Teaches following Subjects/Exams
Infectious Diseases (Medical)
Language of Instruction:
English
HIV/AIDS (Medical)
Language of Instruction:
English
Teaching Experience
Professor and Head, Department of Neuromicrobiology
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. Bangalore., India
Sep 2008 - Sep 2008
Virology, Immunology, Mycology, Parasitology, Bacteriology, Medicine, Neuroinfection, HIV/AIDS, Hospital infection control.
Past President of Karnataka Chapter of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists.Past Chairman Board of Studies for Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Forensic medicine and Preventive and Social medicine for Health University. Training Coordinator for AIDS Society of Karnataka. Teacher in MBBS, MD, PhD, BSc., Technology, BSc., Nursing and Superspeciality courses,
Professional Experience
Professor and Head, Department of Neuromicrobiology.
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore. , Karnataka, India
Sep 2008 - Sep 2008Diagnostic, Research, Training, Social Service and Teaching
Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology.
Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary. , Karnataka, India
Sep 1997 - Aug 2008Teaching, Research,Diagnostic and Training.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad., Andhra Pradesh, India
Jan 1997 - Aug 1997
Assistant Professor of Immunology
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore., Karnataka, India
Jan 1991 - Dec 1996
Lecturer in Virology
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore., Karnataka, India
Apr 1990 - Jan 1991
Senior Resident, Department of Neuromicrobiology,
National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore,, Karnataka, India
Oct 1985 - Apr 1990
Postgraduation in Microbiology - M.D.
Bangalore Medical College Bangalore., Karnataka, India
Oct 1983 - Oct 1985
Senior House Officer
St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore., Karnataka, India
Mar 1983 - Sep 1983
Senior Research Fellow (ICMR) Centre for Advanced Research in Virology.
Christian Medical College Hopital Vellore, N.A. Dist., Tamil Nadu, , Tamil nadu, India
Sep 1980 - Feb 1983
Senior House Surgeon (Honorary).
Bharath Gold Mines Hospital K.G.F. Kolar, , Karnataka, India
Aug 1980 - Sep 1980
Education
Immunology course
University of London, United Kingdom
Dec 1987 - Dec 1987
BSc.,
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Jun 1970 - Oct 1985
Fellowship in Indian Council of Medical Research, World Health Organisation and International fellowships in Virology, Immunology,Microbiology and Food Safety respectively. Member of International AIDS Society.
Professional Exams & Certifications
Tamil nadu State AIDS Control Society
Tamil nadu, India
Year Of Passing:
2008
Perceptible gaps in Medical Education - Medical Council of India.
Karnataka, India
Year Of Passing:
2008
WHO - Immunization and Vaccine Development.
Karnataka, India
Year Of Passing:
2007
World Health Organization
Delhi, India
Year Of Passing:
2006
Antiretroviral Therapy
Tamil nadu, India
Year Of Passing:
2004
WHO Fellowship on Food Safety
Thailand
Year Of Passing:
2001
Recent Trends in Mycobacteriosis
Andhra Pradesh, India
Year Of Passing:
1997
(MRCPath)
Royal College, United Kingdom
Year Of Passing:
1997
Advanced Course in Immunology. Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, United Kingdom. 1987.
Hospital Infection Society
Karnataka, India
Year Of Passing:
1993
Indian Society of Oncology
Tamil nadu, India
Year Of Passing:
1992
AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Delhi, India
Year Of Passing:
1992
Cancer Biochemistry
Karnataka, India
Year Of Passing:
1991
Molecular Cytogenetics of Human Neoplasias
Karnataka, India
Year Of Passing:
1990
Indo-US CME in Medical Oncology
Karnataka, India
Year Of Passing:
1990
Horizons in Molecular Biology
Japan
Year Of Passing:
1988
Tropical Medicine and Malaria
Netherlands
Year Of Passing:
1988
Associations & Membership
International AIDS Society
Switzerland
Feb 2004 - Feb 2004
Indian Asociation of Medical Microbiologists
Karnataka, India
Apr 1992 - Apr 1992Past President of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, Karnataka Chapter.
European Society for Clinical Virology
United Kingdom
Aug 1990 - Aug 1990
Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists
Karnataka, India
Jun 1987 - Jun 1987
Publications and Research
1. “Comparison of techniques for the estimation of the prevalence of Poliomyelitis in developing cou
B.Joseph, R.Ravi Kumar, M.John, K.Natarajan, M.C. Steinhoff and T.J. John.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 61(5) : 833-837, 1983.
2. “Role of anaerobes in brain abscess and other central nervous system infections”.
B.N.Gokul, A.Chandramukhi, Neelam Khanna, R.Ravi Kumar, Muralidhar K.Katti,
Anaerobic Bacteria in Health and Disease, Seth, G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital Bombay, India, Nov. 12-14, 1987, 168-174.
3. “Shigella flexneri bacteraemia in post partum period”
R.Ravi Kumar, B.N. Gokul, A. Chandramukhi, Neelam Khanna and H. Sathyanarayana swamy,
Journal Association Physicians India 1988, Vol.36, No.6, 390.
4. “Salmonella infections of central nervous system”
: B. N. Gokul, A. Chandramukhi, R.Ravi Kumar and Neelam Khanna,
NIMHANS Journal 6(2) July 1988. 115-119.
