Dr. Ashish Kumar Mandal

Educational Qualification                                             

Degree	Institution	Field	Year
MBBS	Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi	Medicine	1976
M.D.	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.	Pathology	1983
PhD	Fukushima Medical University, Japan	Medical Science	2002

Administrative Experience; Founder Principal and Dean, Government Medical College, Distt. Pauri Gharwal, Uttarakhand. Deputy Director General (Medical Education) in Ministry of Health & Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, Government of India. Director NEGRIHMS, Meghalaya [on duel charge during the posting as Deputy Director General ( Medical Education) in Ministry of Health & Family welfare] Director All India Instt. Of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata.  (A Central Government Institute). Vice president National Board of Examination (DNB) from 98 – 2001

• Director Professor - Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, N. Delhi.

Additional Director and Head, Department of Parasitology, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi. Director, Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital New Delhi. Director, Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College, Rohini, Delhi-110085 Director, Andaman Nicobar Island Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Island. Professor and Head Department of Pathology, Central Lab and Blood Bank, School of Medical Science & Research, Sharda University. Greater Noida, U.P. Professor and Head Department of Pathology, Amrita institute of medical Science, Faridabad, Haryana.  Academic Position Held Assistant Professor – Maulana Azad Medical College, N. Delhi  Associate Professor - Maulana Azad Medical College, N. Delhi Professor - Maulana Azad Medical College, N. Delhi Director Professor -  Maulana Azad Medical College, N. Delhi. Additional Director and Head, Department of Parasitology, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi Director, Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi.

• Director, Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College, Rohini, Delhi-110085
• Director, Andaman Nicobar Island Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Island.
• Professor and Head Department of Pathology, Central Lab and Blood Bank, School of Medical Science & Research, Sharda University. Greater Noida, U.P.
• Professor and Head Department of Pathology, Amrita institute of medical Science, Faridabad, Haryana.  

1. Clinical and applied Immunology;
2. Healthcare, Diagnostics and Clinical Biotechnology;
3. Molecular Diagnostics and Oncology;
4. Cytogenetics;
5. Laboratory Medicine

1. Indian Association of Cancer
2. Indian Association of Pathology and Microbiology
3. Indian Association of Occupational Health

Paper publicatons (154 research papers)

List of 10 best research publications.   Prasad A, Mandal AK, Singhal VS, Singhal RN (1989).  Changes in mammographically normal contralateral breast in cases of breast carcinoma.  British Journal of Cancer 60.235. (Impact factor- 6.176, H Index- 224) Mandal AK, Robert S, Laurence M (1990).  Double i(18q) in lymphoma.  Cancer    Genetics Cytogenetics 44, 1846. (Impact factor- 1.929, H Index-75) Multani AS, Ozen M, Sen S, Mandal AK, Price JE, Fan D, Radinsky R, Ali-  Osman F, Von Eschenbach AC, Fidler IJ and Pathak S.(1999) Amplification of telomeric DNA directly correlates with metastatic potential of human and murine cancers of various histological origin. International Jr of Oncology. 15:423 – 429. (Impact factor- 3.899, H Index- 122) S Hedau, A.K.Mandal , Ravi kant, B C Das (2004). Novel germline mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1, BRCA2 and p53 gene in breast cancer patients from India. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 88: 177 – 186. (Impact factor- 4.872, H Index- 154 ) P Sharma, N Kumar, A K Bahadur, A.K.Mandal (2005). Ki-67 expression in cytologic scrapes from oral Squamous cell carcinoma before and after 24 Gray radiotherapy – a study on 43 patients. Oral Medicine and Pathology. 10: 15 –17(Impact factor- 4.253, H Index- 83 ) Gupta R, Singh S, Hedau S, Nigam S, Das BC, Singh I, Mandal A K. (2006) Spindle cell carcinoma of head and neck: an immunohistochemical and molecular approach to its pathogenesis. J. Clin. Pathol.; 10.1136. (Impact factor- 3.411, H Index- 5.3) Arshad Rahmani, Mohammad Alzohairy, Ashish Mandal, Moshahid A. Rizvi. (2011) Expressional evaluation of androgen receptor in transition cell carcinoma of urinary bladder patients. British Journal of Medical & Medical Research. 1(4): 233-238, (Impact Factor:2.916 Citescore:4.0) Rahmani, A., Alzohairy, M., Khadri, H., Rizvi, M. A., & Mandal, A. (2011). Paraffin Sections of Sputum Block: Description of a New Method for Pathological and Molecular Study. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research  1(3): 141-145, 2011  (Impact Factor- 30.313) Shraddha Sharma, Neha Banyal, Mukul Singh, A.K. Mandal, Sudha Bhattacharya, Jaishree Paul. (2017) SINE polymorphism reveals distinct strains of Entamoeba histolytica from North India. Experimental Parasitology 175 28e35 (Impact Factor- 2.011, H Index- 74) Kumar D, Burma A, Kumar Mandal A. (2021) A seroprevalence study of Covid 19 antibody after 1st wave of the pandemic in South Andaman district, India. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health;12:100901. doi:10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100901 (Impact factor- 2.145) Utkarsh Dev, Tripty Singh, Tina Babu, Ashish Kumar Mandal, Mansi Sharma , Adhirath Mandal (2025)Enhancing Blood Platelate Countingthrough Deep LearningModelsfor Advanced diagnostics.SN Computer Science. 6:4, 1-10.

