A big thank you to Adjunct faculty and Alumnus Dr. Godfred Menezes for delivering the online guest lecture “Nonfermenters as nosocomial pathogens” on 28th May 2024. The interactive session was appreciated by students and faculty alike.

Congratulations to our faculty, Dr. Suchitra Shenoy, HOD and Dr. Sevitha and Dr. Pooja, Associate Professors, Dept of Microbiology, KMC, Mangalore on their Book publication awards.

Congratulations to Dr. Nivedha Srinivasan (final year PG) for bagging 2 prizes at the Manipal Quest 1.0 on 9th June 2024 at KMC, Manipal - 1st prize in poster presentation and Winner for E-display poster.

We are proud to announce that KMC Mangalore has been recognized as a Regional Center and Coordinator for the National Medical Commission-NAP-AMR activities. Dr. Pooja Rao, Assoc Prof Microbiology, has been appointed as the Regional Coordinator. Congratulations to the entire team!

KMC, Mangalore Alum Dr Dayasagar currently at Giannarelli Lab (New York Medical School, USA) on his recent visit to KMC, Mangalore addressed our MSc students. He spoke on academics, stressed on research and enlightened them on various competitive exams after their postgraduation.

Congrats to our 2nd year MBBS students S Pranav and Snehal Mahima Castelino for bagging the 1st prize (against 44 other teams) at the 4th Annual State Level Quiz on Microbiology and Infectious Diseases "MICROCOMBAT 2024" at Yenapoya Medical College.

Congratulations to our PhD scholar Ms. K. R. Souharda for winning Best Poster Presentation at ICHTR 2024 organised by MAHE-SRF @ KMC Mangalore.

Congratulations to our MD student Dr. Annapoorneshwari on receiving the ICMR MD/MS Grant 2024. 👏

Christmas 2024

Congratulations to Ms. Prabhu Gauri Ramrai, Final Year MSc student for being awarded third prize in poster presentation @ MICON 2025 4th national conference conducted by division of microbiology and biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre on January 25th.

Congratulations to our postgraduate student , Dr Nivedha Srinivasan on being recognized for her exemplary book.🎉 Best wishes to you and we look forward to your writing.👏

Department of Microbiology , KMC , Mangalore commenced the second Certificate Course on Antimicrobial Stewardship on 8th February in 5th floor , KMC Central Lab, Attavar with postgraduates and senior residents from various medical specialities attending the first contact session

Successfully completed the 4th week of Antimicrobial stewardship certificate course with sessions by experts Dr. Aruna Poojary, Consultant & Head, Pathology & Microbiology, Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai and Dr.Sumit Rai, Professor & Head of Microbiology, AIIMS, Mangalagiri

"Empowering and Honoring Our Women Workforce" on the occasion of International Womens Day 2025. Felicitating Dr. Suchitra Shenoy, Professor &HOD of Microbiology, Dr. Shrikala Baliga, Associate Dean & Professor of Microbiology & Mrs Lalitha, Senior Laboratory assistant

Congratulations to our postgraduate students , Dr Aysha Linsy and Dr Rakshitha Rao for bagging First and Second prize respectively for Oral presentation and Dr Liya Fathima for winning Third prize for Poster presentation at Oncomicrocon-2025 organised by KMIO , Bengaluru

The 2nd Antimicrobial stewardship certificate course has ended on a high note with sessions by Dr Anup Warrier,Infectious disease specialist,Aster Med City, Kochin and Dr Sunil Karanth,Critical care specialist,Manipal Hospitals,Bangalore.Looking forward to more sessions.

The Departments of Microbiology, Pathology, and Biochemistry, KMC, Mangalore, in collaboration with BD and Siemens Healthineers, conducted a two-day Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Workshop on ISO 20658:2023—Sample Collection & Transport on 3rd and 4th April , 2025

Microbiology goes Bollywood retro! Faculty and PG students brought the 80s back with their fabulous fashion show during the interclass festival ‘Mythos’ organised by the student council of KMC Mangalore at TMA PAI Convention hall !