Welcome to Dayanand Medical College & Hospital DMC&H

The Department of Microbiology at DMC&H provides comprehensive teaching and training in microbiology for MD, MBBS, BSc MLT, and Nursing students. The curriculum is designed as per the guidelines of the National Medical Commission (NMC), India, and Baba Farid University of Health Sciences. The faculty employs innovative teaching methodologies to make learning engaging and interactive. The department has been recognized as the Best Non-Clinical Teaching Department based on student feedback.

The faculty members are well-trained in various educational methodologies, including Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies, Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP) and Revised Basic Course Workshop (National Medical Commission).

To date, the department has trained over 80 postgraduate students, who are now well-placed in various medical colleges and private institutions. The faculty has contributed 250-300 research publications in reputed national and international journals. Faculty members regularly participate in conferences, workshops, and symposia to stay abreast with the latest advances in the field.

The faculty is actively involved in numerous research projects, including:

PIDOPS: Pan-India distribution of Pneumococcal serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in children (6 weeks–5 years).
A hospital-based study estimating the burden of rotavirus infection in children under five years.
A twin case-control study of Toxocara canis infection & epilepsy (community and hospital-based).
A multicenter observational study of ICU patients under the Society of Indian Human and Animal Mycologists (SIHAM).
Comparing Ziehl-Neelsen and Auramine-Phenol staining methods in the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP).
Multicentre observational study of Candida auris candidemia among ICU patients (ICMR-PGIMER).
Genomic and transcriptomic characterization of Stenotrophomonas sepilia and decipherment of its virulence potential.
Typhoid epidemiology and genomics Salmonella collaboration study between DMC&H and PGIMER.
Building a surveillance model for detecting zoonotic spillover in increased animal-human interaction settings using a one health approach: A study at selected slaughterhouses (ICMR).
Multi-centric syndromic surveillance of Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) in North-west India (ICMR).
Preliminary evaluation of atypical human trypanosomiasis in Punjab.
Global surveillance of bacterial pathogens using whole genome sequence & GBS study (KIMS Bangalore).