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Dr Deepak Acharya
Director, Abhumka Herbal Pvt Ltd
502, 5th Floor, Shreeji Chambers
B/h Cargo Motors, CG Road
Ahmedabad- 380006, Gujarat
India
Mobile: +91 9824050784; Email:deep_acharya@rediffmail.com
Education & Research:
2002: PhD (Botany), Danielson College (affiliated to Dr Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India), Chhindwara, India.
Thesis title: "Search for Antimycotic Potential in Asteraceous Plants against Human Pathogenic Fungi".
1998-1999: Project fellow in a UGC (University Grants Commission, N-Delhi) granted project entitled "screening of
Asteracous plants against human pathogenic fungi" in the Microbiology Research Lab, Department of Botany, Danielson College,
Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India.
1997: M Sc (Botany with specialization in Microbiology), Danielson College, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India.
1995: B Sc (Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry), Danielson College, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India.
1992: Higher Secondary, Government Multipurpose Higher Secondary School, Chhindwara- Madhya Pradesh, India.
Research/ Work Experience:
· Expertise in assessment of in vitro antimycotic activity of medicinally important plants and in vivo studies
(topical application).
· Surveying, sampling and identification of medicinal plant.
· Extraction, purification and biological activity evaluation of herbal extracts and essential oils.
· HPTLC instrumentation and analysis methods and application.
· Worked for NISSAT Database on Medicinal Plants at SRISTI- Ahmedabad. A complete profile of 250 medicinal plants
was generated in 4 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati.
· Author for PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa, South Africa) on their medicinal plant database preparation.
· Reviewer for African Journal of Traditional and Complementary and Alternative Medicines, published from Nigeria.
· Member, Editorial Board for Bi-monthly magazine SujhBujh Aaspass ki, Published by SRISTI Innovations, Ahmedabad.
· Editorial Board Member, Vyanjano Ki Virasat- Jaivik Vaividhyta ki Suraksha, Published by SRISTI Innovations,
Ahmedabad, ISBN- 81-87160-16-0.
· Consultant (Basic Herbal Formulation) for Biotique and Bio Veda Research Lab. Pvt. Ltd., Noida, India
Major Accomplishment:
Only Indian to be featured in cover story of Weekend Edition of Wall Street Journal Asia (Story entitled "Modern
Medicine? New life for old cures" published on May 12th, 2006, by WSJ Staff Reporter: Kevin Voigt).
Research Papers:
Published: 24; In Press- 03; Articles on web- 55
Current Job:
Director- Abhumka Herbal Pvt Ltd- Ahmedabad
Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops / Training:
· Attended National Seminar on Herbal Medicines, Bio-diversity and Conservation Strategies held at Danielson College,
Chhindwara, MP, India (Feb 26-27, 1994)
· Attended National Seminar on Integrated Management of Plant Resources held at Danielson College, Chhindwara, MP,
India (Jan 23-24, 1998)
· Participated in the workshop on Zoning Atlas for Siting Industries held at Bhopal and sponsored by Central Pollution
Control Board, New Delhi, India (Aug 7th, 1998)
· Attended National Seminar on Inland Water Potential, Pollution, Management and Conservation held at Department
of Botany, Government Post Graduate College (Autonomous), Chhindwara, MP, India (Dec 18-20, 1999)
· Organized one day workshop on Water Pollution: Cause and Care sponsored by EPCO (Environmental Planning Coordination
Organization, Bhopal, MP, India) in Bhanadehi, Chhindwara, MP, India (Jan 9, 2000)
· Participated in the National workshop on Conservation and Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants held at
Center for Forest Research and Human Resource Development, Poama, Chhindwara, MP, India (Dec 26-27, 2001)
· Organized one day training cum workshop on Medicinal Plants: Conservation and Cultivation in Danielson College,
Chhindwara, MP, India (Jan 15, 2002)
· Presented research paper in National Seminar on Need for Recognizing, rewarding and Documenting the Indigenous
Knowledge of Tribals in Department of Botany, Dr H S Gour University, Sagar, MP (1- 2 March 2003)
· Presented research paper in International symposia on Microbial Diversity, Opportunity, Challenges and Relevance
in New Millennium in Department of Biological Sciences, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (19- 21 Nov, 2004).
