DR. AVNISH K. UPADHYAY

Date of Birth : 11.07.1977

Present Position : Senior Research Scientist s& Head of the Department
Department of Ayurved Research & Development
Divya Yog Mandir Trust (SIRO)
Production & Quality Consultant
Divya Pharmacy and Patanjali Ayurved Limited, Industrial Area, Haridwar
(Recognised as Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO), by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
Office: Patanjali Yogpeeth, Maharishi Dayanand Gram, Delhi Haridwar National Highway, Near Bahadrabad, Haridwar-249402, Uttarakhand.
E-mail: avnishdr@yahoo.co.in
Tel: 09410561733
SKILLS:
1. Research & development in traditional health system like Ayurveda and Yoga.
2. Formulation of Patent and Classical Ayurvedic Medicines
3. Establishing quality standards and implementing quality control system to enhance quality of products.
4. Process validation for quality products.
5. Designing of the labels of products as per GPP and International regulatory norms.
6. Maintenance of Production documents like Nirman Patra, Raw Material Stock Register, Finished Good Stock Register etc. and Batch No. Allotment as per GMP norms.
7. SOP development for proper manufacturing and quality management.
8. Monitoring-process, feasibility studies, project management, ICH-GCP process , Data management in clinical-research
9. Protocol designing, CRF, Audit & Inspection
10. Committed to quality patient care; frequently recognized by physicians for strict attention to detail, patient advocacy and decision-making abilities in critical situations.
11. Good Research Practices
12. Leverages resources, expertise, and knowledge across multiple projects to Ensure attainment of project deliverables.
13. Effective communication within the Clinical Project Team and with functional Management.
14. Providence regularly updates regarding the status and progress of the trials (Therapeutic Lead, Business Alliance etc.)
15. Manages the project(s) within the approved budgets and timelines.
16. Responsible for writing of clinical project deliverables such as protocol, final study report, study manuals, study tools, operational plans etc. within the Framework
17. Trained for working with Spiro meter (Pulmonary Function Test), ECG (Critigraph), TMT, Body Fat Analyzer, XT-2000i Automated Hematology Analyzer, Semi auto Biochemistry Analyzer, XL-600 Fully Automated Biochemistry Analyzer, TLC, HPTLC etc
SOFT SKILLS:
1. Analytical and logical problem solving abilities
2. Good at planning, organizing events
3. Willing to learn and apply my knowledge to practical situations.
4. Team facilitator with good communication and interpersonal skills
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
PGD (Clinical Research)
Institute of Clinical Research, India, New Delhi.
In Collaboration with Cranfield University. 66.5%, 2006
BAMS
Rishikul Govt. Ayurvedic College, Haridwar
CSJM University, कानपूर, 65%, 2003
*** Pursuing Ph.D. (Lesser known Medicinal Plants) from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar (Established by the Act of Uttaranchal Government on 11th April 2002., Duly recognized by the University Grant Commission - U.G.C) on topic “Scientific validation and evaluation of lesser known herbs potentially used as folk medicine in Himalayan region and its synergy with ayurveda”.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION:
1 RTP (Reorientation Training Program) in Kayachikitsa from Rishikul Govt. Ayurvedic College, Haridwar under scheme of ISM&H (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare).
2 RTP (Reorientation Training Program) in Panchkarma from Rishikul Govt. Ayurvedic College, Haridwar under scheme of ISM&H (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare).
3 Entrepreneurship development programme (EDP) specially for Industries organized by Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Dehradun and Directorate of Industries, Govt. of Uttarakhand in month Sep.- Oct 2006.
Esteemed Member of Scientific Committee:
Life Member of Ayurveda For You.*
Monthly newsletter for Ayurveda advances and research
www.member.ayurveda-foryou.com*
Member Secretary of Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) for Ayurveda Research:
Divya Yog Mandir Trust (SIROs)
Member of Internal Working Committee for Yoga Education Research:
Formation of Yoga Curriculum, Syllabus and Textbooks of Primary and Secondary Education for Various States.
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
1. Rishikul Govt. Ayurvedic College, Haridwar: Worked as House Officer with keen interest in Manufacturing of Medicines in College Pharmacy in Rishikul Govt. Ayurvedic College, Haridwar from Aug-2003 to Feb-2004.
2. Brahmkalp Chikitsalya and Divya Pharmacy, Kankhal, Haridwar from March 2004 as Consultant Physician & Production In charge.
