Director Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. He has been teaching microbiology for the last twenty five years. He was awarded Gold medal during his post-graduation and honoured with the Best Medical Educationist award during the year 2000. He was awarded an International Fellowship at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (RPMS) and Hammersmith Hospital, London (U.K.). He was also invited to participate in the international conferences at Gothenburg; Sweden, Geneva, Switzerland, Bangkok and Thailand for presentation of his scientific research work