A three-day India-U.K. network meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) hosted by SRM University-A.P. brought together researchers, scientists, clinicians, veterinarians and public health experts from India and the U.K. to strengthen partnership between the two countries on AMR, microbiome research and collaborative initiatives.
Experts from domains spanning from microbiome metagenomics, AMR genomics, community and public health, pharma-nutraceuticals, phage engineering, social medicine, food microbiome and animal health engaged in a constructive dialogue, highlighting cutting-edge projects and research initiatives in national and international levels.
AMR network panel discussed the need to expand community-level AMR surveillance by integrating human, animal and environmental sampling, including livestock and wastewater. The members emphasised the importance of identifying interdisciplinary collaborators across India to generate nationally representative data and highlighted gaps in community-level AMR data due to limited awareness and infrastructure. Funding opportunities from India and the U.K. were highlighted to support this collaborative AMR research under One Health framework.
The participatory panel included Suparna Mitra and Mahua Das from the University of Leeds, the U.K., Ashawni Kumar Takur and Saravanan Matheswaran (IIT-Kanpur), Somasri Dam (the University of Burdwan, Kolkata) and S. Shobana (SRMIST, Chennai), Abhrajyoti Ghosh and Zhumur Ghosh (Bose Institute, Calcutta), Mayilvahanan Bose (Cancer Institute, Chennai), Rajib Dasgupta (Center of Social Medicine and Community Health, JNU), Asifa Qureshi (CSIR), Krupali Patel (O.P. Jindal Global University), Manikandan Madheslu (Sri Krishna College of Arts and Sciences, Tamil Nadu), Jayaseeelan Murugaiyan (SRM University-A.P.), Anand Kumar (NTR College of Veterinary sciences, Andhra Pradesh) and Prasun Goswami (SRM University-A.P.).
Vice Chancellor of SRM University-A.P. Ch. Satish Kumar emphasised the need for community engagement and awareness and systematic data collection to effectively tackle AMR, highlighting its close linkage with public health.
Published – January 24, 2026 10:45 pm IST
