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Peralam Yegneswaran Prakash
Dr. Peralam Yegneswaran Prakash was born in New Delhi, India. He completed his senior schooling at A. V. Smaraka Government Higher Secondary School, Karivellur and graduated with B.Sc. degree from St. Aloysius College, Mangalore University. Further he pursued M.Sc. degree in Medical Microbiology from Kasturba Medical College securing 1st rank from Manipal University. He earned PhD during 2012 for his doctoral research on ‘Molecular epidemiology and mating type allele analysis of neuropathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical and environmental sources in Southern Karnataka'. He is presently working as Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Professor in Microbiology and is In-charge Medical Mycology Laboratory at the Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical college – Manipal, Manipal University.

Dr. Prakash has been teacher in-charge microbiology for undergraduate 3rd, 4th and 6th semester biotechnology students at Manipal Life Sciences Center (MU-MLSC) and postgraduate students at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal from 2005. He has been a member of the Manipal University - Manipal Centre for Professional and Personnel Development [MU-MCPD]. He has guided several undergraduate projects including the Indian Council of Medical Research - Short term student projects [ICMR-STSS] and Postgraduate Dissertation and advisor for doctoral thesis.

He is interested in the broad area of Medical Mycology and currently involved with various National and International collaborative projects. Dr. Prakash has presented scientific papers at conferences held in Japan, Finland, Thailand, Rome, Singapore and prestigious national forums on Medical Mycology. He had been invited in 2008 as a Guest Researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], Mycotic Diseases Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and was recipient of Summer Research Fellowship in 2008 jointly conferred by Indian Academy of Sciences - Indian National Science Academy - The National Academy of Sciences [IAS-INSA-NASI]. He is an active member of; Mycoses Study Group [MSG], Pan African Medical Mycology Society [PAMMS], Society of Indian Human and Animal Mycology [SIHAM], Mycology Society of India [MSI]. He has been elected as the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, The Young ISHAM representative for India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh from the year 2011 onwards. During the 36th annual meeting of Mycological Society of India, he has been bestowed Best Mycology paper presentation award 2009. In 2009 he has been conferred 'Seed Money to Young Scientists for Research' [SMYSR] Grant from Vision group Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka [VGST-DST-GoK]. He has to his credit over 50 scientific papers in the national and international journals on mycology topics. Dr. Prakash was Co-ordinator and resource person for the Workshop Basic Techniques in Diagnostic Mycology organized by the Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal during 2010. Eminent scientists delivered lectures and imparted practical demonstrations, wet lab exercises and focused on essential theoretical and practical skills in diagnostic mycology. The 27 selected participants comprised of postgraduates and junior faculty members representing 12 medical colleges all over Karnataka. He was the Resource person for the Induction Training program Common techniques for the laboratory diagnosis of Opportunistic fungal infections in HIV/AIDS patients jointly organized by the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society [KSAPS], District AIDS Control and Prevention Unit, District Health and Family Welfare and Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka. The participants comprised of Lab technicians appointed to VCTC, PPTCT and ICTC Centers of Karnataka State. He had extended his service as Quality Manager - Technical for the NABL Accrediation of Microbiology Laboratory during the period 2008-2009. He has been a Member of the Working Committee Research Funding Facilitation Centre [RFCC] under the Directorate of Research – Health Sciences, Manipal University [MU] from 2011 onwards.