Book Publications (n=5)

1. Mandal A. K, Choudhury S. Textbook of pathology for MBBS. (2017) Second edition. Avichal publishing company. New Delhi. ( First edition 2010, first reprint 2012, second reprint 2014, third reprint 2016, second edition 2017)
2. Mandal A. K, Choudhury S (2012). Textbook of pathology for BDS. Avichal publishing company. New Delhi.
3. Mandal A. K, Choudhury S (2015). Comprehensive Textbook of pathology for Nursing. Avichal publishing company. New Delhi.
4. Mandal A. K, Choudhury S (2020). Textbook of Pathology for Physiotherapy. Avichal publishing company. New Delhi.
5. Mandal A. K, Choudhury S (2021). Textbook of Pathology for Allied Health Sciences. Avichal publishing company. New Delhi.

1. The paper titled "Benzene toxicity in health care setting - A case report" received best paper award from Indian association of Occupational Health in February 1997.
2. The thesis titled "Effect of Nicotine on normal mammary ductal epithelial cells and protective role of anti-oxidant Beta-Carotene." Chief  guide - Dr.A.K.Mandal, received gold medal for best thesis
3. Fukushima Society of Medical Science, Fukushima City, Japan, awarded a Gold medal and a certificate of appreciation for contribution to medical science. December 22, 1999.
4. The paper titled "Apoptosis and its relation to cell differentiation and proliferation in premalignant and malignant lesions of oral cavity" received best oral paper award at the IAPM conference, Delhi chapter, 2003.
5. The paper titled "Carcinoma with sarcomatous metaplasia" received best paper award at the IAPM conference, Delhi chapter, 1992.                                                                                                                               

 

1. In vitro effect of environmental carcinogen, Benzo(a)pyrene, on the human breast tissue. Funded by Ministry of Environment and Forest. No.19/60/91-RE. (August 94 to August 97). Principal investigator.

2.      Alteration of P53 protooncogene and its relation to Immunological and Morphological changes in Asbestosis.  Funded by U.G.C. No. F.3-63/99(SR-II). (Principal Investigator).

1. Myeloid surface antigens on cell in myeloid leukemia’s: correlation of   immuno-     cytochemistry to classification and cytochemistry. Funded by D.S.T. (1989 & 1990). Co-investigator.
2. Chromosomal changes in breast carcinoma and its relation to oestrogen receptor.         Funded by ICMR (1.4.91 to 1.3.94). Principal investigator.
3. Effect of collagenised surface on the proliferative rate and differentiation of human breast tissue. Funded by  U.G.C. No. F3-30/93 (SR II). Principal investigator.
4. Role of Caspase, Bax, k-Ras and Apoptosis in malignant and pre-malignant lesions of oral cavity. Ph.D. fellowship scheme of ICMR.
5. Breast Cancer: Multidisciplinary study on clinico,  epidemiological, psychobehavioural, cyto and histopathologic, hormonal and molecular oncologic parameters. In collaboration with Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology, New Delhi. Funded by I.C.M.R. ( Co-investigator). Molecular analysis of PTEN gene in Indian cervical cancer patients.  
6. In-vitro keratinocyte culture, an attempt to form sheet of superficial skin. Funded by CSIR for pool job. (Chief guide). 
7. NAT-2 gene polymorphism (RFLP) in urinary bladder mucosa due to environmental    pollutant exposure. Accepted for funding by Ministry of Environment and Forest. Principal investigator.
8. Entamoeba histolytica – bacterium interaction and the role of this interaction in intestinal pathogenesis – AMOEBAC – in collaboration with international consortium consisting of France, Israel and Germany along with School of life sciences, JNU. Funding agency – European Union.
9. Fast detection of intestinal parasites using multiplex real time PCR – RESEARCH PROJECT – in collaboration with School of life sciences, JNU. Funding agency –Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

