Department of Microbiology

Department of Microbiology - Faculty Profiles

G. Rahul - (HOD)

G. Rahul is senior faculty with 10 years of teaching experience at UG and PG level. He has completed her M.Sc in Microbiology from Osmania University.He hasqualified AP-TS SET and UGC LS-SET. He has publications in national and international journals.

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Dr. Burela Laxminarayana - Associate Professor of Microbiology

 Dr. Laxminarayana has completed post-graduation in Biosciences (Gold Medalist) from Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (1996), Prasanthi Nilayam; Ph. D. in Biochemistry from the University of Hyderabad (HCU, 2002), India and postdoctoral research in Molecular Biology and Cell Culture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, 2003 - 2006) and University of Maryland (2010 - 2011), United States. He has research interests in translational control of gene expression and recombinant proteins (Pichia platform). He possesses one Indian patent and various publications in national and international journals and has attended national and international conferences. He has both academic and industry experience (18 years of experience).

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K Mary Manjusha Rani – Assistant Professor

Ms K Mary Manjusha Rani is Assistant professor with 10 year of teaching experience at UG level. She trained UG students as a project guide. She has completed her M.Sc in Microbiology from Kakathiya University in 2004 and M Tech Biotechnology from JNTUH. She worked as assistant microbiologist in State TB Demonstration Center (STDC), Hyderabad. Her areas of interest include Applied Microbiology, Immunology, Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology. She Qualified TS SET. She is gold medalist in her Masters and provisionally selected for INSPIRE Fellowship.

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BBNL Soumya – Assistant Professor

Sowmyahas completed M.Sc in Microbiology from St Francis College for women in 2019. She has worked as Biology teacher for 2 years at LBM High school, Shamshabad. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in the department of Microbiology at Aurora's Degree & PG College since 2023.

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ArshriyaTabbassum

Arshriya has completed M.Sc in Microbiology from AuroraDegree and PG college in 2017. She has 7 years of teaching experience inboth UG and PG level.