· Completed training on HPTLC Standardization of Herbal Drugs at Anchrom Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai, a CAMAG, Switzerland
recognized laboratory – April, 2005 for development of HPTLC standardization procedures of Herbal Medicine.
· Attended two days “Workshop cum Exhibition on Biopesticides” on 24-25 September’
05, organized by Department of Botany, School of Science at M S University, Baroda, Gujarat.
· Attended “National Conference on Environment and Natural Disaster Management” held at Department
of Zoology, Rajasthan University, Jaipur on 28-30 November, 2005.
· Attended “International Conference and Expo on Botanical Products: Innovation, Challenges, Problems,
Solutions and Trans-national Marketing” held at Birla Convention Centre, organized by Department of Chemistry, Rajasthan
University, Jaipur on 25-27 March, 2006.
Current Project:
Currently working on a book entitled "Natural Health: A Guide to Herbal Remedies of the Indigenous Tribes of Central
India" with Sheri Amsel, a Botanist, Anatomist and Biomedical Illustrator from New York, USA.
Member:
· Chief Advisor: Friends Nature Club, Danielson College, Chhindwara, MP, India (Registered under Nature Clubs of
India, Youth Movement of WWF for Nature, India)
· Chief Advisor: ECO (Environmental Conservation Operation in Campus), Danielson College, Chhindwara, MP, India
· Secretary: Ground Water Research and Analysis Center, Chhindwara, MP, India
· Member: Pragya Environment Society, Chhindwara
Other:
Teaching: Four years of experience in teaching graduate and post-graduate classes in Botany and Microbiology at Danielson
College, Chhindwara, MP, India.
Article/ Publication in Journals
1. Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 1999. Screening of some Asteraceous plants for antimycotic activity. Compositae Newsletter,
34: 37-43.
2. Rai, MK, Acharya, D and Agrawal, SC. 1999. New invasive yeast and yeast-like infections in immunocompromised hosts.
In: Interdisciplinary Approach in Science and Technology (Ed: D. P. Gupta and S. K. Jain), 50-71.
3. Rai, MK, Acharya, D and Nordenstam, B. 1999. The family Asteraceae in the Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Compositae Newsletter, 33: 46-58.
4. Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 1999. Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in naturally growing plants of family Asteraceae
in India. Compositae Newsletter, 34: 44-49.
5. Rai, MK, Singh, Jagdish and Acharya, Deepak. 1999. Morchella conica, a new report from Madhya Pradesh. Mushroom Research,
8(1): 61-62.
6. Rai, M and Acharya, D. 2000. Indian Asteraceous plants in beauty aids and therapy. Heritage Healing, 2(1): 65-68.
7. Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 2000. Search for fungitoxic potential in essential oils of Asteraceous plants. Compositae Newsletter,
35: 18-23.
8. Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 2000. Diversity in Asteraceae of Chhindwara. In: Integrated Management of Plant Resources,
Scientific Publisher (India), Jodhpur (Eds: M.K. Rai, Ajit Varma and R.C. Rajak) pp. 139-164.
9. Rai, MK, Pandey, AK and Acharya, D. 2000. Ethno-medicinal Plants Used by Gond Tribe of Bhanadehi, District Chhindwara,
Madhya Pradesh. Journal of non-timber forest, 7(3/4): 237-241.
10. Rai, M, Acharya, D, Singh, A and Varma, A. 2001. Positive growth responses of the medicinal plants Spilanthes calva
and Withania somnifera to inoculation by Piriformospora indica in a field trial. Mycorrhiza, 11 (3): 123-128.
11. Rai, MK, Acharya, Deepak, Varma, Ajit, Chikhale, NJ, Wadegaonkar, PA, Thakare, PV, Ramteke, AP, Kirpan, Pawan and
Shende, Sarika. 2001. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in growth promotion of medicinal plants. In: Proceedings of National Workshop
on Conservation and Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Eds: A K Pandey and A K Patra), 105-110.
12. Rai, MK, Soni, Kaushal K and Acharya, D. 2002. In vitro effect of five Asteraceous essential oils against Saprolegnia
ferax, a pathogenic fungus isolated from fish. The Antiseptic, 99(4): 136-137.
13. Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 2002. In vitro susceptibility of Trichophyton mentagrophytes to different concentrations
of three Asteraceous essential oils. Compositae Newsletter, 39: 98-105.
14. Acharya, D. 2002. Few traditional and popular medicinal plants, In: Write-up of Training-cum-workshop on Medicinal
Plants: Conservation and Cultivation (Jan 15th, 2002) Department of Botany, Danielson College, Chhindwara. pp 22-37.
15. David, M, Acharya, D and Pawar, S. 2002. Tulsi: The Incomparable One Medicinal Herb, In: Write-up of Training-cum-workshop
on Medicinal Plants: Conservation and Cultivation (Jan 15th, 2002) Department of Botany, Danielson College, Chhindwara. pp
14-16.
16. Rai, MK, Acharya, Deepak and Wadegaonkar, P. 2003. Plant derived-antimycotics: Potential of Asteraceous plants, In:
Plant-derived antimycotics:Current Trends and Future prospects, Haworth press, N-York, Londin, Oxford, pp 165-185.
17. Pandey, AK, Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 2003. Chemical Composition and Antimycotic Activity of the Essential Oils of Corn
Mint (Mentha arvensis) and Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) Against Human Pathogenic Fungi. Pharmaceutical Biology, 41(6):
421 –425.
18. Rai, MK, Shrivastava, KK, Acharya, Deepak and Patil, Simple. 2004. Incidence of opportunistic and potential human
pathogenic fungi causing superficial and deep mycosis. The Antiseptic, 101 (8): 340-344.
19. Acharya, Deepak. 2004. Medicinal plants for curing common ailments in India. Positive Health, 102: 28-30.
20. Kumar Vipin, Acharya, Deepak et al., 2005. Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Rural Populace of Western and Sothern Regions
of India. Paper accepted for IVth International Congress of Ethnobotany (ICEB 2005), Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey,
21-26 August 2005.
21. Acharya, Deepak and Sancheti, Garima. 2005. Indian culinary herbs and their traditional uses. The Essential Herbal,
Nov/ Dec: 9-13.
22. Acharya, Deepak, Sancheti, Garima and Pandya, Manish. 2006. Physical fitness, energy and vitality. Positive Health,
120: 46-49.
23. Acharya, Deepak and Singh, Manish. 2006. Medicinal plant cultivation, trading and indigenous knowledge: current scenario
and related issues. In: Proceedings of International Conference and Expo on Botanical Products: Innovations, Challenges, Problems,
Solutions and Trans-National Marketing 25-27th March-2006, Birla Convention Centre, Jaipur, pp 200-203.
24. Acharya, D., Gade, A. and Rai, M.K. 2006. Bioactivity of Fabaceous plants against food-borne and plant pathogens:
Potentials and limitations. In: Advances in phytomedicine Vol 3 (Naturally occurring bioactive compounds (Eds: M K Rai and
M.C. Carpinella), Elsevier, Amsterdam pp 125-138.
25. Acharya, Deepak and Sancheti, Garima 2007. Beauty secrets hidden in Indian herbs. Positive Health, 131: 27-31.
26. Acharya, Deepak. 2007. Wisdom from heart of India. ECOS, Vol. 134 (18-21).
27. Acharya, Deepak and Shrivastava Anshu 2007. Ethnobotany, Alternative Medicine and Conservation of Indian. In: Souvenir
of India International Convention on Health for All in 21st Century- Medicine for Future, 4th-5th Aug, 2007, Apollo Hospital,
Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. Pp 22-25.
28. Pawar, S, Rai, MK and Acharya, D. Acidification of the river Kharun and its lethal effect on aquatic flora (Communicated).
29. Rai, MK and Acharya, D. Arbuscular mycorrhizal association in some naturally growing medicinal plants Part I. J. Aced.
Environ. Biol., Muzzafarnagar, India (In press).
30. Rai, MK, Pawar, S and Acharya, D. Scientific value-aided environmental education in tribal areas of MP state, India:
possibilities and constraints. Water, Air and Soil Pollution (In press).
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