Abhijeet (Abhi) Gholap

Abhijeet Gholap
Born
Mumbai, India
Alma materIIT Bombay
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • film producer
Known forFounder - BioImagene
Producer of Deool
AwardsGolden Lotus (Swarna Kamal) (2012)

Abhijeet Gholap is an Indian-American entrepreneur and film producer based in California, United States. He co-founded BioImagene, a digital pathology company acquired by Roche in 2010.[1][2] He later founded OptraSCAN, a digital pathology scanner company. As a film producer, his debut Marathi production Deool (2011) won the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) at the 59th National Film Awards.[3]

Early life and education

Gholap graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with a degree in biomedical engineering.[4] He later attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[4] Before founding his own companies, Gholap worked at Tata Consultancy Services and Siemens Medical Solutions.[5]

Career

BioImagene (2002–2010)

In 2002, Gholap co-founded BioImagene, a digital pathology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specialising in molecular diagnostics and automated tissue image analysis.[6][7] The company developed digital pathology software and automated slide scanners.[8]

In 2004, BioImagene acquired SciMagix Inc., a Silicon Valley image management company, combining image analysis and image management capabilities.[9][10]

In August 2010, Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, acquired BioImagene for approximately US$100[11] million.[12] [13]

OptraSCAN (2016–present)

Gholap subsequently founded OptraSCAN, a digital pathology scanner manufacturer based in Sunnyvale, California.[14] In 2016, OptraSCAN partnered with NantOmics as part of the Cancer MoonShot 2020 initiative.[15]

Film career

Deool (2011)

Gholap produced the Marathi-language film Deool (The Temple), directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and starring Nana Patekar, Girish Kulkarni, and Dilip Prabhawalkar.[3] The film won three awards at the 59th National Film Awards: the Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal) for Best Feature Film.[3] [16] It screened at the Busan International Film Festival and the South Asian International Film Festival in New York.[17]

Other productions

Gholap produced Bharatiya (2012), a social comedy directed by Girish Mohite with music by Ajay–Atul, under his production banner Devisha Films.[18]

North American Film Association (NAFA)

Gholap founded the North American Film Association (NAFA), which organises an annual Marathi film festival at the California Theatre in San Jose, in partnership with the Pune International Film Festival [19][20] The festival features screenings and workshops. [21]

Patents

Gholap holds patents in digital pathology and biomedical imaging. Selected patents registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization include [22]

Selected patents
Title Number Year filed Assignee
Automated quantitation of tissue micro-array (TMA) digital image analysis [23] US 2006/0015262 A1 2004 BioImagene Inc.
Automated digital fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis WO 2005/076216 A3 2005 BioImagene Inc.
Cloud-based method and system for digital pathology US 2014/0334696 A1 2013 Optra Systems Inc.
Smart microscope slide for concurrent specimen and digital data storage US 2017/0329121 A1 2017 OptraSCAN Inc.

Filmography

Filmography as producer[24]
Year Title Director Notes
2011 Deool Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni Golden Lotus, 59th National Film Awards
2012 Bharatiya Girish Mohite

References

  1. ^ McKee, Selina (23 August 2010). "Roche shells out $100m on BioImagene". PharmaTimes. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Roche Fuels the Digital Pathology "Gold Rush" by Paying $100 Million to Acquire BioImagene". Dark Daily. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "59th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b Kulkarni, Pooja (15 March 2012). "Marathi films need a change: Abhijeet Gholap". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Only 10% of Marathi films make a profit". The Times of India. 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Roche acquires Digital Pathology Company BioImagene". Clinical Lab Products. August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Roche Acquires BioImagene, A Leading Provider Of Digital Pathology Laboratory Solutions". www.pharmaceuticalonline.com. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Roche Acquires BioImagene - 2010 - Wiley Analytical Science". Analytical Science News. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  9. ^ "BioImagene Acquires Scimagix to Merge Image Analysis with Image Management". GenomeWeb. 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Pune IT company acquires US company". The Times of India. 6 December 2004. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Roche purchases BioImagene for approx. $100M". Fierce Biotech. August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Roche to buy BioImagene for $100 million". Modern Healthcare. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  13. ^ Daghlian, Marie (5 March 2026). "Roche Dominates the Deal Flow | Medical Economics". www.medicaleconomics.com. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  14. ^ "OptraScan Aims to Expand Use of Digital Pathology With a Pay-Per-Slide Model". 360Dx. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  15. ^ "NantOmics Launches Augmented Intelligence Program for On-Demand Digital Pathology With OptraSCAN, A Cancer MoonShot 2020 Milestone" (Press release). Business Wire. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  16. ^ "Line-up at NAFA 2025 Festival! | Culture Crossroads". culturecrossroads.ca. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  17. ^ "Deool". Dharamshala International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  18. ^ "The success story of Bharatiya". The Times of India. 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  19. ^ "The NAFA Film Festival Returns to San Jose to Celebrate Marathi Cinema". India Currents. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  20. ^ "NAFA Marathi Film Festival in San Jose". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  21. ^ "US Congress Recognizes North American Marathi Film Festival (NAFA) 2025". Pune Pulse. 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  23. ^ US8068988B2, Gholap, Abhijeet S.; Gholap, Gauri A. & Jadhav, Prithviraj et al., "Method for automated processing of digital images of tissue micro-arrays (TMA)", issued 29 November 2011 
  24. ^ "Ajay-Atul is back in M-town". The Times of India. 12 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
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