Dr. Atul Rukadikar is currently working as an Associate Professor in Microbiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has done his graduation from Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College, Solapur and Post graduation from Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Earlier, he had workedas a faculty member at LTMMC Sion, Mumbai, Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal, Zydus Medical College, Dahod, Gujarat & Banas Medical College, Palanpur, Gujarat, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of interest are, Bacteriology, Hospital Infection Prevention and Control, Molecular Microbiology and Medical Education. He is a life member of IAMM, IATP, SIHAM, HISI, VAMM and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.