Varanasi Branch

Full Mailing Address:

Varanasi Branch,
National Centre for Disease Control,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Telephone: 0542-2211882

Head of the Division:

Dr. Prateek Kumar Singh
MBBS
Medical Officer
Email ID- prateek.47@ncdc.gov.in

Other Staff in the Division

Sh. Awanindra Dwivedi
M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology)
Research Assistant
Email ID- awanindra.bhu@gmail.com

Sh. Anukesh Singh
B.Sc. (Bot./Zoo.)
Technician
Email ID- anukeshsingh1996@gmail.com

Sh. Indrajeet
Intermediate
Insect Collector
Email ID- ncdcvns@gmail.com

Sh.Lalloo Ram
Intermediate
Insect Collector
Email ID- ncdcvns@gmail.com

Sh. Suresh Chand
8th Pass
Driver
Email ID- ncdcvns@gmail.com

Sh. Ram Jatan
6th Pass
Field Worker
Email ID- ncdcvns@gmail.com

Sh. Awadhesh Narayan Singh
Intermediate
M.T.S.
Email ID- awadhesh830306@gmail.com

Sh. Dheeraj Kumar
MTS

Sh. Lallu Prasad
8th Pass
Animal Attendant
Email ID- ncdcvns@gmail.com

Sh. Haridas
5th Pass
Animal Attendant
Email ID- ncdcvns@gmail.com

Mandate of the Division

1. Manpower development: Training Programme on Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) for Filaria Inspectors/Technicians (Ten days) & Medical Officers/Biologists (Five days).
2. Operational Research to support National Programme of Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis.
3. Support to Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
4. Outbreak investigation of various communicable diseases in the state of Uttar Pradesh and other states as per the directions of NCDC HQ.
5. Services to Public Health: Weekly Night and Day Filaria clinic and Lymphoedema Management Clinic. Night Blood Smear examination for detection of asymptomatic microfilariae (mf) carriers in rural/urban areas.
6. Entomological surveillance for prevention and control of vector borne diseases.
7. Support to state government of Uttar Pradesh in COVID-19 screening and contact tracing of International passengers at LBSI Airport, Varanasi.
8. To act as Nodal Officer for YEP surveillance in Sonbhadra & Mirzapur Districts of U.P.

Details of projects/programmes/research activities

1. Collaboration with BHU faculties for Research activities in the field of Lymphatic Filariasis.
3. Research projects:

A. Completed: 1. Assessment of prevalence and intensity of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) among pregnant women and school children.

B. Scientific publications:

1. “Lymphatic Filarial Serum Proteome Profiling for identification and characterization of Diagnostic Biomarkers” accepted for publication in PLOS ONE (in press) (NCBI PubMed indexed, Impact Factor 3.24).