Biography:

Dr Niranjan Nayak, Professor and Head of Microbiology at the Manipal College of Medical Sciences, a 500 bedded teaching hospital in Pokhara, Nepal is a retired Professor of Microbiology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, India . He has 107 research publications to his credit. He participated in more than 35 national/international conferences, where he presented his research and/or chaired scientific sessions. He supervised the thesis works  of a number of PhD and MD students in Microbiology. He regularly teaches MBBS and postgraduate (MSc and MD) students. He devotes time in teaching, research, patient care.