NAME

Dr. Goverdhan Mehta

AFFILIATION

National Research Professor
School of Chemistry,
University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad 500 046, INDIA.

Jubilant-Bhartia Chair  Professor
School of Chemistry,
University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad 500 046, INDIA.

EMAIL(s)

gmsc@uohyd.ernet.in
gmehta43@gmail.com

KEY NOTE SPEAKER AT(Conference Name)
(Special Invited/plenary Speaker/Invited/session)
  • Key note Speaker: IISc Centenary Conference 13th-16th December 2008, Banglore, India
  • Speaker: world Science Forum, 2003
  • Speaker: National Organic Symposium Trust, 2009
  • Speaker: National Organic Symposium Trust, 2007
  • Speaker: National Organic Symposium Trust, 2003
  • Chairman: National Organic Symposium Trust, 1990
  • Chairman: National Organic Symposium Trust, 1988

 

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

388 publications

EIC/ EBM Associate editor of the journal

MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters, UK, 1996 -
  • Regional Advisory Board, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1990 - 96.
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Perkin Transactions 1, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1992 - 2002.
  • International Advisory Board, Contemporary Organic Synthesis, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1994 - 97.
  • Honorary Advisory Board, Synlett, VCH Publishers, 1991 -
  • International Advisory Board, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, 6th Ed., Chapman and Hall, 1993 -
  • Editorial Board, Methods in Stereochemical Analysis (MSA), VCH Publishers, 1985 - 90.
  • Chairman, Editorial Board, Indian Journal Chemistry (B), 1978 -
  • International Editorial Board, Heterocyclic Communications, Freund Publishing, UK, 1995 -
  • Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Chemistry, Iran Chemical Society, Iran, 2001 -
  • Advisory Board, Chemistry Letters, Chemical Society of Japan, Japan, 2005.
  • Editorial Board, Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, GmbH, Germany, 2005.
  • Editorial Board, Central European Journal of Chemistry (CEJC), Ingenta, 2005.
  • Editorial Board, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, VCH Publishers, 2006.
  • International Advisory Board, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Wiley-VCH, 2006 -
  • Editorial Board, Mendeleev Communications, Russian Academy of Sciences - Elsevier, 2007 -
  • Honorary Advisory Board, ARKIVOC, Arkat Inc., USA, 2007 -

OTHER DETAILS: (Awards/ Books etc.)

FELLOWSHIP OF ACADEMIES/ SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA), President-INSA (1999 - 2001).
  • Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London, UK.
  • Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia.
  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc), Vice-President (1991 - 94).
  • Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (FNASc).
  • Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy.
  • Fellow and Honorary Member of the World innovation Foundation (WIF).
  • Corresponding Member, Academie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Belgium.

 

  • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (C. Chem., FRSC), UK.
  • Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
  • Fellow, Indian Chemical Society.
  • Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences.
  • Founding Member of Society for Scientific Values.

AWARDS AND MEDALS

  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Chemical Sciences) awarded by CSIR, 1978.
  • Basudev Bannerji Medal and Prize, Indian Chemical Society, 1979.
  • Science and Technology Award of Rajasthan Government, 1980.
  • Professor R. D. Desai Medal and Prize, Indian Chemical Society, 1982.
  • FICCI Award for outstanding work in Physical Sciences, 1983.
  • Indian National Science Academy - Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (Chem. Sc.), 1989.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lectureship, INSA, 1990.
  • G. D. Birla Award for Excellence in Science, 1992.
  • Indian National Science Academy - Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professorship, 1992 - 97.
  • Goyal Prize in Chemical Sciences, 1994.
  • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru National Award for Excellences in Science (M. P. Gov.), 1994.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Germany, 1995 (1st award in India).
  • Acharya P. C. Ray Medal, Indian Chemical Society, 1995.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, 1996.
  • Dr. Y. Nayudamma Gold Medal, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, 1998.
  • Officer dans l'ordre des Palmes Academiques, awarded by the President of France, 1999.
  • P. C. Ray Memorial Award, Indian Science Congress Association, 2000.
  • Silver Medal, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), 2000.
  • Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Medal (Chemical Sciences), 2000.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, 2001.
  • Padma Sri, Civilian Honor awarded by the President of the Republic of India, 2001.
  • New Millennium Plaque of Honor (Ch. Sc.), Indian Science Congress Association, 2002.
  • C. V. Raman Medal, Indian National Science Academy, 2003.
  • Mercator Professorship, Deutche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany, 2003 (1st award in India).
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Paris (VII), France, 2003.
  • Medal and Award in Natural Products Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2003.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Chemical Society, 2003.
  • Centenary Medal and Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2005 - 2006.
  • Awarded "Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur" by the President of France, 2004.
  • Rajyotsava Award, Government of Karnataka, 2004.
  • Centenary Medal and Lecturership, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2005.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 2005.
  • Excellence in Science and Technology Award, Indian Science Congress Association, 2006.
  • Honorary Fellowship (HonFRSC), The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2006.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), CSJM University, Kanpur, 2007.
  • Trieste Science Prize in Chemical Sciences, awarded by TWAS, 2007.
  • G. M. Modi Innovative Science and Technology Award, 2007.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 2007.

 

  • Acharya J. C. Bose Triennial Gold Medal Lecture Award, Bose Institute, Kolkata, 2008.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Bangalore University, Bangalore, 2008.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Karnatak University, Dharwar, 2008.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Rennes 1, France, 2008.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Calcutta University, Kolkata, 2008.
  • Lilly International Scholar–Grantee Award, 2009.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 2009.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), DDU - Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 2009.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Rajasthan University, Jaipur, 2009.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2009.
  • H. K. Firodia Award for Science and Technology, 2010.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Mysore, Mysore, 2010.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2010.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2010.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, 2011.
  • Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Jawaharlal Nehru Technical Uiversity, Hyderabad, 2011.

IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES

  • President, Indian National Science Academy, 1999 - 2001, Vice-President, 1995- 97.
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister of India, 2004-2009.
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SACC), Government of India, 1997-2008.
  • Member, Executive Board, International Council for Science (ICSU), 1999 - 2002, President-Elect, 2002-2005.
  • President, International Council for Science (ICSU), 2005-2008.
  • Co-Chair (with Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences, USA), Inter Academy Council (IAC), 2000 - 2005.
  • Member, Executive Committee, Inter Academy Panel (IAP), 2000 - 2001.
  • President, Association of Indian Universities (AIU), 2003.
  • President, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), 2002 - 2005.
  • Member, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), 1984 - 90, 1994 - 97.
  • Vice-President, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1992 - 94, Council 1989 - 94.
  • Member, Indian-European Union (EU) Round Table of Eminent Persons, 2000 - 2004.
  • Chairman and Member, University Grants Commission Panel on Chemistry, 1983 - 93.

 

  • Chairman, National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC), 2006 -
  • IPCC International Review Committee, 2010.
  • Member, Government of India Scientific Commission on Bhopal Gas Leakage, 1985 - 87.
  • Chairman, National Committee for IUPAC, 1991 - 93 and Member, IUPAC Committees 1977 -
  • Member of numerous National Committees and Councils of DST, CSIR, UGC, DAE, DRDO, etc.
  • Trustee / Member of several Scientific Foundations, Juries and Award Bodies world-wide.