Vijay Kothari is a microbiologist. His current research interests are: (a) Validation of Traditional Medicine, (b) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and (c) Microbial response to sonic stimulation. He earned his MSc from Gujarat University and PhD from Nirma University. He has published more than 90 papers/ book chapters, which have been downloaded by readers across the globe >2,76,000 times from ResearchGate alone. His paper describing effect of Indian classical music on bacteria has been ranked among top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric: https://www.altmetric.com/details/3899248#score. His research has received funding from SRISTI-DBT-BIRAC and GUJCOST. Dr Kothari has been involved as an active editor (Guest Editor for 3 journal issues) and reviewer with many prestigious journals. In recognition of his peer-reviewing activity, he was awarded The Sentinel of Science (2016) by Publons for being among the top 10% of international peer-reviewers. He is a member of 16 different professional bodies, and delivered over 25 conference talks. During the period 2007-2019, Dr Kothari has guided 84 M.Sc. students for their dissertation projects; of which 71 (i.e. 84.52%) have been able to publish research/ review papers in different peer-reviewed, indexed journals (or a citable pre-print), based on their Masters' dissertation. Hitherto 2 students have completed their Ph.D. under his supervision, and 3 are pursuing. He is contributing towards institute administration by acting as the Member Secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC), Examination Coordinator, member of Board of Studies (BoS), Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), etc.
