• PHD from Bombay University; advanced training in blood banking from Brentwood, UK and Moscow, USSR through WHO fellowship and Indo-USSR scientific Exchange Programme respectively.
• Research career started at Blood Group Reference Centre (now called ICMR Institute of Immuno-hematology), Mumbai
• Teaching career in India and abroad, taught different Medical curriculums to the students enrolled for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies in medical technology and transfusion medicine.
• Career span spread of over 50 years in India and abroad, at some places exclusively to handle blood bank, other places on teaching expedition, though was engaged in research activities all the time.
• Published over 85 research papers in journals of International repute in different field including Immunohematology, Population Genetics, Biochemical Genetics, etc. and contributed chapters in 4 monograms.
• He has collaborated with several scientists from different parts of the World.
• He was awarded with several best paper prizes, orations and the biographic citations in the Marquis Who’s Who (USA).
• A life member of various scientific bodies
• He is reviewer of articles submitted to different scientific journals.
• With his expertise in the field of Immunohematology, a backbone of the blood bank science, we carried out the research activities related mainly to blood bank field.
• The Centre has published 21 research papers in last 5 years that were accepted in the national and international journals of repute.
• The Center has made several discoveries notably a new blood group, named INRA in 2016 and more recently, contributed to a formation of a new blood group system, named EMM in 2020.
AchievementHe has discovered / contributed to the discoveries of the 2 new blood groups systems, viz. INDIAN (023) and EMM (042).
1 . Joshi SR, Sheladiya A. (2016). Evidence for an antagonistic effect of Anti-Lea on the reactivity of antibodies to M and N antigens. Glob J Transfus Med, 1:92-3.
2 . Sheladiya A, Mendapara K and Joshi SR (2016). Isolation of autologous RBCs in transfused 𝜷-thalassemia patients using hypotonic saline (Letter) Transf Med, (Online) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-3148/earlyview (accessed on 7/8/16)
1 . Sheladiya A, Mendapara-Dobariya K, Joshi SR. Separation of autologous red blood cells from specimen of the transfused sickle cell disease patients using hypotonic saline. Glob J Transfus Med 2017;2:44-6.
2 . Joshi SR, Sheladiya A and Mendapara-Dobariya K. INRA, a new high-frequency antigen in the INDIAN (IN023) blood group system. Asian J Transfus Sci, 2017;11(2): 121-3.
3 . Joshi SR, Sheladiya A, Mendapara-Dobariya KV (2017). Spontaneous cold agglutination phenomenon associated with auto-anti-“N”-like antibody in a healthy blood donor. Glob J Transfus Med. 2:155-8
1. Joshi SR, Savaliya K, RajparaM and Narang P. Anomalous Blood Grouping Showing Red Cell Mosaicism in a Patient with Acute Leukemia. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine 2018;3(1):59-61.
2. Srivastava K, Körmöczi Günther F, Joshi Sanmukh R and Flegel Willy A. Two distinct RHCE alleles in cis to weak D type 31 alleles in individuals from different ethnicities. Transfusion. 2018; 58(10):2465–2466.
3. Joshi SR, Senjaliya S, Patel K, Buena MU, Loy DA, Flegal WA. Defining serological specificities via molecular means: Resolution of a case with multiple antibodies. (Abstract). Pp-96, 7th Annual Conf Transmedicon-2018, Kochi, India
1. Joshi SR, Sheladiya A, Dhanani H and Godiwala P. Severe Hemolytic Crisis due to Cold Agglutinins Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection that Complicated the Compatibility Tests. Glob J Transfus Med 2019;4:96-100.
2. Joshi SR, Sheladiya A, Agrawal VN. High thermal amplitude auto-anti-“N” complicating pretransfusion compatibility tests on a patient with malaria and bladder cancer. Asian J Transfus Sci 2019;13:303
1. Joshi SR, Senjaliya SB. Nirantara: A conservative approach to economical use of antisera in short supply. Glob J Transfus Med 2020;5:78-9.
2. Joshi SR, Senjaliya SB, Srivastava K, and Flegel WA. A resource-conserving serologic and high-throughput molecular approach to screen for blood donors with an IN:−5 phenotype. Immunohematology 2020; 36(4):129-133
3. Joshi SR. COVID 19 convalescent plasma product: Harvesting plasma from single unit whole blood, A cost effective alternative to plasmapheresis. Glob J Transfus Med 2020;5:209-11.
4. Kanani AN, Senjaliya SB, Rajapara MM, Gupta AK, Joshi SR. A rare case of naturally occurring allo anti-Jk(a) missed in manual screening test on tube method. Asian J Transfus Sci 2020;14:60-2.
1. Joshi SR, Kanani AN, Senjaliya SB, Rajapara MM. A novel observation on grouping anomaly: The phenomena mimicking the Bel genetic variant of the ABO blood groups. Asian J Transfus Sci 2021;15:12-5.
2. Kanani AN, Senjaliya SB, Rajapara MM, Senjaliya SB, Rajapara MM, Aeschlimann J, Westhoff CM and Joshi SR. P-Null Phenotype Due to a Rare Frame-Shift Mutation and with Allo-Anti-PP1Pk Causing a Severe Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction: A Case Report with Clinical Management. Transfus Med and hemother Published online: February 25, 2021 DOI: 10.1159/000514499
3. Joshi SR, Kanani AN, Senjaliya SB, Rajapara MM. A novel observation on grouping anomaly: The phenomena mimicking the Bel genetic variant of the ABO blood groups. Asian J Transfus Sci 2021;15:12-5.
4. Joshi SR, Senjaliya SB, Maru HD, Kshirsagar PD, KulkarniSS, and Shrivastava P. A unique approach to screen for blood donors lacking high-prevalence antigen Inb of the Indian blood group system. Immunohematology 2021;37:126–130.
5. Joshi SR. Discovery of blood groups in India –an update. 2021; 15(3s):2-4.
6. Lane, W.J., Aeschlimann, J., Vege, S. (Lomas Francis C , Burgos A, Mah HH, Halls JBL, Baeck P, Ligthart PC , Veldhuisen B , Shah RJ , Joshi SR & Westhoff CM.) et al. PIGG defines the Emm blood group system. Sci Rep 11, 18545 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98090-w
7. Shah RJ, Senjaliya SB, Harimoorthy V, Burgos A, Vege S, Lomas-Francis C, Westhoff CM, Joshi SR. Anti-Emm, a rare specificity to the high incidence antigen Emm in an Indian patient defining the new blood group system Emm (ISBT042). Asian J Transf Med 2021 (in press)
