CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Dr. Eeshita Dhar.

Present Address: House No.29. 4th Cross, Shankar Mutt Road, Mysore-570004,
Karnataka.
Mobile number: +91-8486821993
Email: [email protected]
Permanent address: C/O- Kripasindhu Dhar. Silchar Town, Dist. Cachar (Assam). PIN- 788005

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
1. PhD in Biomedical science (Medical Microbiology), from JSS Medical College, JSS AHER,
Mysore, Karnataka.
2. M.Sc in Medical Microbiology from National Institute of Medical Science (NIMS)University, Jaipur
(Rajasthan).
3. Certificate course on Histopathology and Cytotechnology from Dr.Bhubaneswar Baruah Cancer
Institute (BBCI).
4. B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology from Down Town college of Allied HealthSciences, under
Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS).

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS:
1. Poster presentation on topic “Evaluation of Vitek 2 system in detection of Methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with disk diffusion method”. MICROCON 2021, 21-24th December
2021. Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College, and IAMM – Guwahati Chapter.

2. Participated in the e-poster competition with abstract titled “Evaluation of antibiotic resistant pattern
of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in a tertiary care hospital, Mysuru,
South India”, conducted at the 1st National Conference “MARSCON 2022” (Microbiology,
Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference) held on 3rd & 4th June 2022
organized by Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research
Centre, Pimpri, Pune-18.

3. Poster presentation on topic “Genotypic Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

(MRSA) from a Tertiary Care, Hospital, Mysuru, South India”. CME - “Quality Conscious Molecular
Testing. 3 September, 2022, at KMCH Institute of Health Science and Research, Coimbatore.

4. Oral presentation- “Co-existence of hospital-acquired and community-acquired Methicillin-resistant

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital setting, Mysuru, South India”. National Science
Festival 2023. SMS Medical College, Jaipur on February 27th-28th, 2023.

5. Poster presentation on topic “Oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus (OS-

MRSA) isolates: A major concern. Clinical Diagnostics & Research 2022. NOV 09, 2022. Labroot
(Science Platform).
 AWARDS:
 Secured first prize for the Poster presentation on topic “Genotypic Detection of Methicillin-
Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) from a Tertiary Care, Hospital, Mysuru, South India”, at
CME - “Quality Conscious Molecular Testing, held on 3 September, 2022, at KMCH Institute of
Health Science and Research, Coimbatore.
 Best Poster Presentation award for the topic entitled “Oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive
Staphylococcus aureus (OS-MRSA) isolates: A major concern”, at Clinical Diagnostics & Research
conference 2022. NOV 09, 2022. Labroot (Science Platform).

Completed Project:
 Project titled “Typing of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a tertiary care
hospital by Multiplex PCR method, Mysore, South India” funded by JSSAHER, guided and
investigated by Dr. Tejashree A.
 Project titled “Clinical significance of pvl and agr genes detection in methicillin resistant
staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections” undertaken by Ms Eeshita Dhar Ph.D, Dept of
Microbiology, JSS Medical college, Mysuru, Under the guidance of Dr. Tejashree A.

PUBLICATIONS:
1. Nivedita RD, Dr. Tejashree A, Krishna Karthik,Satya Sai, Eeshita Dhar, Prasanna Kumar KP.
Detection of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) by PCRamong hemodialysis patients attending a tertiary care
ce6er, Mysuru South India. International Journal of Health Sciences.2022. 6S2, 2493-2499.

2. Eeshita Dhar, A. Tejashree, M.V.S. Krishna Karthik. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Mysuru,
India. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development.2023. 14(2), 88-93
.
3. Swarupa Rani, Tejashree.A, Ranjitha Shankare Gowda, Krishna Karthik M.V.S, Eeshita Dhar, B.
Satya Sai. Comparative evaluation of MIC of Vancomycin among methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in tertiary care hospital. Indian Journal of Public Health
Research and Development. 2022. 13(4), 308-312.

