RMRC SVP - Dr P Vijayachari

Director
Scientist - G

Regional Medical Research Centre, (ICMR)
Post Bag # 13
Port Blair - 744 101
A&N Islands

Tel: +91 3192 251158/251043
Fax: +91 3192 251163
Email: directorrmrc@gmail.com | pblicmr@sancharnet.in

Research Specialization

Clinical Microbiology
Molecular Medical Microbiology
Molecular Epidemiology

Dr. Vijayachari Paluru

DATE OF BIRTH: 10^th May 1962

EDUCATION
Degree	Year	Institution	University
MD (Microbiology)	1991 - 1994	S V Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh	NTR Health University
MBBS	1983 -1988	S V Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh	S.V. University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Institution	Designation	Duration	Type of Work
RMRC Port Blair	Director	1st Oct 2007 – Till date	Administration Planning Supervision Research Training Guiding PhD students
	Deputy Director & Officer in-charge	1st Aug 2006 – 30th Sept 2007
	Deputy Director	26th June 2005 – 30th Sept 2007	Project Planning Laboratory supervision Data Analysis Report Writing Clinical work Training and development of skilled manpower Consultancy
	Assistant Director	26th June 2000 -25th June 2005
	Sr. Research Officer	27th May 1995- 25th June 2000
S.V. Institute of Medical Sciences	Senior Resident in Microbiology	9th Aug 1994- 26th May 1995	Laboratory work Teaching of PGDMLT & MSc students Clinical work Report writing
S.V. Institute of Medical Sciences	PG-cum-tutor in Microbiology ICMR AIDS surveillance unit	15th May 1991-14th May 1994	Laboratory work Teaching of MBBS & MSc students Clinical work Report writing

AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS

Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) - 2013
Lieutenant Governor’s Commendation Certificate on the occasion of Independence Day, 2010 in recognition of ‘Exceptional contribution in the field of Public Health Service’ (15th August 2010)
ICMR Prize for Biomedical Research conducted in under-developed areas for the year 2000
WHO-LERG Member: Nominated by Director General, WHO as a member of Leptospirosis Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (LERG) to advise WHO on estimation of global disease burden due to leptospirosis (2008-2011)
ICMR International Fellowship for young biomedical scientists for the year 2005 to carryout research on ‘Gene cloning’ at University of Kentucky, Lexington USA
European Union Fellowship to carryout research on ‘Characterization of leptospiral isolates’ at Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1998
Life Member, Indian Medical Association
Life Member, International Leptospirosis Society
Member, International society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Life Member, Indian Leptospirosis Society

Monographs/Books published

Community Biodiversity Register (CBDR) comprising the knowledge on ethno-medicine and healthcare practices among the indigenous communities of A&N Islands.
1. Nicobarese of Car Nicobar Island (Vol. I&II)
2. Nicobarese of Katchal Island (Vol. III)
3. Nicobarese of Kamorta & Nancowry Islands (Vol. IV)
4. Nicobarese of Teressa Island (Vol. V)
5. Nicobarese of Chowra Island (Vol. VI)
6. Nicobarese of Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar Islands (Vol VII)
7. Onge tribes of Dugong Creek, Little Andaman Island (Vol. VIII)
8. Karen population of Mayabunder, North Andaman (Vol IX)
Leptospirosis – Clinical Spectrum and Case Management - 2011
"Leptospirosis - Laboratory Manual" - RMRC-WHO Joint publication, WHO-India Office (2007)
Laboratory Manuals for:
1. WHO-ICMR Hands on training workshop on ‘laboratory methods of Leptospirosis and Mapping of diagnostic laboratories for zoonoses’ (Nov 2013)
2. WHO-ICMR Hands on training workshop on ‘lab diagnosis of Leptospirosis and serological and molecular characterization of leptospires’ (Dec 2010)
3. DBT-ICMR Hands on training workshop on ‘laboratory diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of leptospirosis’ (Oct 2007)
4. Hands on training workshop on ‘laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis’ (Sept 2005)
5. ICMR-WHO hands-on training workshop on lab methods for the fastest diagnosis of leptospirosis employing molecular techniques’(Sept 2003)
6. Hands on training workshop on ‘laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis’ (Aug 2001)
7. Hands on training workshop on ‘laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis’ (May 1999)

PhD Supervision

Recognized guide for supervising candidates for PhD in Medical microbiology by the Pondicherry University

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