Draft:Abhijeet S. Gholap

Abhijeet S. Gholap (born January 1, 1972) is an Indian entrepreneur, researcher and film producer.

Early life and education
Abhijeet was born on January 1, 1972 in Mumbai, India. He attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and received his M.tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1994.

Career
Abhijeet worked for TCS, Cedartech and Siemens Medical Solutions before cofounding a digital pathology company, BioImagene in 2002. Later in 2004, the company acquired US-based image management company, Scimagix Inc. In 2006, BioImagene acquired Tissue Informatics Inc. BioImagene was later acquired by Roche Holding AG for 100 million USD.

Abhijeet currently holds 21 patents to his credit. He is the founder of Optra Ventures, California. Subsidaries of Optra Ventures include Optra Systems, Optra SCAN and Optra HEALTH.

In 2010, Abhijeet cofounded Optra HEALTH, which specializes in utilizing AI to interpret genetic test reports. Since 2019, he serves as the member of board of directors of a California-based, non-profit organization, TiE Silicon Valley.

Filmography
In 2011, Abhijeet S. Gholap began his entertainment venture by producing his debut film, Deool under Devisha Films Productions. It is an Indian Marathi dark comedy directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni.

In 2012, he produced his second film, Bharatiya on the social topic presented as a dark humor. The following year in 2013, Abhijeet produced Hou De Jarasa Ushir.

Awards and nominations
Abhijeet received Late Rajiv Gandhi Sanganak Sarathi award in 2009.

His debut movie, Deool won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film. Abhijeet received Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) by the President of India.

His third production film, Hou De Jarasa Ushir (2013) was selected among top 282 films for a nomination in Best Film Category for Oscars.