Awarded Best Teacher of the Year (APTI) 2010 ∙ Awarded Best Teacher of the Year (APP) 2012 ∙ UGC-Visiting Fellow Award by University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Feb 2015 ∙ Professor V. M. Kulkarni Visiting Fellow Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences by Institute of Chemical Technology (Autonomous University), Mumbai for the year 2013-14 ∙ Ph.D. Scholars supervised : 34 ∙ Research Publications : 175 ∙ Review Articles : 30 ∙ Patents filed : 21 ∙ Patents granted : 06 ∙ Organized GPAT Exam for three consecutive years (2010-2012) for the First time in India ∙ Expert Talks delivered : 140 .

PUBLICATIONS :

Evaluation of SARS nCoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies Obtained from Vaccinated Sona Mitra, Ashish Bavishi, Anant Marathe, Arti Muley, Hema

Bhojani, Krishna Kant Shiromani. International Journal of Medical Science and Current Research | November-December 2021 | Vol 4 | Issue 6 Humoral Immunogenicity of the Covid-19 Vaccine (Covisheild- Chadox1) At the End of 4th Week of Second Dose. Bhavita Prajapati, Asma Shaikh, Anant Marathe,Sonal Lakum, Vaidehi Mehta.International Journal of Medical Science and Current Research | November-December 2021 | Vol 4 | Issue 6

Development of Antibiogram for Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital: a Cross Sectional Study. Manoj Srihari Dikkatwar, Firdosh Mansuri, Madhuri Chaudhari, Anant Marathe, Jitendra Vaghasiya, Mukesh Nath. Research Square.

COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis (CAM) - Risk Profile and Management Outcomes: A Single Centre Descriptive Study. Ashish Bavishi, Sona Mitra, Arti Muley, Anant Marathe, Mohan Bansal, Saudhan Desai, Ashish Jawarkar, Hema Bhojani, Dinesh Nakum, Kayed Johar K K Rathwala, Atisha Modi, Dhruvika Rathwa, Mayur Dodia, Vaidehi Mehta, Vidhi Parikh, Qureshi Mohammed Uwais. International Journal of Medical Science and Current Research | November-December 2021 | Vol 4 | Issue 6

Treatment of Type I Diabetes using Autologous Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Translated to Insulin Secreting Islet like Cell Aggregates Journal of Case Reports 2017;7(3):235-238. Jaymesh M Thadani, Anant Marathe, Shivani Vakodikar, Prashant Kshatriya, Dhwani Modi, Rajni Vyas, Bhaskar Vyas. Total Potential Cells (P) Ltd, 1st floor Parimal Majumdar Wada, Pratap road, Raopura. Vadodara-390001. Gujarat, India.

Therapeutic Application of Au- tologous ADMSCS (Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells) and Islet like Cell Ag- gregates (ICAS) Derived from them in Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus - A Proof of Concept Study. Jaymesh M Thadani1 , Anant Marathe2 *, Bhaskar K Vyas3 , Rajni B Vyas4 , Ansarullah A5 , Prashant Kshatriya6 , Dhwani Modiv7 and Shivani Vakodikar8 1 Total Potential Cells (P) Ltd, Parimal Majumdar Wada, Raopura, Vadodara, Gujarat 2 Department of Zoology, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat

Reversal of hair greying following autologous adipose mesenchymal stem cell transplantations: a coincidental finding. Jaymesh Thadani, Prashant Kshatriya, Anant Marathe, Rajni Vyas, Bhaskar Vyas, Kaushik Deb

Clinical Safety in Using Unmatched Allogeneic Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells Transplantations in Non-Haematopoietic Degenerative Conditions. Rajni Vyas, Daya Dudhat, Pramodkumar Navik, Niyati Sudhalkar Vaishali Garg, Jaymesh Thadani, Anant Marathe, Ramesh Bhonde, Bhaskar Vyas, Kaushik Deb

Severe diarrhoea due to Cystoisospora belli in renal transplant patient on Immunosuppressive drugs Apr 2013 · Indian journal of medical microbiolog. A Marathe · K Parikh.

Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in an Immunocompetent Patient with Extreme Eosinophilia. Article · Jul 2008 · Journal of Parasitology. A Marathe, V Date

Early diagnosis of filarial pleural effusion. Jul 2003, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. A Marathe, V Handa, G R Mehta, A Mehta, P R Shah

PROJECTS AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

1. Translation of ADMSCS to islet like cluster aggregates - funded by BIRAC, DBT. Government of India.
2. Novel treatment of knee Osteoarthritis with adipose derived SVF. Funded by BIG, DBT, Government of India.

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETY:

Post-Doctoral Contributing Member: American Society for Microbiology.

Life Membership: Indian Association of Medical Microbiology.

Dr Vijay Jagdish Upadhye is presently working as Deputy Director at Central of Research for Development (CR4D) and as an Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Parul Institute of Applied Sciences (PIAS), Parul Univesity, Vadodara, Gujarat. After receiving Post-doctoral research training from TB Research Unit, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London (UK), He served as Post-doctoral Research Scientist at PD Hinduja Hospital and National Medical Research Centre on cutting edge-technologies for early diagnosis of Tuberculosis. His area of research includes Immunodiagnostics for Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases (more than 12 years).
He has successfully contributed >27 publications on Tuberculosis, Infectious Diseases, Agriculture and other microbiological aspects. He is having more than 18 years of professional experience including > 11 years of research, > 4.4. Years Industrial and administrative experience (Head, Scientific Support -Diagnostics for Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases) and Teaching Experience >3.5 years (additional 4 years as visiting guest lecturer). He has several awards to his credit including Prof. G P Talwar Young Scientist Award, Asian Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemists (APCCB) Silver Jubilee Travel Fellowships, Best Leadership Award from Immunoshop India Pvt Ltd, Best Teacher award from Microbiological Society, India Two best poster presentation award, Prof R H Pandya Academic Excellence award and further more. He is life member of several scientific organizations and societies doing Research in Microbiology and Immunology. As a Deputy Director in Research Cell, he is actively involved in Scientific Research promotion, Sensitization programmes on Research Methodologies and Avenues for grants from various funding agencies. He is also working as University Research Co-ordinator (UGC/NAAC/NIRF/ARIIA and other Accreditation programmes) for Research Data Analysis and Maintenance. He is recognized Ph.D. Guide in Applied Science at Parul University. Ph.D. and presently guiding >3 Students. He received grants from Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Govt of Gujarat for research on development of antigen detection test for early diagnosis of Brucellosis. Grant is also received from Students Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) SSIP, Govt of Gujarat for research on development of antigen detection test for early diagnosis of Hepatitis B Infection. Till now, he has successfully completed two International and Three national projects. He is well versed with many techniques including ELISA, Western Blot, PCR, IFA, CLIA, Chromatography (affinity, FPLC), Electrophoresis (2D, SDS-PAGE), M. tb culture Maintenance, Macrophage culture maintenance, Tissue Culture, RNA Extraction, Lyophilization, & Cryopreservation He is working as consultant with one emerging diagnostic company for development of diagnostic tools for Infectious diseases. He is Developmental Editor for International Journal of Microbial Science (IJMS). He is actively involved in research activities in collaboration with other Universities in Gujarat. He delivered Guest talks for University faculty members and students on IPR, Innovation and Start-Ups which are today’s need.

Research-gate Score: 13.98; h-index = 7; i-10 index = 4; Google Scholar Citations = 117; Publications: >27 (all in peer reviewed journals), Chapters= 4; Scientific Projects Handled = 5; Awards = > 10; Guest Talks = > 16; Organizing Secretary for Scientific events => 8