Administrative Staff Profile

Administrative/Teaching Experience:

• Over 14 years in Academia, Research, Innovation and Startup Ecosystem.
• Work history (in reverse chronological order)
• Project Manager (IPR) in execution of the State-level Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0; under Gujarat Knowledge Society, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. (August 2022 - September 2023)
• Associate Professor and HOD Pharmacognosy at Khyati College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad (December 2021 - July 2022)
• Assistant Professor at L. J. Institute of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad (June 2019 - May 2021)
• Assistant Professor at Arihant School of Pharmacy and Bio Research Institute, Ahmedabad (June 2016 - August 2017)
• P. G. Teacher & Research Associate at L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad (October 2014 - August 2015)
• Research Associate with the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) India, Ahmedabad (February 2014 - September 2014)
• Assistant Professor and HOD Pharmacognosy at Pioneer Pharmacy Degree College, Vadodara (August 2011 - January 2014)
• Assistant Professor at Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol, West Bengal (April 2006 - July 2011)

• At the state-level Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP), Coordination with various Academic institutions in the State and guide & handhold them to become SSIP grantees.
• Participate in the organization's outreach activities – including but not limited to specialized campaigns/ sourcing/ investor events/ signature incubator events.
• Coordinate with Startups for various programs and activities.
• Helped Startups in fundraising through various government schemes.
• Conducting prior art searches for the proposals received for incubation.
• Serves as a liaison to university, college, and other stakeholders of the startup ecosystem.
• Contribute to the day-to-day operations of the incubation center.
• Worked with over 50 Startups/innovators at the National Innovation Foundation - India and various academic institutes in Gujarat. Help them in Ideation, product development, test marketing, patent filing, fundraising, and commercialization of their business ideas.
• Hands-on experience identifying market potential for startups and grassroots innovation projects, conducting market research, preparing business plans, Financial Analysis, and Valuation Projections, Training innovators pitching to investors, and licensing the technology to a third party within and outside the country.
• While working as a faculty and the Head of the Department of Pharmacognosy, executed various curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including scientific seminars, conferences and cultural activities for under graduate and post graduate students.

Paper Presentation:

Conferences:

• Oral Presentation, GCP Guidelines: A Quality Improving Strategy, 54th IPC, 2002 Pune.
• Poster Presentation, Antibacterial and antifungal properties of leaf extract of Quisqualis indica Linn. National Seminar on Medicinal Plants, 2008, UGC Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
• Poster Presentation, Antimicrobial effect of leaf extracts of Ixora coccinea Linn. National Seminar on Medicinal Plants, 2008, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
• Poster Presentation, Herbal Immunomodulators: A Review. National Seminar on HIV-AIDS & Herbal Drug Research, 2007, J.L. Chaturvedi College of Pharmacy, Nagpur.

Participation (Without Paper Presentation):

• Indian Pharmaceutical Congress – 54th, 55th & 56th.
• APTI Convention – 8th & 9th.
• National Seminar on HIV-AIDS & Herbal Drug Research, 2007, J. L. Chaturvedi College of Pharmacy, Nagpur.
• National Seminar on Medicinal Plants: Aspects and Prospects, 2008, UGC Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
• National Workshop on “Instrumental Chromatography and Drug Discovery,” 2008, School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
• National Seminar (GUJCOST sponsored) on “Nutraceuticals and dietary supplements: Unlimited frontiers in lifestyle disorders” and State Convention of Society of Pharmacognosy (Gujarat chapter) organized by School of Pharmacy, ITM, Baroda, Sept. 2019

Faculty Development Programme (Attended):

• Completed 21 days UGC sponsored Refresher Course in the subject “Thrust Areas on Development of Natural Products,” organized by the School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, from November 2008, and obtained Grade “A”.

Organised:

• Planned and successfully accomplished responsibilities being Co-Convener for the National Conference entitled ‘Frontiers and Avenues in the Field of Herbal Drug Research’ held at L. M. College of Pharmacy.
• Organized and successfully executed National Conference for Pharmacy at ‘Gujarat Vigyan Sammelan 2022’ as a Theme Co-ordinator held online by Vigyan Gurjari, Gujarat.

• Completed 7 days of Training cum Workshop on Essential oil, Perfumery & Aromatherapy held at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, June 2013.

• Legal aspects of Startups in emerging advanced technologies.
• Redefining the role of venture capitalists in the holistic growth of Startups.
• Formulation and development of Herbal products
• Formulation and development of Nutraceuticals
• Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
• Regulatory affairs of Pharmaceuticals, Cosmeceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Herbaceuticals and Natural Medicinal Products.
• Natural product Chemistry
• Pharmacovigilance

Journal Articles:

• In Vitro Antioxidant Properties of Leaf Extracts of Ixora coccinea L; International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2008, 2(2), 84-87.
• Antimicrobial activity of Acanthus ilicifolius (L.); Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2008; 70(6), 821-823.
• Free Radical Scavenging Property of Quisqualis indica; International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009, 2 (3), 1-4.
• Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Isolated Constituents from the Bark of Polyalthia longifolia; International Journal of Green Pharmacy, 2010, 4(2), 93.
• Lipid Lowering Activity of Ixora coccinea leaves in Hyperlipidemic Rats. International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2010, 4, 98-100.
• Antihypertensive activity of fruits of Trichosanthes dioica in Dexamethasone induced hypertension in rats. Pharma Science Monitor, 2013, 4(3), 496-503. Impact Factor: 0.331.
• Antihypertensive activity of fruits of Lagenaria siceraria in Dexamethasone induced hypertension in rats. Pharma Science Monitor, 2013, 4(3)(1), 400-407. Impact Factor: 0.331.
• Anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities of Inula cappa roots (composite) Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, published online 18/03/2017.