Available for advisory & leadership roles

Building the systems
that move healthcare
forward.

A decade of strategy, policy, and process in laboratory services, infection control, and quality assurance — currently leading microbiology and infection control at a 2,000-bed tertiary care hospital, with recent experience shaping India's molecular diagnostics landscape.

CredentialsMBBS · M.D. Microbiology
ExecutiveMBA · BITS Pilani
RegistrationTSMC / FMR / 28908
Based inHyderabad, India
10+
Years in healthcare leadership — lab services, infection control, quality.
2,000+
Tertiary-care beds under the infection control program I currently lead at Yashoda, Hyderabad.
30%
Annual laboratory growth delivered as Head of Lab Services at Mehta Hospital.
12
Cities spanned by the molecular diagnostics network I led at Rivaara Labs.

A clinician who thinks like an operator.

For a decade I've worked at the grass roots of healthcare, in the places where policy meets practice — laboratory services, infection control, and quality assurance. My focus has been building the strategies and processes that let organisations, and the people they serve, operate at their best.

My move into molecular diagnostics has surfaced the gaps in the industry and the opportunities that sit alongside them. I believe brand and awareness building are essential — the platform through which new approaches earn clinician trust and patient adoption.

From bedside microbiology to national medical affairs.

Present
Sr. Consultant — Microbiology & Infection Control Officer
Yashoda Hospital, Hitec City · Hyderabad
  • Developed and implemented strategy for JCI accreditation for Microbiology & IC in a 2,000-bed tertiary care hospital.
  • Led and coordinated efforts to establish a comprehensive infection prevention and control program.
  • Designed evidence-based protocols with interdisciplinary teams.
  • Leading the Department of Microbiology — daily reporting across Microbiology, Serology, Molecular Biology and TB.
2023
Lead Medical Affairs
Rivaara Labs · Mumbai
  • Spearheaded national operations for an exclusively molecular diagnostic laboratory chain across 12 cities in India.
  • Daily reporting of multiplex syndromic assays.
  • Designed medico-marketing strategy with key opinion leaders to benchmark molecular diagnostic engagements.
  • Front-ended the organisation across domestic and global scientific forums.
  • Collaborated with R&D to develop and validate key products to industry needs.
  • Training and coaching teams across the network.
2012 — 2022
Mehta Hospital Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai · 200-bed multispeciality hospital

A decade at Mehta, progressing from consultant microbiologist into leadership of both the laboratory and the hospital-wide infection control committee.

2019 — 2022
Head of Laboratory Services
  • Key strategic decisions across Sales & Marketing, HR, and Procurement — driving 30% annual growth.
  • Led a team of 40 with ₹12 Cr annual turnover.
  • Brought NABL accreditation to a 40-year-old laboratory.
  • Executed end-to-end laboratory renovation — layout, budgeting, procurement — and opened a new lab in 2020.
  • Implemented LIS for faster turnaround time.
2012 — 2022
Head, Hospital Infection Prevention & Control Committee
  • Led pandemic response — rapid protocol-setting and continuous adaptation to protect healthcare workers and patients.
  • Participated in multiple hospital accreditation and certification programs.
  • Started the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Diagnostic Stewardship programs.
  • Authored SOPs and protocols in line with current guidelines.
  • Budgeting and resource management for the HIC department.
  • Identified and managed hospital outbreaks.
2012 — 2022
Consultant Microbiologist
  • Led a team of 4 handling 2,000+ samples per month.
  • Introduced automated identification and sensitivity for culture.
  • Faculty in the teaching program for fellowship and DNB (paediatrics) courses.
  • Faculty for HHSC Emergency Medicine and OT Technician training programs.
2020 — 2022
Honorary Visiting Specialist Concurrent
Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital · Ayanavaram, Chennai

Visiting specialist role held concurrently with the Mehta tenure above.

What I bring into a room.

Domain strengths

01Profit Center Management
02Operational Excellence
03Space Planning
04Product Mix & Pricing
05Stakeholder Management
06Strategic Presence

Working style

01Process-Oriented
02Organised
03Communicative
04Problem Solving
05Adaptability

Medicine, then management.

2020 — 2022

MBA, Hospital & Health System Management

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (WILP)

2009 — 2012

M.D. Microbiology

Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore · MAHE University

2001 — 2007

M.B.B.S.

Fr. Mueller Medical College, Mangalore · Rajiv Gandhi University

Awards & honours.

2021

Covid Champion Award

Recognition of work at Mehta Multispeciality Hospital for COVID containment and contingency.

2016

Hero of India Award

AHPI, for flood relief and emergency response efforts in Chennai.

2001

Teacher's Excellence Award

Passing batch of 2001, Coorg Public School, Karnataka.

Memberships, faculty roles, and continued learning.

Professional affiliations

  • 2020 – 2021 Diagnostic Committee MemberCAHO Diagnostic Division
  • Lifetime Indian Association of Medical MicrobiologistsLM 2605
  • Life Member Consortium of Accredited HospitalsCAHO/LM/2021/0285 · 2019

Faculty & courses

  • 2019Course Developer, Advance CPHICConsortium of Accredited Hospitals
  • 2018Faculty, Basic HIC (CPHIC)Consortium of Accredited Hospitals
  • 2018Train the Trainers CMEInfection Control & Prevention · IDEF Chennai
  • 2018Basic CPHICCAHO, Chengalpet
  • 2016CXLVI Internal Auditor & QMSFoundation for Quality, India
  • 2015AHPI Certified Internal AuditorNABH

Let's talk.

Open to advisory, leadership, and collaboration in laboratory services, molecular diagnostics, and infection control.