Reddy, Kishore

Biography

Dr Kishore Reddy earned a PhD from the Department of Microbiology & Environmental Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. Dr Reddy worked as RNTCP State Consultant Microbiologist in Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India from 2008 to 2011, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. While working at state level, he provided technical support, including supervision of the TB culture and DST lab, training district level and peripheral level staff in implementation of programme guidelines and surveillance of the Revised National TB Control Program. He also supported initiatives such as lab strengthening, external quality assurance for sputum microscopy, drug resistance surveys, rapid diagnosis of drug resistance using line probe assay and liquid culture. Between 2011 and 2015, Dr Reddy joined FIND India as consultant regional microbiologist to strengthen the new LPA and BSL-III facilities. He worked as a national facilitator in conducting onsite trainings in LPA and liquid culture, using GLI-approved training modules, and has been involved in setting up LPA and LC laboratories in-country. Since 2016, Dr Reddy has worked as Consultant Microbiologist with FIND, based at International Centre of Excellence in Laboratory Training, National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore, India. He has been actively supporting the FIND India office in planning, monitoring-supervision, organizing and facilitating national and onsite training, and guiding the labs towards certification and service delivery.

Research Interest

Business Administration, Information System , Event Management, Molecular Biology