About Us Sen Diagnostics, Patna

Dr. Dilip Sen's laboratory started from an 8x8 room.

First in the region - Bacteriology, chromatography, and assays for enzymes and steroids outside any medical college hospital.

First private licensed blood bank of Bihar.

First in the region to introduce automation in haematology with the Coulter counter.

First in the region to start thyroid assay.

Certified by the College of American Pathology and American Society for Clinical Pathology (Q Probe).

First in the region to set up immunometric assays.

First non-government radioisotope immunoassay lab approved by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

First in the region to herald automation with biochemistry auto-analyser.

Pioneered computerization of lab operations - new IBM PC and in-house developed Laboratory Information Management System by Dr. Sandeep Sen.

First non-government HIV testing and counselling centre.

First in the region to introduce immunofluorescence assays for infectious and auto-immune diseases.

Collaborations with research institutes in India and abroad to develop, improve, patent, and deploy molecular diagnostic procedures suitable for the region.

First to set up a (non-government) PCR lab.

First in the East to introduce Western blots and T-cell counts for HIV.

First in the East to herald automation for immunometric assays.

First in the East - HPLC screening for thalassemia and diabetes.

Total automation for most clinical analysis - first in India to use barcodes to track specimens for analysis.

First in India - computerised 24x7 report delivery kiosk.

ISO 9000 certified accredited by the British Standards Institute. Accredited by the American National Accreditation Board.

Largest network of labs & service points in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal – PPP and franchise model.

State of the art laboratory in Kolkata.

Contributed to thalassemia mutation database for East and North East India.

Dr. Sandeep Sen appointed faculty for an advanced course on diagnostics in France by Foundation Merieux and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Upgraded procedures introduced esoteric parameters to stay updated with evolving trends in lab medicine. First in the East – state of the art robotics technology for proteins and chemical assays.

Total automation of chemistry and immunoassay.

Dr. Sandeep Sen was appointed to a core group in the haematology divisions of Beckman Coulter and CMC Vellore to enhance diagnostic capabilities using raw data from haematology analyzers.

Sen Diagnostics goes paperless – all operations monitored digitally, real-time using our in-house laboratory information monitoring system.

WHO approved Gene Xpert for TB in collaboration with the Clinton Health Action Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Government-authorised H1N1 testing centre.

First NABL and ICMR approved COVID testing private laboratory in Bihar.

Enrolled in External Quality Assurance Programs by BioRad and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi to ensure reports of the highest quality.

Transitioned from a server-based Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to a secure cloud-based LIMS

Our 15th collection centre in Patna becomes operational.

Automation in microbiological culture and sensitivity testing.