Principal

Exam. Passed	Class or Grade	Year of passing	University
B. Pharm	First	May 1981	Gujarat University
M.Pharm (Pharmacognosy)	First	April 1983	Gujarat University
First L. L. B.	Second	Oct 1984	Gujarat University
Diploma in Distance Education (D.D.E.)	C	Oct 1989	Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Ph. D. in (Pharmacognosy)	-	Oct 2001	Gujarat University

Office/Institute/ Organization and Address	Post Held	Service/ Experience		Total Time Period			Type of Duty
		From	To	Year	Month	Day
Cadila,  Ahmedabad	Plant Chemist	8/7/83	21/9/83	-	2	13	Manufa-cturing of Medicines
Sarabhai, Baroda	Medical Repres-entative	22/9/83	14/5/85	1	7	23	Marketing  of Medicines
Ibri Pharmacy , Oman	Retail Pharmacist	15/5/85	26/7/87	2	2	11
Cornel,  Ahmedabad	Field Officer	24/9/87	1/9/88	---	11	7
Pharmacy  Colleges  at Udaipur   and  Bardoli	Lecturer	2/9/88	31/7/89	---	10	29	Teaching of Pharmacy graduates and participate in the basic research for the development of new drugs. Monitor the  legal aspects related with academics.
Pharmacy  Colleges  of Government of Gujarat	Lecturer	1/8/89	12/7/93	3	11	11
	Principal	13/7/93	30/6/03	9	11	17
	Deputy Director	1/7/03	6/6/05	1	11	5
Sigma Institute of Pharmacy	Principal	7/6/05	Till date	2	1	11
Industrial Experience		8/7/83	1/9/88	5	1	24
Academic Experience As Lecturer		2/9/88	12/9/90	2	0	1
Academic Experience   As incharge Principal  of Diploma Pharmacy  College which is equivalent to Assistant Professor		13/9/90	12/7/93	2	9	29
Academic Experience  As a Principal of  Diploma Pharmacy College  which is equivalent  to Assistant Professor		13/7/93	6/6/05	11	11	7
Academic Experience As a Principal of  Degree Pharmacy College		7/6/05	13/7/08	3	1	6
Total Experience		8/7/83	26/3/09	25	1	27

APPENDIX 2

Life Memberships of Professional Organizations

1. Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA)

2. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

3. Indian Society of Pharmacognosy (ISP).

4. The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).

5. Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS)

6. LMCP Alumni Association & Research Society.

7. Akhil Bhartiya Van Aushadhi Abhyas Mandal, Ahmedabad.

8. Registered Pharmacist with Gujarat State Pharmacy Council, Ahmedabad.

APPENDIX 3

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 

International Journals

1. Murli B., Upadhyay U. M. and Goyal R. K. "Effect of chronic treatment with Enicostemma littorale in non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDDM) rats" Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 81, 199-204 (2002).

2. Umesh M. Upadhyay and Ramesh K. Goyal. "Efficacy Enicostemma littorale in Type 2 Diabetic Patients" Phytotherapy Research 18,233-235(2004).

Indian Journals

1. G. C. Bhavsar, U. M. Upadhyay, M. G. Chauhan, Studies on Kumariasava- J. of Research in Ayurveda and Siddha Vol. XI No. 1-4. PP 50-55, 1990.

2. U. M. Upadhyay, G. C. Bhavsar, M. G. Chauhan, Evaluation of Indian Aloes-Indian Journal of Natural Products, 1991, 6 (2), 11.

3. G. C. Bhavsar, Umeshkumar M. Upadhyay, Growth and Diosgenin production in the callus culture of Balanites aegyptiaca, Indian Drugs, 29 (8), 1992, 334.

4. Umesh M. Upadhyay and Ramesh K. Goyal. "Characteristics of Type 2 diabetic patients of Western India" The Asian Journal of Diabetology Vol. 4, No. 2, January-March 2002, 41-50.

5. Umeshkumar M. Upadhyay, Phytopharmacological Investigations of Enicostemma Iittorale on Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Mellitus, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 36(1) Jan-Mar-2002, 41-42.

