Stem cell and Non-stem Cell Components of Breast Milk (PDF)

India on reproductive stem cells, focusing mainly on endometrium and breast milk. His dissertation explored the potential of stem cells of human breast milk and endometrium for their implications in child and women's healthcare. He was awarded with the Young Scientist Award for his research work on "Breast milk Stem cells" by Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT), Gujarat, India (2017). He has a total 14 peer reviewed publications to his credit. He has also authored 1 book chapter on Surrogacy and IVF. He recently co-authored and published one book with Evincepub publishing on Stem cell biology - A practical laboratory manual. He is also an ad-hoc reviewer for several scientific journals. Dr. Pankaj is the recipient of Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction - ISAR Dr. Gautam Khastgir Best Young Embryologist Research Award (2022) for best research papers, presentations and publications. and ISAR Dr. Manish Banker Young Achievers Embryologist Award (2023) for excellent research work done in Reproductive Medicine.







Dr. Ramesh Bhonde joined Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, (DPU) Pune, as Director (Research) in September 2016. He was instrumental in establishing Regenerative Medicine Lab at DPU in March 2018. Currently he is an Emeritus Scientist at DPU. Earlier, he served as Professor & Dean, at the School of Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore for the last 5 years. He superannuated from National Center for Cell Science Pune as Scientist 'F' and joined Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore as Technical Director and then moved to Stempeutics Research Malaysia branch in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has been working in the field of pancreatic regeneration in diabetes for the past 30 years. His work on human Mesenchymal stem cell as platform for screening Ayurvedic rsayanas and homeopathic preparations has opened doors for evidenced based research. He has extensively worked on in vitro generation of islets from pancreatic and non- pancreatic stem cells.



His pioneering work on stem cells in breast milk is well appreciated by scientific community. He has published more than 320 research articles and has authored 10 book chapters. He is a recipient of Dr. TMA Pai Endowment Chair in Islet Engineering & Banking in October 2013 and Dr C.M. Habubullah Annual Oration Award in January 2014. Subsequently he is awarded Dr TMA Pai Endowment chair second time to work on Stem cell solution to Insulin resistance (2015-16). Recently he has been inducted as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal "Medical Hypotheses".