Full Mailing Address:

Microbiology - Respiratory Viruses Division and TB Division,
National Centre for Disease Control,
22- Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110054.
Tele Fax. No. 01120832458

Head of the Division:

Dr. Simrita Singh
MBBS, MD Microbiology
Additional Director
Email ID- rvlab.ncdc@gov.in

 *Other Officers in the Division

Dr. Nidhi Saini
MBBS, MD (Microbiology)
Deputy Director
Email ID- rvlab.ncdc@gov.in

*Other Staff in the Division

Mrs. Suman Gupta (ARO)
M.Sc.
ARO

Mrs. Poonam 
B.Sc.
Technician

Mrs. Dinesh Rani
M.Sc., B.Ed, PGDB
Technician

Ms. Renu
B.Sc.
Technician

Mrs. Manisha Batra
M.Sc.
Technician

Ms. Nilanjana Adhya
B.Sc.
Technician

Ms. Krishna Patra
M.Sc.
Technician

Mr. Saikat Sarkar
B.Sc.
Technician

Mr. Amar Singh
High School
Insect Collector

Mr. Harshvardhan Singh
BBA
Lab Attendant

Mr. Ankur
B.A.
MTS

* Details of Staff of TB Lab

Mr. Mukesh Kumar
M.Sc. (Zoology)
Assistant Research Officer (ARO)

Dr. Thakur Datt
Ph.D. (Medical Microbiology, PGDBI)
Technician

Mr. Anupam Kaushik
M.Sc. (Microbiology)
Technician (BCG)

Mr. Abbas Ali
Matric
Laboratory Assistant

Mr. Balbir
MTS
8th standard

1.  Details of Laboratories/Units:

• Respiratory & Teratogenic Viruses Laboratory (RV Lab)
• Tuberculosis Laboratory (TB Lab)

 Laboratories/ units under the Division:

1).  Lab/Unit name:  Respiratory  & Teratogenic  Viruses Laboratory (RV Lab)

  Officer in Charge of Lab/Unit:  Dr. Simrita Singh

1. Lab/Unit details:
2. Molecular Testing Lab for Respiratory viruses
3. Molecular Testing Lab for Teratogenic viruses

• Teratogenic Viruses Serology Lab

1. Influenza Surveillance laboratory

2). Lab/Unit name: TB Lab

  Officer in Charge of Lab/Unit: Dr. Simrita Singh

             Lab/Unit details:_

1. TB Lab

12. Mandate of the Division:

   Mandate of RV Division:

• To provide Referral diagnostic  services  for  Influenza, SARS-CoV-2  and  other Respiratory  Viral Infections.
• To provide Referral diagnostic  services  for diseases  due to  Teratogenic  viruses namely Rubella virus, CMV, HSV 1&2 (RCH).
• Laboratory investigation   of  outbreaks  of  Influenza  and  other  Respiratory  Viruses.
• To provide support to IDSP Influenza Laboratory Network by coordination of  work  of  12  network  laboratories  under  Influenza  Surveillance  Programme  of  IDSP  as   the  Nodal  Laboratory  of  the  network and  lab for Pan Respiratory Virus surveillance.
• Laboratory has been ensuring quality testing in the laboratory by participating regularly in WHO Global EQAS  for SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza testing with attainment of high score consistently.

Mandate of TB Lab:

• Diagnosis & Screening for Tuberculosis on clinical samples such as Sputum /Tissue/urine/pus/CSF   by  AFB smear and Microscopy.
• Diagnosis of Tuberculosis on clinical samples by Solid Culture (Isolation of Mycobacterium).

1. Research projects and Publication (With website link):

• RV Division provides Technical inputs related to Respiratory viruses on online NCDC website IEC publications :
• Technical Guidelines  on Seasonal  Influenza H1N1  (joint effort with  IDSP  and  other experts  from  ministry, medical colleges  ),  available on  MoHFW  website  and  IDSP  website,  i.e Guidelines for Sample Collection ; Guidelines for laboratory procedures for detection of Influenza virus ; Checklist for labs for initiation of Influenza testing ;  Guidelines for patient categorization ; Guidelines on use of masks ; Guidelines for clinical protocol ; Guidelines for Providing Home Care; Seasonal Influenza Death audit format ; Individual Patient Reporting format. 

Link for above guidelines is:                    https://ncdc.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=409&lid=359

• CD Alerts on Respiratory viruses and Adenovirus published by NCDC.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32611914/