Dr Deepak Acharya

Director

Abhumka Herbal Pvt Ltd

502, 5th Floor, Shreeji Chambers

B/h Cargo Motors, CG Road

Ahmedabad- 380 006

Gujarat, India

+91 982 4050784;
Email: info@patalkot.com
Web: www.patalkot.com; www.abhumka.com

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.
• Reviewer for African Journal of Traditional and Complementary and Alternative Medicines, published from Nigeria AND Trees for Life Journal from USA.
• Editorial Board Member, Vyanjano Ki Virasat- Jaivik Vaividhyta Ki Suraksha, Published by SRISTI Innovations, Ahmedabad, ISBN- 81-87160-16-0.
• Contributing author- American Chronicle, Disabled World, Positive Health Magazine

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).

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.
• Attended “National Seminar on Nutrition and Fortification- 2007” organized jointly by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Gujarat and Gujarat Roller Flour Millers Association, held at Nirma University- Ahmedabad on March 26th, 2007.

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.
• Working on a book entitled “Herbs and Traditional Knowledge of India” to be published in July 2008.
  

Member

• Board of Studies in the Department of Botany of SGB Amaravati University, Maharastra-India.
• 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

Article/ Publication in Journals

• Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 1999. Screening of some Asteraceous plants for antimycotic activity. Compositae Newsletter, 34: 37-43.
• 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.
• Rai, MK, Acharya, D and Nordenstam, B. 1999. The family Asteraceae in the Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh, India. Compositae Newsletter, 33: 46-58.
• Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 1999. Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in naturally growing plants of family Asteraceae in India. Compositae Newsletter, 34: 44-49.
• Rai, MK, Singh, Jagdish and Acharya, Deepak. 1999. Morchella conica, a new report from Madhya Pradesh. Mushroom Research, 8(1): 61-62.
• Rai, M and Acharya, D. 2000. Indian Asteraceous plants in beauty aids and therapy. Heritage Healing, 2(1): 65-68.
• Rai, MK and Acharya, D. 2000. Search for fungitoxic potential in essential oils of Asteraceous plants. Compositae Newsletter, 35: 18-23.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Acharya, Deepak. 2004. Medicinal plants for curing common ailments in India. Positive Health, 102: 28-30.
• 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.
• Acharya, Deepak and Sancheti, Garima. 2005. Indian culinary herbs and their traditional uses. The Essential Herbal, Nov/ Dec: 9-13.
• Acharya, Deepak, Sancheti, Garima and Pandya, Manish. 2006. Physical fitness, energy and vitality. Positive Health, 120: 46-49.
• 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.
• 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.
• Acharya, Deepak and Sancheti, Garima 2007. Beauty secrets hidden in Indian herbs. Positive Health, 131: 27-31.
• Acharya, Deepak. 2007. Wisdom from heart of India. ECOS, Vol. 134 (18-21).
• 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.
• Acharya, Deepak and Acharya, Garima S. 2007. Kitchen Garden: A clinic in your backyard. Positive Health: 140 (Oct): 30-32.

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