5. “Clinical and Microbiological study of Candidiasis”
R.Ravi Kumar, T.K. Sumathy and Prabhu.T.
Abstracts : XIIth International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria,Excerpta Medica,International Congress Series810,18-23September 1988, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Thp.11-1, 290.
6. “Microbial spectra of intracranial abscesses”
B.N. Gokul, A.Chandramukhi, Neelam Khanna and R. Ravi Kumar.
NIMHANS Journal, 7(1), January 1989, 27-32.
7. “Flavobacterium meningosepticum meningitis in a neonate”
B.N.Gokul, A.Chandramukhi, R. Ravi Kumar and Suresh R.Aroor,
Indian Journal of Paediatrics, Vol. 56, No.4, 524-526, 1989.
8. “Successfully treated anthrax meningitis A case report”.
Neelam Khanna, B.N. Gokul, R. Ravi Kumar, A. Chandramukhi, M.Gourie Devi, Suresh, R.Aroor Vengamma,
Indain J.Pathol, Microbiol, 32:4:315-317,1989.
9.“The use of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in diagnosis of infective and neoplastic lesions of cent
A. Chandramukhi, Shankar.S.K. Vasudev Rao. T., B.N. Gokul, R. Rajendran, Sreenivasa Babu., R. Ravi
Neurology India 37, 431-439, 1989.
10. “Neurological complications of salmonella typhi clinical, Microbiological and Pathological study
H.Sathyanarayana Swamy, S.K.Shankar, A.Chandramukhi, R.Ravi Kumar, Atul Prasad,V.Anisya
NIMHANS Journal,8(2) July 1990,111-126.
11.“Virus Associated Human Cancers”
R.Ravi Kumar,
Oncoscope – Bulletin of the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore India, issue 2 July 1990.6-8.
12.“AIDS Government Response”
R.Ravi Kumar,
Proceedings of the Conference on AIDS : Impact and Intervention 9-10 January 1992 Bangalore Technical Report Series 1.1 (1992) 31-35.
13.“Post transfusion Seroconversion to HIV-I in a Cancer patient”,
R.S. Jayshree, H. Sridhar, M. Devaru, R.Ravi Kumar and S.V. Kumara Swamy,
Virus information exchange News letter. Vol. 9. No. 3, Sept. 1992,100.
14.“Management of the Immunocompromised patient”.
R. Ravi Kumar
Physicians update Vol. 5 No. 4 March/April 1994.167-172.
15.“Guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of HIV infections and AIDS”.
H. Srinivasa, R.Ravi Kumar.
Physicians update Vol 5, No. 5 May/June 1994. 231-233.
16."Prevalence of HIV Infection amongst Cancer patients and Voluntary Blood Donors at KIMIO”
R.Ravi Kumar.R.S.Jayshree and HemaSridhar
Oncoscope Bulletin of the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.Bangalore,Issue 9 & 10 January 1995.6-8.
17.“Prevalence of HIV Infection in Voluntary blood donors and Cancer patients.”
R.RaviKumar, R.S.Jayshree, HemaSridhar
Indian J.Pathol, Microbiol.9(3):187-189, 1996.
18.“Fusarium solani infection in a patient with Acute Myelogenous leukemia – A case report”.
R.Ravi Kumar, B.R. Vijaykumar, Mohammed Shafiulla, K.C. Laxmaiah, Hemasridhar,
Indian J. Pathol, Microbiol. 40(4):555-557, 1997.
19.“Association of Tuberculosis with Malignancy at KIMIO an Oncology Centre”
R.Ravi Kumar, Mohammed Shafiulla, HemaSridhar.
Indian J. Pathol. Microbiol. 42(3): 339-343, 1999.
20.“Prevalence of TB Infection among HIV infected patients attending voluntary counselling and test
R.Ravikumar Raju, P.Rama, K.Asha, V.Gurnani.
XV International AIDS 2004 Conference held at Bangkok, Thailand, from 11th to 16th July 2004. MoPeC3528. e-journal of the International AIDS Society.
21.“Co-infection of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus and its impact in people living w
R. Ravikumar, R.Prasad, Y.A. Surekha, S. Krishna, J. Mariraj, T. Mukthamba.
XVI International AIDS 2006 Conference held at Toronto, Canada from 13th to 18th August 2006. CDB0142. e-journal of the International AIDS Society.
22. "CD4 T cell count estimationin relation to opportunistic infections and antiretroviral therapy i
R. Ravikumar, Anwar M.I, Raghu T.Y, Jangay S, Surekha Y. A, Kanchan S.
XVI International IAS 2007 Conference held at Sydney, Australia from 22nd to 25th July 2007. CDB062. e-journal of the international AIDS Society.
23.“Success of combined health care providers training program on HIV/AIDS in health systems in med
R.Ravikumar, R. Washington, M. Bhakthavatsalam, J. Shankar, J. Jangay, M. Khizer.
XVII International AIDS 2008 Conference held at Mexico city, Mexico, from 3rd to 8th August 2008. WEPE1031. e-journal of the International AIDS Society.
24."Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous System Infections in Children, India".
P. Lewthwaite, R. Vasanthapuram, J. C.Osborne, A. Begum, J L.M Plank, M. Veera Shankar, R. Hewson
A.Desai, N.J.Beeching, R.Ravikumar and T.Solomon. Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol.15.No.2.February 2009