Company Profile:
Divya Yog Mandir (Trust) (An Institution for treatment & Innovative Research in Yoga, Ayurveda & Vedic System of Medicine adopting Modern Scientific Parameters) is a trust working in the field of Health Care, Ayurvedic drug manufacturing (Divya Pharmacy), Research & Development in Ancient Medical Science / Tradition (Ayurveda & Yoga)
Job Profile:
1. Consultation to patients with full devotion and dedication towards duties, Medical Ethics and research.
2. Collection of Pre and Post treatment investigational (pathological, Radiological etc) & Clinical data for efficacy and drawbacks evaluation to improve treatment pattern for the welfare of mankind.
3. Medical writing in Ayurveda, Yoga, Vedic Science and Modern Medical Science.
4. Demographic study on different aspects of Indian Ancient Science (Ayurveda & Yoga).
5. Engaged with all R & D related works like implementation of GMP, GLP, GAP etc in manufacturing quality products and GCP in Clinical Practice etc.
6. Consultancy to Manufacturing unit (Divya Pharmacy) for the maintenance of Production documents like Nirman Patra, Raw Material Stock Register, Finished Good Stock Register etc. and Batch No. Allotment etc.
7. Designing of the labels of products (Vati, Churn, Kwath, Avleh, Asav etc.) as per GPP and International regulatory norms.

3. Patanjali Yog Peeth and Divya Pharmacy, A-Industrial Area, Haridwar from March 2005 as Research Scientist & Consultant (Production & Quality Control).
Company Profile:
Patanjali Yog Peeth is a multidimensional service unit of Divya Yog Mandir Trust having full flashed research facilities in different disciplines of Ayurveda and Yoga. Divya Pharmacy, A-1 Industrial Area, Haridwar is an ISO-9001-2000, WHO-GMP, GPP, GLP, OHS, EMS certified company with ultramodern equipped manufacturing facilities for quality ayurvedic products.
Job Profile:
8. Research on various herbomineral preparations of Divya Pharmacy, Patanjali Ayurved Limited and Yoga for efficacy and safety evaluation.
9. Completion of Course and research related part of Patanjali University Project and all project related works.
10. Formulation Development of new Ayurvedic Medicines.
11. Establishing quality standards and implementing quality control system to enhance quality of products in Divya Pharmacy.
12. Process validation for quality products.
13. Established Department of Ayurved Research & Development (CLINICAL OPERATIONS) in Patanjali Yogpeeth.
14. New project preparation for the development and expansion of organization.
15. Medical and research report writing for organization.
16. License and product registration related works.
17. Consultancy and e-format development for the maintenance of Production documents like Nirman Patra, Raw Material Stock Register, Finished Good Stock Register etc. and Batch No. Allotment etc.
3. Department of Ayurved Research & Development (Patanjali Yog Peeth) and Patanjali Ayurved Limited, D-38 Industrial Area, Haridwar and Unit-II Maharshi Dayanand Gram, Delhi-Haridwar Highway, Haridwar as Senior Research Scientist (Scientist B), Head of the Department and Technical Officer (Production & Quality Control)
Job Profile:
18. Research on various herbomineral preparations of Divya Pharmacy and Yoga for efficacy and safety evaluation.
19. Completion of Mega Food Park project (submitted to Ministry of Food processing, Govt. of India)
20. Formulation Development of new Ayurvedic Medicines and essential document preparation for Patanjali Ayurved Limited.
21. Consultation for planning day-to-day activities, production schedule & allocating works for achieving monthly production targets.
22. Monitoring production, keeping control over activities and analyzing processes for stabilization by ensuring smooth operations.
23. Research related document preparation (Protocol, ICF, PIS, CRF, SOP etc.) for basic and clinical research related works.
24. Principal Investigator in different clinical research projects.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
1. Clinical evaluation of beneficial effects of yoga and pranayama in residential yoga science camps
2. Effect of yoga and pranayama on bone mineral density- An open level clinical study
3. Psychosomatic effects of yoga - a pioneering study based on large scale survey
4. Worked as PI on an Open level Clinical trial project entitled with “Role of Pranayama & Yoga in Sports Medicine” on junior team of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
5. Standardization of Divya Madhunashini (A novel anti diabetic herbal preparation)- development of new detection and standardization technique- filed for patent.
6. Efficacy evaluation of Drishti Eye drop (A product of Patanjali Ayurved Limited) in different eye disorders.
7. Efficacy evaluation of Ashwashila Capsule (A product of Patanjali Ayurved Limited) in patients with Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.