 

Research projects continuing

1. Preservation of morphological , IL6 and D-dimer level in viral transport media for Covid-19

Editorial Board

 

1. Editor in Chief of Recent Advances in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Continuing).
2. Member Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Continuing).
3. Guest Reviewer in the journal Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine       Published by the Japanese Society for Hygiene. Tokyo, Japan (2001-2004).
4. Subject Editor (Pathology) in the Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.
5. Associate Editor in the Health Care Bulletin. (1998-1999).
6. Chief advisor of the editorial board of the proceedings of the International     Conference & Workshop on Recent advances in Medical Toxicology, Legal Medicine, and Forensic Cytology & Forensic Histopathology. New Delhi. 1998.

 

 

 

Technology Transferred

1. A novel method to do molecular study from paraffin section of sputum block was described for the first time and the technique was widely published in international forum for transfer of the technology. The reference is as follows:  Rahmani, A., Alzohairy, M., Khadri, H., Rizvi, M. A., & Mandal, A. (2011). Paraffin Sections of Sputum Block: Description of a New Method for Pathological and Molecular Study. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research  1(3): 141-145, 2011  (Impact Factor- 30.313)

 

 

1. Cytological samples frequently are inadequate, this creates problem in diagnosis of malignant cancer particularly so in lung neoplasms. Repeat FNAC are often not advisable particularly in Cancer cases due to their poor health conditions. To sort out this problem a method was found out whereby the needle used for cytological aspirations was rinsed and the imprint of the rinsed fluid was used to diagnose lung carcinomas. This technology was published and widely circulated amongst world scientific community. The reference is as follows: Monika, Kolte SS, Rawat DS, Suri JC, Mandal AK. Rinse fluid and imprint cytology in the diagnosis of lung neoplasms. Analytical Qualitative Cytology and Histology;38(5):301-6,2016. (Impact Factor- 0.185).

 

 

1. Benzene has been widely used as a solvent in different diagnostic laboratories. This cause lot of exposure to the laboratory workers giving rise to toxicity. A study was conducted to find Benzene toxicity in health care settings. This work was widely considered in Delhi Government and following its publication benzene was banned from Laboratories by Delhi Government. This paper received best paper award from Indian Association of Occupational Health.  The reference is as follows: Joshi TK, Mandal AK. Benzene toxicity in health care setting. A case report.IJIM;43(1),18,1997

 

Major Scientific Contributions

• I have a vast number of years of experience in diagnostics, teaching and research; have contributed in the field of Medical Science through 154 National and International Publications. I have been Guest speaker in different plenary sessions. I also had international collaboration with international consortium consisting of France, Israel and Germany along with School of Life Sciences, JNU. I have been Guest Reviewer in international Journal of Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine published by Japanese Society for Hygiene, Tokyo, Japan.

 

• Most active contribution in the field of science was during Covid pandemic when I was made the Nodal Officer of Covid pandemic representing whole of Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. I was instrumental in increasing the bed strength of the only tertiary care hospital making them fully oxygen enabled. I also started PSA plant so that oxygen deficiency is never felt by the patients. During this period an extensive serosurveillance was done covering 5000 people, this resulted in two international papers [Reference: 1). Kumar D, Burma A, Kumar Mandal A. A seroprevalence study of Covid 19 antibody after 1st wave of the pandemic in South Andaman district, India. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021;12:100901. doi:10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100901 (Impact factor- 2.145.)

2). Deepak kumar, Amrita Burma, Ashish Kumar Mandal, Vidhu Joshy. Acomparative analysis of Covid-19 IgG antibody level and Socio-demographic status in symptomatic and asymptomatic population of South Andaman, India. Cureus 14(2); (2022)1-9.]

• I was also Deputy Director General Medical Education in the ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and Vice President National Board of Examination during these tenure I richly contributed to the scientific curriculum and mode of teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students across the country.

 

           

• I have been teaching in MAMC and VMMC New Delhi for last 32 years. I wrote 5 books in the field of Pathology.

• Currently I am chairing the NABL and NABH of Sharda Hospital in addition to being head of Department of Pathology, Central Lab and Blood bank.