<p>The highlights of his distinguished career include director, BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Chennai, Assistant Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.</p>
<p>Dr. Manur taught Microbiology at the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health in Calcutta from 1975 to 1983. He then moved to the Central Research Institute in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh to be Assistant Director. From 1983 to 1991 he was responsible for the National Salmonella and Escherichia Centre (NSEC) and the National Type Culture Collection Centre (NTCC). During this period he gained extensive experience in phage typing of bacteria. In 1991, Dr. Manur was appointed Deputy Director of the Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute in Cheengalputtu, Tamil Nadu. He came to Bangalore in 1998 as Consultant Microbiologist for the National Institute of Tuberculosis, Bangalore, India.</p>
<p>Dr. Manur is an MD in Microbiology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.</p>