ONGOING PROJECTS:
1. “Effect of voluntary regulated yoga breathing (Pranayama) on physical fitness, work efficiency and psychological state in army recruits” as research associate with Dr. Shirley Telles (PI)
2. “Effect of voluntary regulated yoga breathing (Pranayama) on physical fitness, oral health and vision in children” as research associate with Dr. Shirley Telles (PI)
3. “Effect of a polyherbal preparation in Patients with Non-Insulin diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)” as Principal Investigator.
4. “Effect of a polyherbal preparation in Patients with High-Normal to Stage I hypertension” as Principal Investigator.
5. Effect of An Ayurvedic Herbomineral preparation by Divya Pharmacy in the treatment of AIDS (Ojakshaya): A randomized controlled comparative study
6. Effect of A Herbomineral Preparation by Divya Pharmacy in Women with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer: A randomized controlled comparative study
7. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study of A Herbomineral Preparation of Divya Pharmacy in Adult Patients of mild to moderate Bronchial Asthma
8. To study the effect of Swami Ramdev yoga (SRY) sequences on Human gene expression- a randomized control clinical trial.
9. To study the peak plasma concentration of metals after the consumption of bhasma.
10. Open prospective clinical trial and study of shilajit as potential anti aging agent that maintained telomere length in cells by increasing the activity of telomerase, the enzyme involved in telomere synthesis.
11. To study the effect of Swami Ramdev yoga (SRY) sequences on the activity of peroxidase in mitochondria increases with age in healthy mammals, in order to counter the increased oxidative stress associated with ageing.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Acharya Balkrishna, Upadhyay A.K., Yadav A.; “Importance of Prayanama in modern life, A Scientific Review” Ayush Tomorrow,2005;1(1): 1-20
2. Acharya Balkrishna, Upadhyay A.K., Yadav A, Pant J. “An introduction of Diabetes & Physio Chemical Analysis of Active ingredients in Madhunanshini Vati” Ayush Tomorrow,2005;1(2): 25-29
3. Acharya Balkrishna, Upadhyay A.K., Ruchita T.Upadhyay “Effect of Pranayama [Voluntary Regulated Yoga Breathing] and Yogasana [Yoga Postures] in Diabetes Mellitus (DM): A Scientific Review” Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, MS #1114, 2008, [The Berkeley Electronic Press, Berkeley, CA 94705]
4. Acharya Balkrishna, Upadhyay A.K.; “Assessment of favorable and unfavorable responses from Indian System of Medicine (ISM) Professionals towards ISM as a Total Health System” Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2008 [Under Review] [Medknow Publications, Mumbai, India]
5. Acharya Balkrishna, Upadhyay A.K., Ruchita T.Upadhyay, Kaushal K., Kumar A;” “Effect of Pranayama [Voluntary Regulated Yoga Breathing] and Yogasana [Yoga Postures] on lipid profile of normal healthy footballers” ” International Journal of Yoga, 2008 [In Press] [Medknow Publications, Mumbai, India]
6. Presented paper on “Physics & Physiology of Pranayama” in “Health for all through Ayurveda” seminar organized by Deptt. Of ISM & H, Govt. of Uttarakhand.
7. R Gokal, A Upadhyay, B Acharyaji, Ramdev Swami. The role of Yog, Pranayam and Ayurved in the prevention and treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). 6th Annual Conference on Prevention in Renal disease, Toronto, September 28-29, 2007.
8. Various other articles published in different magazines and news letters of international repute.
JOB INTEREST:
Pharmaceuticals & Life Science Products
Drug Discovery & Development Services
Industrial Products
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Operating System: Dos, Window (9x, 2000,XP)
Ability to work with MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, PM (PageMaker) 5,6.5, 7, Coral Graphics 5 & 11, Quark Express 4.1, Internet etc.
REFERENCES:
1. Dr. Kaushal Kumar
Senior Scientist
Patanjali Haerbal & Agrotech Research Centre, Mob: 09760440788
2. Dr. Uma Shankar Singh, Chief Research Consultant (Ayurveda)
Department of Ayurved Research & Development
Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar, Mob: 09897891557,
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Father’s Name: Dr. B.P. Upadhyay
Date of Birth: 11 July 1977
Marital Status: Married
SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES:
I am hard working, determined, confident and down to earth individual. I believe that each individual is a mix of both good and bad virtues and we should always look things in a positive way. I am naturally friendly and I feel I am able to communicate with all kinds of people, which is an added advantage at my work place as it make atmosphere congenial and friendly. I like to put my best in all kinds of environment and with different people. I am looking for bigger and brighter opportunities in my chosen field there by growing as person both professionally and personally. I have ability to adopt different situations in a learning, suggestive manner and responsible for time management to achieve the target.