Goverdhan Mehta
Goverdhan Mehta FNA, FASc, FRS, FRSC (born 26 June 1943) is an Indian researcher and chemical scientist.
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| Born | 26 June 1943 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Doctoral advisor | Sukh Dev |
Career
Mehta received his BSc and MSc from the BITS Pilani[1] and PhD from Pune University.[2] He has authored more than 400 research papers. He has received the Trieste prize.[3]
Academic and professional positions held
- Research Associate, Michigan State and the Ohio State Universities, USA,1967–69
- Lecturer & Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1969–77
- Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 1977–1998, Founder Dean 1977–86
- Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, 1994–98
- Hon. Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 1990–2009
- Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professor, Indian National Science Academy, 1992–97
- Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, 1998–2005
- Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1998–2005
- CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2005–2010
- Chairman, National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC), 2006–2012
- National Research Professor, 2009 –
- Chancellor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, 2011–
- Chancellor, University of Allahabad, 2012–
- Chairman, BoG, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
- Chairman, Indian Statistical Institute Council
Awards
- Padma Shri Award.[3]
- Légion d'honneur.[3]
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.[8]
- H.K. Firodia Award for Science & Technology.
- Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Sciences.
- Cross of the Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) Award.
Positions
- Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
- Chairman, National Accreditation Board for Education & Training, Quality Council of India
- President of Indian National Science Academy.[3]
- Fellow of the Royal Society.[9]
- Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[3]
- President of IUPAC.[9]
- Director of the Indian Institute of Science (1998–2005) and vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (1994–1998).[10]
- National Research Professor.[11]
- Member, board of directors of the Institute of Life Sciences.[12]
References
- https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/GoverdhanMehtaDAA2011. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize: an inspiration for international recognitions" (PDF). Current Science. 107 (2): 164. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- "Prof. Goverdhan Mehta". Sphaerapharma.com. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "Scientist's Visa Denial Sparks Outrage in India". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- Mehta, Goverdhan (28 October 2006). "Stereochemical Reassignment of Mehta and Kundu's Spiculoic Acid A Analogue". Organic Letters. 8 (24): 5537–40. doi:10.1021/ol062361a. PMID 17107066.
- Curly, Arrow (12 November 2006). "Spiculoic Acid". curlyarrow.blogspot.in. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
- Totally, Synthetic. "Spiculoic Acid A Controversy". totallysynthetic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
- Press Office, Michael Schwarz (23 June 2003). "University of Heidelberg". Uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- Goverdhan Mehta. "Goverdhan Mehta: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "Building a nation of scientists". Rsc.org. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "Goverdhan Mehta set to be National Research Professor". The Indian Express. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ":: Institute of Life Sciences ::". Ilsresearch.org. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
External links
- "Homepage of Prof. Goverdhan Mehta". orgchem.iisc.ernet.in. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
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