4. Eeshita Dhar, A. Tejashree, M.V.S. Krishna Karthik, and Pushkal Sinduvadi Ramesh. Role of
Oxacillin Susceptibility Testing Strategy in Changing Scenario of mecA Positive Staphylococcus
aureus Isolates (OS-MRSA) Detection. Journal of Pure Applied Microbiology. 2023. 17(3), 1509-
1515.

5. Dr. Sakshita Agnihotri, Eeshita Dhar, Dr. Abhishek Shandilya. In vitro activity of mupirocin on
Staphylococcal nasal carriers among health care personnel in a tertiary care hospital, Jaipur, India.
GJRA - Global Journal For Research Analysis. 2022. 11(10), 2277.

6. Agnihotri, MK Gupta, Eeshita Dhar. Staphylococcal nasal carriage among health care personnel
at tertiary care hospital, Jaipur, India. Int. J. Healthcare. 2015 (1) 361-364.

7. Eestita Dhar, S agnihotri, B G unni. Comparison of Vancomycin MIC against methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus and methicilin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolated at a tertiary care
centre in Jaipur, India. Indian Joumal of Basic and Apple Medical Research. 2016 (1), 756220.
 8. Eeshita Dhar, Urs TA, Ramesh PS, Devananda D, Karthik MVSK. Beyond antimicrobial
resistance: mec-genes detection as a factor of epidemiological characterization among methicillin
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India. Online
Journal of Health Allied Sciences. 2023 23(1):6.

9. Eeshita D, Urs TA, Ramesh PS, Devananda D. Genomic Profiling of Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates by SCCmec-typing Assay to Explore Epidemiological
Diversity in a Tertiary Healthcare Setting, South India. Online J Health Allied Scs. 2024;23(2):7.
Available at URL: https://www.ojhas.org/issue90/2024-2-7.html

WORKSHOPS, CMEs & CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

1. Attended MICRO KAR-2020, XXIV State Level Annual Conference of IAMMKO. Titled as
"Cognizance of Challenges in Clinical Microbiology" held on January 31"& 1" February 2020.

2. Participated in “VI-Hands on DNA PCR Workshop”, held on 13 th-15th February, 2020, conducted by
the Department of Microbiology under the aegis of IAMM-Karnataka Chapter.

3. 4-Day International Conference On “Eradication Of Biological And Chemical Weapons” - MIT

WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, 23rd To 26th June 2020.

4. Two Days Workshop on “Yourself To The Publishing Process" - At Elsevier, On Friday 24 July,
2020.

5. Workshop on "Biodiversity Conservation - Issues & Challenges", by JSS AHER, 15th and 16th July,
2021.

6. Attended 44th Annual Conference Of Indian Association Of Medical Microbiologist on “Clinical

Microbiology In the wake of Emerging Threats” from 22 nd to 24th December 2021, MICROCON;
organized by Department of Microbiology, Guwahati Medical College & Hospital.

7. Participated in Spring 2022 Conference titled “Rapid Methods and Automation in Food
Microbiology: Developments, Promise and Challenges”, by Wiley Analytical Science, on April 26th,
2022.

8. Attended Virtual Microbiology and Infectious disease Summit 2022 on may 17 th, 2022 organised by
Select Science.

9. Attended MARSCON 2022, 1 st National conference on Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance and

Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference, held on 3rd & 4th June 2022 organized by Department of
Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune-18.

10. Attended virtual CME on “Quality Conscious Molecular Testing” held on 3 rd September, 2022,
organised by KMCH Institute Of Health Sciences & Research, under the aegis of Academy Of
Clinical Microbiologist.
Work Experience:
 Current status: Working as Senior resident in Mysore Medical College, Department of
Microbiology, Mysore.

 3yrs as a lecturer in Assam down Town University and 1 year in Hiteshwar Saikia Paramedical
college, Guwahati, Assam.

Language known: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali.

Other qualification: Diploma in Computer application.

Declaration:
I do hereby declare that, all particulars stated above are true and correct to the best of myknowledge and
belief.