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, CMC Vellore

Mrs. Veena Vipat

Senior Technical Officer — NIV Pune

Mr. Santoshkumar Jadhav