Dr. Channappa T. Shivannavar

Biography

Academic Qualifications: M.Sc., Ph.D. M.Sc. Karnatak University, Dharwad 1981 Ph.D. Agra University, Agra (Topic : Studies on the immunological relatedness of superoxide dismutases of Mycobacteria) 1993 Areas of Specialization 1. Medical Microbiology                  : Epidemiology, Mycobacteriology & Vaccines. 2. Environmental Microbiology         : Biodegradation of xenobiotics Teaching and Research experience: a. Teaching: 1. 20 years of PG teaching experience b. Research: 1. As SRF under R & D Project, Central Military Veterinary Laboratory, Meerut, Aug.1982 to Sept. 1983. 2. At Central JALMA Int. for Leprosy, Agra, (ICMR), Oct.1983 to Nov. 1995 3. At GUK, as a Teacher & Researcher from December 1995 to till to date Brief note on the area of my research: Thirty four years of research in medical microbiology we focused on taxonomy and molecular biology of Mycobacteria. Development of molecular methods and their applications in the rapid diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases and/or characterization of mycobacterial isolates. Study on SODs of pathogenic bacteria and their applications in medical field, epidemiology of communicable diseases and vaccine preparation. Environmental Microbiology studies mainly on the Biodegradation of xenobiotics. Academic and research credentials: 1. Worked as an expert for Evaluation of primers for PCR based tests developed by NII & AIIMS, New Delhi, for the detection of M. tuberculosis in coded sputum samples, at NII, New Delhi, sponsored by DBT, New Delhi. 2. Visited the Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA from July 17th 2004 to January 17th 2005 under the short term Biotechnology Overseas Associateship award 2002-03, by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Worked on the molecular aspects of Cu, Zn-SODs of bacteria.

Research Interest

Medical Microbiology