6. Umesh M. Upadhyay, M. N. Ravishankar, Harish Padh and Ramesh K. Goyal. entitled "HPTLC fingerprint profile of aqueous extract of Enicostemma littorale" Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences (JAMAPS)" 25(2003), 675-681.

APPENDIX 4

Financial Assistance Received from the Research Projects

1. Received financial assistance of Rs. 13000/- from Gujarat council on Science & Technology, Education Department, Gandhinagar, Gujarat for the Minor Research Project named "Evaluation of some species of Genus Cassia for Hepatoprotective Activity" in February 1991.

2. Gujarat Council on Science & Technology, Education Department, Gandhinagar Gujarat, have sanctioned the Minor Research Project (for the amount of Rs. 108000/-) named "Evaluation of some Herbal Preparation for their effectiveness on Insulin Sensitivity" for the duration of three years.

APPENDIX 5

Awards Received

1. Received Best Paper Award for the research paper presented at the Phytochemistry Section of 54th the Indian Pharmacy Congress held at Pune in Dec 2002 .

2. Received Best Paper Award for the research paper presented by student at the Hospital & Clinical Pharmacy Section of 58th the Indian Pharmacy Congress held at Bombay in Dec 2006.

APPENDIX 6

Patent Granted by Government of India

Under the Section 11A of the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 Patent has been granted for my application no. 493/MUM/2002 for the invention of " Process of preparing an aqueous extract and pills from Enicostemma littorale" which is published in The Gazette of India in sec. 2 of part III on 20th March 2004.

Patent no. 196012 has been awarded and published in the The Patent office Journal on 09/09/2005 in Issue no. 34/2005.

APPENDIX 7

Role Played as a Community Pharmacist

1. Gujarat Council on Science & Technology, Gandhinagar have financed the seminar for "Management of Important Disorders related with General Health" The seminar was organized at our institute and I was co-ordinator.

2. Gujarat Council on Science & Technology, Gandhinagar have financed the seminar for "Role of Pharmacist in the Society". The seminar was organized at our institute and I was co-ordinator for the same. An exhibition narrating the ill effects of drugs (Charas, ganja, opium and all the other prohibited drugs) was organized in our institute during this period with the help of Prohibition and Excise department, Government of Gujarat.

3. Organized Free Eye camp three times in the premises of the college campus.

4. Free Medical camp for Heart and Kidney diseases was held in our college premises. The Internationally known Doctors like Dr. H. L. TRIVEDI, Director, Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Dr.Tejas Patel, an eminent Cardiologist having an expertise in Angiography & Angioplasty, from Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad & many other expert Doctors from Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad diagnosed 300 patients and gave them valuable instructions regarding their related diseases. Donations worth Rs. 2.5 lakhs was collected from the society and handed over to Dr. H. L. Trivedi, for the betterment of patients admitted in the Kidney Hospital.

5. I worked as Liaison Officer & our Students worked as Volunteers on " National Polio Vaccination Days" during different phases.

APPENDIX 8

Presentation of Research Work

1. At the oral session of the Third International congress on Traditional Asian Medicine (III-ICTAM) conducted in Bombay from 4-11-90 to 7-11-90.

2. At the oral session of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry at the 43rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Goa in Dec. 91.

3. At the VII annual conference of Indian Society of Hypertension held at Bombay from 6-11-98 to 8-11-98.

4. At the 7th World Congress on Clinical Nutrition and International Conference on Atherosclerosis held at National Science Centre, New Delhi from 14th to 16th October 1999.

5. At the U. K. Sheth Prize session of the XXXIII Annual conference of The Indian Pharmacological Society organized by K. B. Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 28th to 30th December 2000.

6. At the 2nd International seminar on Ayurveda organized by Gujarat Ayurved University held at Jamnagar, Gujarat (India) from 5th to 7th January 2001.

7. Staff and students presented 25 papers at Oral Session of State Level Competitions at Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Mhesana (14), Pharmacy College, Kim (03), Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat (02), and Gujarat Science Congress, Surat (06).

8. Staff and students presented 34 papers at Poster Presentation Session of State Level Competitions at Pharmacy College, Kim (20), Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat (05), and Gujarat Science Congress, Surat (09).

9. Student presented one paper at Poster Presentation Session in Footprints-2009 at M.S. University, Baroda.