Maulana Azad Medical College 
Vision & Mission
VISION
To provide state of the art, reliable diagnostic services and quality medical education that integrates recent advances and research to foster the development of a highly knowledgeable, skilled and competent undergraduate and postgraduate student in the subject of clinical microbiology.
MISSION
To develop state of art facility, in terms of quality infrastructure and trained manpower so as to enable the students of medical microbiology to appreciate the etiology, pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.
To deliver timely and quality diagnostic services to patients.
To create an environment for need based quality research among faculty and students.
Goals
Education: To provide outstanding education in clinical microbiology and immunology to undergraduate and post graduate students in medical sciences. To train a diverse group of scientists and clinicians to solve clinical challenges in infection and immunity
Research: To develop interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaborations that are recognized nationally and internationally for their innovative impacts on microbiology and immunology and
Diagnostic Service: To deliver quality assured, timely diagnostic services to patients and engage in outreach to enhance community understanding of the importance of infectious diseases and their pathogenesis.
Departmental information
The Department of Microbiology at Maulana Azad Medical College is at the forefront of teaching the principle and art of Clinical Microbiology to the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Ph.D students. Although all the faculty members are proficient in the field of Clinical Microbiology, each has a core area(s) of interest on which he/she conducts research. The Laboratories in the Department are well equipped with latest equipment. The department was awarded Fleming Trophy for research in 2020.
History
The Department of Microbiology, to begin with, functioned as an integral part of the Department of Pathology in providing diagnostic services to the hospital. It was located in the Hospital premises in 1950s and shifted to the Ground floor of Pathology block of Maulana Azad Medical College, in 1960-61. It got formally separated and established as an independent department in the year1963.
The Department has come a long way from its inception as a part of Pathology department way back in 1959, occupying just a few rooms on ground floor, Pathology block to a full fledged independent Department with its multiple Laboratories along with a well-equipped Practical Hall on third floor for undergraduate Practical classes.
The Department has been awarded Fleming’s Trophy in recognition of research work almost 20 times over the years, nearly every alternate year. Lately the Fleming’s Trophy was awarded to department for outstanding research work in 2020.
Many Best Thesis awards have been bagged by Post graduate students with the first award as early as 1963 to the first postgraduate in the department, late Dr A. Varghese. Several faculty members have been awarded short term and long term WHO and Common Wealth fellowships for advanced training in both National and International Centers.
Our Leaders
- Dr Balbir Singh: 1960 – 1962
- Dr Ranjit Sen: January 1962 – December 1964
- Dr Ghosh Ray: February 1966 – May 1970
- Dr D.S. Agarwal: May1970 – February 1986
- Dr Annamma Varghese: March 1986 – June 1989
- Dr R. Natarajan: July 1989 – August 1992
- Dr M.D. Mathur: September 1992 – December 2001
- Dr V.K. Sharma: January 2002- November 2005
- Dr Preena Bhalla: December 2005- June 2012
- Dr Anita Chakravarti: March 2013 – September 2014
- Dr Beena Uppal: June 2012 – February 2013
- Dr C. P. Baveja: September 2014 – November 2019
- Dr Sonal Saxena: January 2020-till date