Dr. Umang G Thakkar got his DCH (Paediatrics) from India and has 10 year experience in the field of regenerative medicine. Currently he is working as an Associate Professor at G.R. Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC) - Dr. H.L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS), Ahmedabad, India. He has > 40 publications in various medical journals. He has included as an editorial board member in various journals and a reviewer also. He also received the Government Scholarship and distinguished Awards in the past. He was granted a Young Investigator Award in TTS 2016 at HONG KONG, for his research paper: Stem cell therapy as an emerging modality for post-traumatic paraplegia and for renal parenchymal diseases.

His research interests are stem cell therapy for treatment of various neurological disorders, cardiac disorders, autoimmune diseases like type-1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematous etc.