HISTORY

The present department of Microbiology was established in the year of 1983 under the headship of Padma Shri, Prof. (Dr) S.P.Mukherjee. It was created by craving out the different sections, Bacteriology, Parasitology, Virology, Mycology, and Immunology from the department of Pathology. The Department was subsequently headed by Prof. (Dr) L.B.Pandey, Prof. (Dr) N.P.Sahu, Prof. (Dr) A.K.Agarwal and is presently running under Prof. (Dr) Manoj Kumar. The department runs in the second floor of the college building. Till date, more than 50 students have completed MD degree from this department and is a matter of pride that the pass outs are doing well in different parts of India. The Department through its dedicated faculty has been actively engaged in postgraduate teachings and under graduate (MBBS, BDS and paramedical students). The postgraduates are put under rotatory training in different sections of the Department. In the year 2001, the first VCTC (ICTC) center of Jharkhand state was established in the department. In 2008-09 the department started the 1st State Reference Laboratory (SRL) of Jharkhand. In 2011- 12, Viral Research Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) was initiated in collaboration with ICMR, which is now highly equipped with wide range of ELISA, chemiluminescence, as well as Real Time PCR. The VRDL lab is well known for detecting a vast range of viral diseases. The department is well equipped with automation like BD BACTEC for rapid blood culture, BD-PHOENIX for rapid I.D. and AST for bacteria, MGIT and CB-NAAT for Mycobacteria and thus, is serving as a tertiary care institute. We have, nationally as well as internationally, shared our knowledge on the outbreak causing infectious diseases, prevalent in our regions like anthrax. In the past, time again, the department organized training programs by IQLS (Integrated Quality Laboratory Services) in collaboration with CDC (Centre for Disease Control) for benefitting the PGs, staff as well as faculty members. We are moving forward with better knowledge of safety measures and better laboratory practices. The ultimate plan is to replace "Microbiology" by "Clinical Microbiology".

FUTURE PLAN

To develop and establish

1. Biomedical waste disposal system.

2. Hospital infection control system.