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 .

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